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The Economics of Walking About and Predicting Unemployment
Blanchflower, David G.; Bryson, Alex - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2021
Recession and the economic slowdown in Europe just prior to the COVID19 pandemic …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012616620
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The Female Happiness Paradox
Blanchflower, David G.; Bryson, Alex - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2022
Using data across countries and over time we show that women are unhappier than men in unhappiness and negative affect equations, irrespective of the measure used - anxiety, depression, fearfulness, sadness, loneliness, anger - and they have more days with bad mental health and more restless...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013172192
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The Consequences of Radical Reform : The French Revolution
Acemoglu, Daron - 2009
the 1790s and later under Napoleon invaded and controlled large parts of Europe. Together with invasion came various …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012463816
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The Rise of Europe : Atlantic Trade, Institutional Change and Economic Growth
Acemoglu, Daron - 2002
This paper documents that the Rise of (Western) Europe between 1500 and 1850 is largely accounted for by the growth of …. Atlantic trade and colonialism affected Europe both directly, and indirectly by inducing institutional changes. In particular …, thus enabling new merchants in these countries to benefit from Atlantic trade. Therefore, the Rise of Europe was largely …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012469325
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Were COVID and the Great Recession Well-being Reducing?
Blanchflower, David G.; Bryson, Alex - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2023
We show individuals' reports of subjective well being in Europe did decline in the Great Recession and during the Covid … has been rising in the last decade. However, so too have negative affect in Europe and despair in the USA …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014322884
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Wellbeing, Expectations and Unemployment in Europe
Blanchflower, David G.; Bryson, Alex - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2023
We find expectations are more sensitive to economic growth than traditional wellbeing metrics. We examine Eurobarometer micro data from 1973-2023 on movements in life satisfaction along with data from 1995-2022 on five expectations variables on and individual's life and their financial and job...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014447326