TY  - RPRT
        AU  - Blanchflower, David G.
AU  - Oswald, Andrew J.
        TI  - Unhappiness and Pain in Modern America: A Review Essay, and Further Evidence, on Carol Graham's Happiness for All?
        PY  - 2017/Nov/
        PB  - Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
        CY  - Bonn
        T2  - IZA Discussion Paper
        IS  - 11184
        UR  - https://www.iza.org/publications/dp11184
        AB  - 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.
        KW  - happiness
KW  - well-being
KW  - GHQ
KW  - mental-health
KW  - depression
KW  - life-course
        ER  -