自殺と人生への満足度はあまり関係無い - himaginary’s diaryという主旨のNBER論文「Suicide, Age, and Wellbeing: an Empirical Investigation」をプリンストン大のAnne CaseとAngus Deatonが書いている。 以下はその要旨。 Suicide rates, life evaluation, and measures of affect are all plausible measures of the mental health and wellbeing of populations. Yet in the settings we examine, correlations between suicide and measured wellbeing are at best inconsistent. Differences in suicides between men and
