The well-being age U-shape effect in Germany is not flat
David G. Blanchflower, Alan T. Piper
Kassenboehmer and DeNew (2012) claim that there is no well-being age U-shape effect for Germany, when controlling for fixed effects and respondent experience and interviewer characteristics in the German Socio-Economic Panel, 1994-2006. We re-estimate with a longer run of years and restrict the age of respondents to those under seventy and find the well-being age U-shape effect is neither flat nor trivial.
Title
The well-being age U-shape effect in Germany is not flat
Author
David G. Blanchflower, Alan T. Piper
Publisher
Global Labor Organization
Keywords
age; ageing; life satisfaction; interviewer characteristics; interviewee experience; fixed effects; panel analysis; GSOEP
Identifier
921
Source(s)
Appeared in
GLO Discussion Paper 921
Type
Text