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Middle age misery peaks at age of 47.2, says new economic study

Dartmouth College Professor David Blanchflower, a former Bank of England policymaker, studied the data across 132 countries to measure the relationship between wellbeing and age

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Dartmouth College Professor David Blanchflower studied data across 132 countries to measure the relationship between wellbeing and age.

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Middle age is miserable, according to a new economic study which pinpoints 47.2 years old as the moment of peak unhappiness in the developed world.

Dartmouth College Professor David Blanchflower, a former Bank of England policymaker, studied the data across 132 countries to measure the relationship between wellbeing and age.

He concluded that in every country, there is a “happiness curve”, which is U-shaped over lifetimes. It reaches its lowest in the developing nations at 48.2. “The curve’s trajectory holds true in countries where the median wage is high and where it is not and where people tend to live longer and

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