The midlife crisis

• Main Authors: Giuntella, Osea, McManus, Sally, Mujcic, Redzo, Oswald, Andrew J., Powdthavee, Nattavudh, Tohamy, Ahmed
• Other Authors: School of Social Sciences
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2022
• Subjects: Social sciences::Sociology; Midlife Crisis; Suicide; Depression; Sleep
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/163016; https://www.nber.org/papers/w30442
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

This paper documents a longitudinal crisis of midlife among the inhabitants of rich nations. Yet middle-aged citizens in our data sets are close to their peak earnings, have typically experienced little or no illness, reside in some of the safest countries in the world, and live in the most prospero...