Lifetime trends in happiness change as misery peaks among the young – new research
By Alex Bryson, Professor of Quantitative Social Science, UCL
David Blanchflower, Professor of Economics, Dartmouth College
Xiaowei Xu, Senior Research Economist, Institute for Fiscal Studies
The rapid rise in despair before the age of 45, and especially before the mid-20s, has fundamentally changed the lifecycle profile of despair.
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