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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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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
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011783556
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The happiness trade-off between unemployment and inflation
Blanchflower, David G.; Bell, David N. F.; Montagnoli, … - In: Journal of money, credit and banking : JMCB 46 (2014), pp. 117-141
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010471066
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The Scots May Be Brave But They Are Neither Healthy Nor Happy
Bell, David; Blanchflower, David G. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2005
On almost all measures of physical health, Scots fare worse than residents of any other region of the UK and often worse than the rest of Europe. Deaths from chronic liver disease and lung cancer are particularly prevalent in Scotland. The self-assessed wellbeing of Scots is lower than that of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005822477
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Antidepressants and Age
Blanchflower, David G.; Oswald, Andrew J. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2011
Antidepressants as a commodity have been remarkably little-studied by economists. This study shows in new data for 27 European countries that 8% of people (and 10% of those middle-aged) take antidepressants each year. The probability of antidepressant use is greatest among those who are...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009147490
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Is Psychological Well-being Linked to the Consumption of Fruit and Vegetables?
Blanchflower, David G.; Oswald, Andrew J.; … - Department of Economics, University of Warwick - 2012
-being. In cross-sectional data, happiness and mental health rise in an approximately dose-response way with the number of daily … satisfaction, WEMWBS mental well-being, GHQ mental disorders, self-reported health, happiness, nervousness, and feeling low …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010579166
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Is well-being U-shaped over the life cycle?
Blanchflower, David G.; Oswald, Andrew J. - 2007
We explore the idea that happiness and psychological well-being are U-shaped in age. The main difficulty with this …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010271880
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The Scots may be brave but they are neither healthy nor happy
Bell, David N.F.; Blanchflower, David G. - 2005
On almost all measures of physical health, Scots fare worse than residents of any other region of the UK and often worse than the rest of Europe. Deaths from chronic liver disease and lung cancer are particularly prevalent in Scotland. The self-assessed wellbeing of Scots is lower than that of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010272699
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Antidepressants and age
Blanchflower, David G.; Oswald, Andrew J. - 2011
Antidepressants as a commodity have been remarkably little-studied by economists. This study shows in new data for 27 European countries that 8% of people (and 10% of those middle-aged) take antidepressants each year. The probability of antidepressant use is greatest among those who are...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010285995
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Do Humans Suffer a Psychological Low in Midlife? Two Approaches (With and Without Controls) in Seven Data Sets
Blanchflower, David G.; Oswald, Andrew J. - 2017
applies each to large cross-sections and compares the patterns of life-satisfaction and happiness. Using the first method …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011744670