%0 Report
        %A Fumarco, Luca
%A Baert, Stijn
        %T Younger and Dissatisfied? Relative Age and Life-Satisfaction in Adolescence
        %D 2018
        %8 2018 Nov
        %I Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
        %C Bonn
        %7 IZA Discussion Paper
        %N 11990
        %U https://www.iza.org/publications/dp11990
        %X 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.
        %K Europe
%K adolescents
%K life-satisfaction
%K education
%K relative age