Journal article
Cross-National Comparison of Age and Period Effects on Levels of Subjective Well-Being in Australia and Switzerland During Volatile Economic Times (2001–2016)
J Chesters, J Simona, C Suter
Social Indicators Research | SPRINGER | Published : 2021
Abstract
Subjective well-being is one of the most frequently used indicators in comparative and social indicators research. Although there is a plethora of research examining the associations between levels of subjective well-being and individual factors such as age, gender, education, health, marital status and employment status, less is known about period effects. In this paper, we seek to examine whether levels of subjective well-being of various age cohorts vary across four time points in Australia and Switzerland. We draw on data collected by the Swiss Household Panel and the Household, Income and Labour Dynamics in Australia projects between 2001 and 2016 to compare trends within and between th..
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Funding Acknowledgements
The paper uses unit record data from the Household, Income and Labour Dynamics in Australia (HILDA) Survey and the Swiss Household Panel (SHP). The HILDA Project was initiated and is funded by the Australian Government Department of Social Services (DSS) and is managed by the Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research (MIAESR). The SHP is based at the Swiss Centre of Expertise in the Social Science (FORS). The project is supported by the Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF). The findings and views reported in this paper, however, are those of the authors and should not be attributed to either DSS, MIAESR, FORS or the SNSF.