Education and happiness: an alternative hypothesis. Issue 12 (12th August 2016)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Nikolaev, Boris; Rusakov, Pavel
• Is Part Of: Applied economics letters. Volume 23:Issue 12(2016)
• Page Start: 827
• Page End: 830
• Publication Date: 2016-08-12
• Subjects: Subjective well-being -- returns to education; I31 -- I2; Economics -- Periodicals; Economics, Mathematical -- Periodicals; 330
• DOI: 10.1080/13504851.2015.1111982
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1350-4851

Abstract

ABSTRACT: Recent research has documented a negative relationship between education and happiness. We test the hypothesis that the extent to which education makes an individual happy depends on their current age in life. We find suggestive evidence that people with higher education are more likely to be happier, on average, than their less educated counterparts starting in their early to mid-30s.