Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/174094 
Year of Publication: 
2017
Series/Report no.: 
IZA Discussion Papers No. 11184
Publisher: 
Institute of Labor Economics (IZA), Bonn
Abstract: 
In Happiness for All?, Carol Graham raises disquieting ideas about today's United States. The challenge she puts forward is an important one. Here we review the intellectual case and offer additional evidence. We conclude broadly on the author's side. Strikingly, Americans appear to be in greater pain than citizens of other countries, and most sub-groups of citizens have downwardly trended happiness levels. There is, however, one bright side to an otherwise dark story. The happiness of black Americans has risen strongly since the 1970s. It is now almost equal to that of white Americans.
Subjects: 
depression
mental-health
GHQ
well-being
happiness
life-course
JEL: 
I3
I31
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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