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Younger and Dissatisfied? Relative Age and Life-Satisfaction in Adolescence
- Publication Year :
- 2018
- Publisher :
- Bonn: Institute of Labor Economics (IZA), 2018.
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Abstract
- This is the first study to investigate whether age gaps between classmates (that is, relative age) affect life-satisfaction gaps in adolescence. To this end, we analyse data from the multi-country Health Behaviour in School-Aged Children (HBSC) survey. We find evidence that relative age negatively impacts adolescents’ life-satisfaction. A twelve-month age gap decreases life-satisfaction, rated on a 0-10 scale, by 0.3 points. This negative effect is consistent across countries. Finally, this negative effect does not decrease with the increase in absolute age.
- Subjects :
- relative age
Europe
education
Z13
life-satisfaction
ddc:330
C26
I31
adolescents
I21
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Accession number :
- edsair.dedup.wf.001..269a34616f66c229383c99730fa6ef23