Wunder, Christoph; Wiencierz, Andrea; Schwarze, Johannes; … - In: The Review of Economics and Statistics 95 (2013) 1, pp. 154-167
This paper applies semiparametric regression models using penalized splines to investigate the profile of well-being over the life span. Using data from the British Household Panel Survey (BHPS) and the German Socio-Economic Panel Study (SOEP), the analysis shows a common, and quite similar,...