Money and mental wellbeing : A longitudinal 3 study of medium - sized lottery wins
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8 One of the famous questions in social science is whether money makes people happy. We offer new 9 evidence by using longitudinal data on a random sample of Britons who receive medium-sized lottery wins 10 of between £1000 and £120,000 (that is, up to approximately US$ 200,000). When compared to two control 11 groups – one with no wins and the other with small wins – these individuals go on eventually to exhibit 12 significantly better psychological health. Two years after a lottery win, the average measured improvement 13 in mental wellbeing is 1.4 GHQ points. 14 © 2006 Published by Elsevier B.V. 15 JEL classification: D1; I3 16
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تاریخ انتشار 2006