Quality of Life

People walk along Nanjing Pedestrian Road, a main shopping area, during the Labour Day holiday, following the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Shanghai, China May 5, 2021. REUTERS/Aly Song

Order from Chaos

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

Cheng Li

Tuesday, May 11, 2021

12/19/2020 - Bergamo - last weekend in the yellow zone before Christmas; entrances limited by the local police in via XX Settembre to avoid gatherings, controls by the police intensified. long queues outside the shops and lots of crowds on the street. Editorial Usage Only (Photo by IPA/Sipa USA)No Use UK. No Use Germany.

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

Future Development

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

Carol Graham

Tuesday, April 6, 2021

Nurse helping an older person in a nursing home hallway.

Health Care Reform

Time to rethink nursing homes

Stuart M. Butler

Friday, February 5, 2021

Reports

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

A boy throws snow at his mother as they play in a playground in Harlem, New York, U.S. February 9, 2017. REUTERS/Bria Webb

Essay

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

Carol Graham

Wednesday, August 19, 2020

Quality of Life

Social capital: Why we need it and how we can create more of it

Isabel V. Sawhill

Thursday, July 16, 2020

Gary Connell reacts while talking about the economic impact to his hairstyling business after a nine-week disruption due to the stay-at-home order for the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, outside Salon Plaza in Wheaton, Maryland, near Washington, U.S., June 11, 2020. Picture taken June 11, 2020. REUTERS/Yuri Gripas

Report

Well-being and mental health amid COVID-19: Differences in resilience across minorities and whites

Carol Graham, Yung Chun, Michal Grinstein-Weiss, and Stephen Roll

Wednesday, June 24, 2020

Portrait of the middle-aged woman looking through the window on a rainy day

Report

The midlife dip in well-being: Economists (who find it) versus psychologists (who don’t!)

Carol Graham

Wednesday, April 1, 2020

Blog Posts

The Avenue

Dismantling white privilege starts with undoing racist housing policies

Andre M. Perry and Stuart Yasgur

Thursday, January 14, 2021

The Avenue

What transformative placemaking taught us in 2020, and how it can help build a better future

Joanne Kim, Hanna Love, Jennifer S. Vey, and Tracy Hadden Loh

Wednesday, January 13, 2021

Hospital staff push a gurney through a hospital corridor

Up Front

A new tool for tracking vulnerability and premature mortality in America

Carol Graham and Sergio Pinto

Wednesday, July 15, 2020

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Experts

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Multimedia

Podcast Episode

Does money make you happy?

Carol Graham

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Thursday, June 11, 2020

Three protesters embrace each other during a peaceful protest against police violence organized by the San Francisco LGBT Community Center in San Francisco, California December 24, 2014. An 18-year old black teen was fatally shot by police at a gas station late on Tuesday in a St. Louis suburb near where unarmed teen Michael Brown was killed by a white officer in August. REUTERS/Stephen Lam (UNITED STATES - Tags: CRIME LAW CIVIL UNREST)

Up Front

Racial gaps in hope, ill-being, and deaths of despair

Carol Graham

Thursday, February 27, 2020

picture of the Oklahoma City innovation district

Economic Development

Positioned for growth: Advancing the Oklahoma City innovation district

Scott Andes, Jason Hachadorian, Bruce Katz, Anna Siprikova, Jennifer S. Vey, and Meg Walker

Tuesday, April 18, 2017

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Quality of Life

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

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

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

Time to rethink nursing homes

Reports

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?

Social capital: Why we need it and how we can create more of it

Well-being and mental health amid COVID-19: Differences in resilience across minorities and whites

The midlife dip in well-being: Economists (who find it) versus psychologists (who don’t!)

Blog Posts

Dismantling white privilege starts with undoing racist housing policies

What transformative placemaking taught us in 2020, and how it can help build a better future

A new tool for tracking vulnerability and premature mortality in America

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

How’s Life? 2013

The Pursuit of Happiness

How to Improve Governance

Experts

Carol Graham

Leo Pasvolsky Senior Fellow and Research Director - Global Economy and Development

Multimedia

Does money make you happy?

Racial gaps in hope, ill-being, and deaths of despair

Positioned for growth: Advancing the Oklahoma City innovation district

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