Fumarco, Luca; Baert, Stijn - 2018
This is the first study to investigate whether age gaps between classmates (that is, relative age) affect life-satisfaction …) 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 …