A growing body of research highlights that the mental health of young people worldwide is in decline. A series of recent papers by David “Danny” Blanchflower and colleagues provide crucial insights into this issue, analyzing regional and national trends to understand the scale and underlying factors of this crisis.
Regional Insights
The Mental Health of the Young in Asia and the Middle East: The Importance of Self-Reports. David G. Blanchflower & Alex Bryson. February 2025 DOI 10.3386/w33475 https://www.nber.org/papers/w33475
The Mental Health of the Young in Ex-Soviet States. David G. Blanchflower & Alex Bryson. January 2025. DOI 10.3386/w33356 https://www.nber.org/papers/w33356
The Mental Health of the Young in Africa. David G. Blanchflower & Alex Bryson. December 2024. DOI 10.3386/w33280. https://www.nber.org/papers/w33280
The Mental Health of the Young in Latin America. David G. Blanchflower & Alex Bryson. November 2024. DOI 10.3386/w33111. https://www.nber.org/papers/w33111
The Declining Mental Health of the Young in the UK. David G. Blanchflower, Alex Bryson & David N.F. Bell. September 2024. DOI 10.3386/w32879 https://www.nber.org/papers/w32879
Cross-National Comparisons and Broader Trends
Declining Life Satisfaction and Happiness Among Young Adults in Six English-speaking Countries. Jean Twenge & David G. Blanchflower. February 2025. DOI 10.3386/w33490 https://www.nber.org/papers/w33490
Further Evidence on the Global Decline in the Mental Health of the Young. David G. Blanchflower, Alex Bryson, Anthony Lepinteur & Alan Piper. May 2024. DOI 10.3386/w32500 https://www.nber.org/papers/w32500
The Declining Mental Health Of The Young And The Global Disappearance Of The Hump Shape In Age In Unhappiness. David G. Blanchflower, Alex Bryson & Xiaowei Xu. April 2024. DOI 10.3386/w32337 https://www.nber.org/papers/w32337