TY  - RPRT
        AU  - Fumarco, Luca
AU  - Baert, Stijn
        TI  - Younger and Dissatisfied? Relative Age and Life-Satisfaction in Adolescence
        PY  - 2018/Nov/
        PB  - Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
        CY  - Bonn
        T2  - IZA Discussion Paper
        IS  - 11990
        UR  - https://www.iza.org/publications/dp11990
        AB  - 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.
        KW  - Europe
KW  - adolescents
KW  - life-satisfaction
KW  - education
KW  - relative age
        ER  -