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dc.contributor.authorNemitz, Janina-
dc.date.accessioned2023-08-04T14:42:35Z-
dc.date.available2023-08-04T14:42:35Z-
dc.date.issued2021-05-03-
dc.identifier.issn0933-1433de_CH
dc.identifier.issn1432-1475de_CH
dc.identifier.urihttps://digitalcollection.zhaw.ch/handle/11475/28409-
dc.description.abstractHuman 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.de_CH
dc.language.isoende_CH
dc.publisherSpringerde_CH
dc.relation.ispartofJournal of Population Economicsde_CH
dc.rightshttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/de_CH
dc.subjectLife satisfactionde_CH
dc.subjectHappinessde_CH
dc.subjectLongevityde_CH
dc.subjectTerminal satisfactionde_CH
dc.subjectHappy life expectancyde_CH
dc.subjectSullivan’s methodde_CH
dc.subject.ddc150: Psychologiede_CH
dc.titleIncreasing longevity and life satisfaction : is there a catch to living longer?de_CH
dc.typeBeitrag in wissenschaftlicher Zeitschriftde_CH
dcterms.typeTextde_CH
zhaw.departementSchool of Management and Lawde_CH
dc.identifier.doi10.1007/s00148-021-00836-3de_CH
dc.identifier.doi10.21256/zhaw-28409-
zhaw.funding.euNode_CH
zhaw.originated.zhawYesde_CH
zhaw.pages.end589de_CH
zhaw.pages.start557de_CH
zhaw.publication.statuspublishedVersionde_CH
zhaw.volume35de_CH
zhaw.publication.reviewPeer review (Publikation)de_CH
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zhaw.display.portraitYesde_CH
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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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