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Unhappiness and pain in modern America : a review essay, and further evidence, on Carol Graham's happiness for all?
Blanchflower, David G.; Oswald, Andrew J. - 2017
In Happiness for All?, Carol Graham raises disquieting ideas about today's United States. The challenge she puts … citizens have downwardly trended happiness levels. There is, however, one bright side to an otherwise dark story. The happiness …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011770416
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Wellbeing rankings
Blanchflower, David G.; Bryson, Alex - 2022
the World Happiness Index and are more comparable to those obtained with the Human Development Index. The state level …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013471233
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Economic growth and subjective well-being : reassessing the Easterlin Paradox
Stevenson, Betsey; Wolfers, Justin - In: Brookings papers on economic activity : BPEA (2008) 1, pp. 1-102
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003764838
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Imitative obesity and relative utility
Blanchflower, David G.; Oswald, Andrew J.; Van … - 2009
. -- Body mass index BMI ; comparisons ; imitation ; happiness ; peer effects ; dieting ; mental health ; well-being ; obesity …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003810316
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The paradox of declining female happiness
Stevenson, Betsey; Wolfers, Justin - 2009
that measures of subjective well-being indicate that women's happiness has declined both absolutely and relative to men …-being, and is pervasive across demographic groups and industrialized countries. Relative declines in female happiness have eroded … a gender gap in happiness in which women in the 1970s typically reported higher subjective well-being than did men …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003859341
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Happiness and health care coverage
Blanchflower, David G. - 2009
In this paper I examine the characteristics of adults who report on whether they have health care coverage and of people who say that they are unable to see a doctor over the preceding year because of the cost. I make use of a unique data set, the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System, a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003901166
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Is well-being U-shaped over the life cycle?
Blanchflower, David G. (contributor);  … - 2007
We explore the idea that happiness and psychological well-being are U-shaped in age. The main difficulty with this … demographic variables and income, are held constant. -- Happiness ; aging ; well-being ; GHQ ; cohorts …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003566275
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What makes a young entrepreneur?
Blanchflower, David G. (contributor);  … - 2007
This paper documents some of the patterns in modern microeconomic data on young people’s employment, attitudes and entrepreneurial behaviour. Among other sources, the paper uses the Eurobarometer Surveys; the Labour Force Surveys from Canada and the Current Population Survey in the United...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003571667
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Hypertension and happiness across nations
Blanchflower, David G. (contributor);  … - 2007
A modern statistical literature argues that countries such as Denmark are particularly happy while nations like East Germany are not. Are such claims credible? The paper explores this by building on two ideas. The first is that psychological well-being and high blood-pressure are thought by...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003536141
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Subjective well-being, income, economic development and growth
Sacks, Daniel W.; Stevenson, Betsey; Wolfers, Justin - 2010
We explore the relationships between subjective well-being and income, as seen across individuals within a given country, between countries in a given year, and as a country grows through time. We show that richer individuals in a given country are more satisfied with their lives than are poorer...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009152425