The Rising Well-Being of the Young / David G. Blanchflower, Andrew J. Oswald.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Blanchflower, David G.

Contributor:

National Bureau of Economic Research.

Oswald, Andrew J.

Series:

Working Paper Series (National Bureau of Economic Research) no. w6102.

NBER working paper series no. w6102

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Quality of life.

Social indicators.

Physical Description:

1 online resource: illustrations (black and white);

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, Mass. National Bureau of Economic Research 1997.

Cambridge : National Bureau of Economic Research, 1997.

Summary:

Many observers believe that times are growing harder for young people in Western society. This paper looks at the evidence and finds that conventional wisdom appears to be wrong. Using the U.S. General Social Surveys and the Eurobarometer Surveys, the paper studies the reported happiness and life-satisfaction scores of random samples of young men and women. " The data cover the USA and thirteen European countries. Our main finding is that from the 1970s to the 1990s the well-being of the young increased quite markedly. A number of possible explanations are considered.

Notes:

Print version record

July 1997.