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Emotional health in childhood is key to adult happiness

10 November 2014

[Richard] Layard and his colleagues at the Wellbeing research program at the London School of Economics' Centre for Economic Performance concluded that a child's emotional health is far more important to their satisfaction levels as an adult than other factors, such as if they achieve academic success when young, or wealth when older.

This article was published by the Taipei Times online on November 10, 2014
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Related publications
'What Predicts a Successful Life? A Life-Course Model of Well-Being', Andrew E. Clark, Francesca Cornaglia, Richard Layard, Nattavudh Powdthavee and James Vernoit, Centre for Economic Performance Discussion Paper No.1245, October 2013
What Predicts a Successful Life? A Life-Course Model of Well-Being, Richard Layard, Andrew Clark, Francesca Cornaglia, Nattavudh Powdthavee and James Vernoit, Economic Journal, Feature Issue, Vol. 124, Issue 580, pp. F720-F738, November 2014

Related links
Richard Layard webpage
Andrew Clark webpage
Francesca Cornaglia webpage
Nattavudh Powdthavee webpage
Wellbeing Programme webpage

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