David Blanchflower

2 months ago | nber.org | Jean Twenge |David Blanchflower

David Blanchflower thanks the United Nations for funding. The views expressed herein are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Bureau of Economic Research. Jean Twenge has served as an and expert witness on research on mental health and social media with law firms and U.S. state attorney's general offices.

Jan 14, 2025 | onlinelibrary.wiley.com | David Blanchflower |Alex Bryson

1 Introduction Across much of the industrialized developed world, the proportion of workers joining trade unions – union density – has been in decline for decades (Table 1). This is particularly evident in English-speaking countries, including the United States, where unions usually organize workplace-by-workplace to establish collective bargaining rights.

Jan 9, 2025 | nber.org | David Blanchflower |Alex Bryson

David G. Blanchflower and Alex Bryson would like to thank the United Nations for support. The copyright for all research commissioned by the Human Development Report Office will be held by UNDP. We thank Gytis Greicius for research assistance and Victor Counted, Michael Gurven and Tara Thiagarajan for helpful comments. The views expressed herein are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Bureau of Economic Research. Related

Nov 1, 2024 | nber.org | David Blanchflower |Alex Bryson

Skip to main content David G. Blanchflower and Alex Bryson would like to thank the United Nations for support. The copyright for all research commissioned by the Human Development Report Office will be held by UNDP. We thank the ESRC Data Archive for access to the data. We thank Gabe Gottesman and Noah Durham for research assistance and Carol Graham, Jon Haidt, Christina Lengfelder, Bruce Sacerdote and Tara Thiagarajan for useful comments and Mariano Rojas for help with the data.

Sep 11, 2024 | edwardconard.com | David Blanchflower |Alex Bryson |David Bell |Jon Kamp

.@D_Blanchflower @AlexanderBryson and David Bell find a significant increase in depression and phobia among Scots aged 16-24, from 1.3% in 2000 to 15.7% in 2023, mirroring similar trends in the US. We show the incidence of mental ill-health has been rising especially among the young and especially so in Scotland. In earlier papers, we have noted the correlation between spending substantial amounts of time in front of a screen and poor mental health, especially among the young.