Is Psychological Well-Being Linked to the Consumption of Fruit and Vegetables?
In: NBER Working Paper No. w18469
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In: NBER Working Paper No. w18469
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In: The economic journal: the journal of the Royal Economic Society, Volume 119, Issue 538, p. F231-F251
ISSN: 1468-0297
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In: American economic review, Volume 91, Issue 1, p. 335-341
ISSN: 1944-7981
In: Economica, Volume 57, Issue 226, p. 143
In: IZA Discussion Paper No. 3583
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In: IZA Discussion Paper No. 11059
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In: IZA Discussion Paper No. 7009
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In: Economica, Volume 90, Issue 357, p. 65-110
ISSN: 1468-0335
This paper documents a longitudinal crisis of midlife among the inhabitants of rich nations. Yet middle‐aged citizens in our datasets are close to their peak earnings, have typically experienced little or no illness, reside in some of the safest countries in the world, and live in the most prosperous era in human history. This is paradoxical and troubling. The finding is consistent, however, with the prediction—one little‐known to economists—of Elliott Jaques (1965). Our analysis does not rest on elementary cross‐sectional analysis. Instead, the paper uses panel and through‐time data on, in total, approximately 500,000 individuals. It checks that the key results are not due to cohort effects. Nor do we rely on simple life satisfaction measures. The paper shows that there are approximately quadratic hill‐shaped patterns in data on midlife suicide, sleeping problems, alcohol dependence, concentration difficulties, memory problems, intense job strain, disabling headaches, suicidal feelings, and extreme depression. We believe that the seriousness of this societal problem has not been grasped by the affluent world's policy‐makers.
In: Economica, Volume 81, Issue 324, p. 674-697
ISSN: 1468-0335
Governments try to discourage risky health behaviours, yet such behaviours are bewilderingly persistent. We suggest a new conceptual approach to this puzzle. We show that expected utility theory predicts that unhappy people will be attracted to risk‐taking. Using US seatbelt data, we document evidence strongly consistent with that prediction. We exploit various methodological approaches, including Bayesian model selection and instrumental variable estimation. Using road accident data, we find strongly corroborative longitudinal evidence. Government policy may thus have to change. It may need to improve the underlying happiness of individuals instead of, or in addition to, its traditional concern with society's risk‐taking symptoms.
In: CESifo Working Paper Series No. 3451
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