TY  - RPRT
        AU  - Blanchflower, David G.
AU  - Oswald, Andrew J.
        TI  - Antidepressants and Age
        PY  - 2011/Jun/
        PB  - Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
        CY  - Bonn
        T2  - IZA Discussion Paper
        IS  - 5785
        UR  - https://www.iza.org/publications/dp5785
        AB  - Antidepressants as a commodity have been remarkably little-studied by economists. This study shows in new data for 27 European countries that 8% of people (and 10% of those middle-aged) take antidepressants each year. The probability of antidepressant use is greatest among those who are middle-aged, female, unemployed, poorly educated, and divorced or separated. A hill-shaped age pattern is found. The adjusted probability of using antidepressants reaches a peak – approximately doubling – in people’s late 40s. This finding is consistent with, and provides a new and independent form of corroboration of, recent claims in the research literature that human well-being follows a U-shape through life.
        KW  - happiness
KW  - well-being
KW  - aging
KW  - mental health
KW  - depression
KW  - Easterlin paradox
        ER  -