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 …, although it fell slightly after 2020 as life expectancy dipped. This secular improvement is mirrored in life satisfaction which … has been rising in the last decade. However, so too have negative affect in Europe and despair in the USA …