Quality of Life

China

How China’s human capital impacts its national competitiveness

Ryan Hass, Kevin Dong, Jude Blanchette, and Briana Boland

Monday, May 16, 2022

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Up Front

How did COVID-19 affect Americans’ well-being and mental health?

Emily Dobson, Carol Graham, Tim Hua, and Sergio Pinto

Friday, April 8, 2022

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Report

Despair and resilience in the US: Did the COVID pandemic worsen mental health outcomes?

Emily Dobson, Carol Graham, Tim Hua, and Sergio Pinto

Monday, April 4, 2022

Report

The state of the Sustainable Development Goals in the United States

Anthony F. Pipa, Krista Rasmussen, and Kait Pendrak

Wednesday, March 16, 2022

Reports

U.S. Politics & Government

The value of qualitative data for advancing equity in policy

Tiffany N. Ford and Annelies Goger

Thursday, October 14, 2021

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Report

Addressing America’s crisis of despair and economic recovery

Friday, July 30, 2021

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Report

How COVID-19 changed the world: G-7 evidence on a recalibrated relationship between market, state, and society

Katharina Lima de Miranda and Dennis J. Snower

Thursday, April 29, 2021

Essay

How We Rise: How social networks impact economic mobility in Racine, WI, San Francisco, CA, and Washington, DC

Camille Busette, Jill Simmerman Lawrence, Richard V. Reeves, and Sarah Nzau

Tuesday, January 12, 2021

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Essay

Are women happier than men? Do gender rights make a difference?

Carol Graham

Wednesday, August 19, 2020

Blog Posts

Up Front

Parents are time squeezed, these policies can help

Pulcherie Bekono, Morgan Welch, and Hannah Van Drie

Friday, August 13, 2021

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Order from Chaos

Two tales of a city: How middle-class Shanghai reveals China’s unsettled future

Cheng Li

Tuesday, May 11, 2021

Future Development

Making well-being a policy priority: Lessons from the 2021 World Happiness Report

Carol Graham

Tuesday, April 6, 2021

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Wednesday, November 17, 2021

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Quality of Life

How China’s human capital impacts its national competitiveness

How did COVID-19 affect Americans’ well-being and mental health?

Despair and resilience in the US: Did the COVID pandemic worsen mental health outcomes?

The state of the Sustainable Development Goals in the United States

Reports

The value of qualitative data for advancing equity in policy

Addressing America’s crisis of despair and economic recovery

How COVID-19 changed the world: G-7 evidence on a recalibrated relationship between market, state, and society

How We Rise: How social networks impact economic mobility in Racine, WI, San Francisco, CA, and Washington, DC

Are women happier than men? Do gender rights make a difference?

Blog Posts

Parents are time squeezed, these policies can help

Two tales of a city: How middle-class Shanghai reveals China’s unsettled future

Making well-being a policy priority: Lessons from the 2021 World Happiness Report

Events

Affordable housing for special-needs adults

The happiness curve: Why life gets better after 50

Occupational licensing: Too much of a good thing?

Related Books

There Is Nothing for You Here: Finding Opportunity in the Twenty-First Century

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Tiffany N. Ford

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Carol Graham

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