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Publication type: | Article in scientific journal |
Type of review: | Peer review (publication) |
Title: | Increasing longevity and life satisfaction : is there a catch to living longer? |
Authors: | Nemitz, Janina |
et. al: | No |
DOI: | 10.1007/s00148-021-00836-3 10.21256/zhaw-28409 |
Published in: | Journal of Population Economics |
Volume(Issue): | 35 |
Page(s): | 557 |
Pages to: | 589 |
Issue Date: | 3-May-2021 |
Publisher / Ed. Institution: | Springer |
ISSN: | 0933-1433 1432-1475 |
Language: | English |
Subjects: | Life satisfaction; Happiness; Longevity; Terminal satisfaction; Happy life expectancy; Sullivan’s method |
Subject (DDC): | 150: Psychology |
Abstract: | Human longevity is rising rapidly all over the world, but are longer lives more satisfied lives? This study suggests that the answer might be no. Despite a substantial increase in months of satisfying life, people’s overall life satisfaction declined between 1985 and 2011 in West Germany due to substantial losses of life satisfaction in old age. When compared to 1985, in 2011, elderly West Germans were, on average, much less satisfied throughout their last five years of life. Moreover, they spent a larger proportion of their remaining lifetime in states of dissatisfaction, on average. Two important mechanisms that contributed to this satisfaction decline were health and social isolation. Using a broad variety of sensitivity tests, I show that these results are robust to a large set of alternative explanations. |
URI: | https://digitalcollection.zhaw.ch/handle/11475/28409 |
Fulltext version: | Published version |
License (according to publishing contract): | CC BY 4.0: Attribution 4.0 International |
Departement: | School of Management and Law |
Appears in collections: | Publikationen School of Management and Law |
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Nemitz, J. (2021). Increasing longevity and life satisfaction : is there a catch to living longer? Journal of Population Economics, 35, 557–589. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00148-021-00836-3
Nemitz, J. (2021) ‘Increasing longevity and life satisfaction : is there a catch to living longer?’, Journal of Population Economics, 35, pp. 557–589. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00148-021-00836-3.
J. Nemitz, “Increasing longevity and life satisfaction : is there a catch to living longer?,” Journal of Population Economics, vol. 35, pp. 557–589, May 2021, doi: 10.1007/s00148-021-00836-3.
NEMITZ, Janina, 2021. Increasing longevity and life satisfaction : is there a catch to living longer? Journal of Population Economics. 3 Mai 2021. Bd. 35, S. 557–589. DOI 10.1007/s00148-021-00836-3
Nemitz, Janina. 2021. “Increasing Longevity and Life Satisfaction : Is There a Catch to Living Longer?” Journal of Population Economics 35 (May): 557–89. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00148-021-00836-3.
Nemitz, Janina. “Increasing Longevity and Life Satisfaction : Is There a Catch to Living Longer?” Journal of Population Economics, vol. 35, May 2021, pp. 557–89, https://doi.org/10.1007/s00148-021-00836-3.
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