Publication type
Journal Article
Authors
Publication date
June 1, 2007
Abstract:
One of the famous questions in social science is whether money makes people happy. We offer new evidence by using longitudinal data on a random sample of Britons who receive medium-sized lottery wins of between £1000 and £120,000 (that is, up to approximately US$ 200,000). When compared to two control groups - one with no wins and the other with small wins - these individuals go on eventually to exhibit significantly better psychological health. Two years after a lottery win, the average measured improvement in mental wellbeing is 1.4 GHQ points.
Published in
Journal of Health Economics
Volume
Volume: 26 (1):49-60
DOI
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jhealeco.2006.08.004
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