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 …

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 …

are weekly wages and happiness. Our results show significant effects at age 50 from early adulthood unemployment. These … affects are stronger than more recent unemployment experiences. -- youth unemployment ; scarring effects ; happiness …

wellbeing metrics - happiness and life satisfaction - is less clear cut. Differences vary over time, location, and with model … in happiness data regarding whether males are happier than females but find little variation by month in unhappiness data … reveal that women's happiness was more adversely affected by the COVID shock than men's, but also that women's happiness …