The Rising Well-Being of the Young

David Blanchflower and Andrew Oswald

The Warwick Economics Research Paper Series (TWERPS) from University of Warwick, Department of Economics

Abstract: 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 reports happiness and life-satisfaction score 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.

Keywords: YOUTH; SOCIAL WELFARE (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: J13 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 57 pages
Date: 1998
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Chapter: The Rising Well-Being of the Young (2000)
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