Worker wellbeing rises in age in 103 countries. Find out more here www.nber.org/papers/w3478... @nber.org @dannyblanchy.bsky.social @sriucl.bsky.social

Why is it that union membership density is rising in Japan? Find out here in our new Hitotsubashi Institute of Economic Research Discussion Paper www.ier.hit-u.ac.jp/Common/publi... @sriucl.bsky.social @hitotsubashiu.bsky.social

Industrial Relations: A Journal of Economy and Society invites submissions to a special issue examining reasons for gender wage gaps around the world and policy responses to them. Extended abstracts due April 3. Learn more: irle.berkeley.edu/wp-content/u...

Our new paper examines the productivity dynamics of union locals in the USA. We show inter-union competition is not effective in raising productivity and effects of creative destruction are weak. Check it out: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.... @sriucl.bsky.social

The young report lower job quality than other workers in the USA potentially contributing to their declining mental health. But other factors (employment selection and changing work orientations) may be at play www.nber.org/papers/w34696 @sriucl.bsky.social @dannyblanchy.bsky.social

Interested in the experiences of working from home versus at the workplace during and after COVID? Watch this @escoeorg.bsky.social webinar from @francescafolia1.bsky.social with discussion by me www.escoe.ac.uk/events/the-c... @sriucl.bsky.social

Working on the gender wage gap? We have a new call for papers for a Special Issue of IR Berkeley. Check it out here: irle.berkeley.edu/publications... @ucberkeleyirle.bsky.social @sriucl.bsky.social

Using UKHLS we show the changing age profile of mental ill-health is driven by rising mental ill-health among the young @sriucl.bsky.social

The U-shape of wellbeing – high when we’re young, then falling, and rising after middle age – was “among the most striking, persistent patterns in social science ... But this is no longer true” – new blog by @dannyblanchy.bsky.social @alexbryson.bsky.social @xiaoweixu.bsky.social @theifs.bsky.social

In our new paper on Eastern Europe and Central Asia we find no decline in the mental health of the young relative to older people which characterizes Western Europe and English-speaking countries onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... @sriucl.bsky.social @dannyblanchy.bsky.social

In our new @nberthe.bsky.social paper we illustrate the importance of accounting for survey mode in well-being research. Check it out here: www.nber.org/papers/w3459... @sriucl.bsky.social @dannyblanchy.bsky.social

It's rising despair among young workers that's changing the age profile of poor mental health in the United States. Check out our new paper here: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... @sriucl.bsky.social @undp.org @dannyblanchy.bsky.social

Come join us @sriucl.bsky.social on December 12 for our workshop on the use of genetic data in birth cohorts to examine social and economic questions. Register here: www.ucl.ac.uk/ioe/events/2...

Sneak preview of IR Berkeley's first edition for 2026. Five Open Access papers on strikes, wage mark ups and downs, educational mismatch and discrimination in hiring @ucberkeleyirle.bsky.social @sriucl.bsky.social

Jessica Grose’s nice piece citing our new research: For Gen Z-ers, Work Is Now More Depressing Than Unemployment www.nytimes.com/2025/11/05/o... @sriucl.bsky.social

Focusing on the 22 countries in the Global Flourishing Study we find not flourishing is highest among women and the young. We emphasise the importance of accounting for survey mode when examining wellbeing and illbeing. www.nber.org/papers/w3432... @sriucl.bsky.social @dannyblanchy.bsky.social

Patrick Neuss will be presenting at our QSS-CLS seminar on 22 October @sriucl.bsky.social Find out more here: www.ucl.ac.uk/ioe/events/2...

Labour market prospects are key to understanding the North-South divide in young Europeans' life satisfaction. Find out more here: www.academia.edu/2997-9196/2/... @sriucl.bsky.social @uclsociology.bsky.social

Mari Tanaka (Hitotsubashi and UTokyo) and I provide the first evidence on trade union effects on firm-level wages and productivity for developing countries using World Bank Enterprise Data. Download our new discussion paper here: www.ier.hit-u.ac.jp/Common/publi... @sriucl.bsky.social @ucl.ac.uk

Thanks a lot for hosting @alexbryson.bsky.social! Really looking forward to the exchange and to seeing some of my coauthors in person again. 😄 If anyone is in London and up for a coffee or a pint, let me know! ☕🍺

The middle-age misery "hump" has disappeared worldwide – why? Research from @alexbryson.bsky.social with Dartmouth and @theifs.bsky.social suggests that increasing mental health challenges for young people are shifting the curve. www.ucl.ac.uk/news/2025/aug/...

Higher wages reduce job separation rates but the effect weakens when taxes rise implying higher taxes reduce job search activity. Download our new paper free here: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... @sriucl.bsky.social @uclsociology.bsky.social

Want a job in quantitative social science? We have two permanent lectureships in our Social Research Institute. Apply here: www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/... @sriucl.bsky.social

The rise in despair among the young means poor mental health is monotonously declining in age. This is the case in the USA, the UK and many countries around the world. Find out More here: theconversation.com/lifetime-tre... @sriucl.bsky.social

The decline in mental health of the young in the last decade or so requires attention from governments around the world. Find out more here journals.plos.org/plosone/arti... @sriucl.bsky.social

Congratulations to Francesca Arduini for completing her economics PhD at @ucl.ac.uk. Lorraine Dearden and I had a great time supervising her. Find out more about her PhD and her new job at Somerville College here www.ucl.ac.uk/ioe/people/m... @sriucl.bsky.social

Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) have been rising for the young in the USA and are strongly and significantly associated with poor mental health in adulthood. Find out more here: doi.org/10.1371/jour... @sriucl.bsky.social @uclsociology.bsky.social @ucl.ac.uk @dannyblanchy.bsky.social

Marginal decisions on employment retention can substantially impact racial earnings gaps. Find out more here: www.rfberlin.com/wp-content/u... @sriucl.bsky.social @uclsociology.bsky.social @ucl.ac.uk

Working on the use of genetic data in social sciences with birth cohort data? Then submit a paper to our workshop here: www.ucl.ac.uk/ioe/events/2... @sriucl.bsky.social @clscohorts.bsky.social

The wellbeing of the young has been declining in many Latin American countries, across surveys, and using various measures of wellbeing and mental health. Check out our #OpenAccess paper out today: link.springer.com/content/pdf/... @sriucl.bsky.social @dannyblanchy.bsky.social @undp.org

Call for abstracts: genetics, economic & social issues. We're hosting a 1-day workshop on using genetic data to examine economic & social issues on 12th December at UCL’s Social Research Institute. More info & submission at link below #genetics #socialscience #economics #cohort bit.ly/41EnPmu

Today is International Youth Day. So it's an important moment to think about rising despair among the young in the United States. Check out the latest evidence here: www.nber.org/papers/w34071 @sriucl.bsky.social @nber.org

David Blanchflower & @alexbryson.bsky.social explore new research from across Asia and the Middle East which shows that web-based surveys suggest young people are less happy, while face-to-face or telephone surveys suggest the opposite. cepr.org/voxeu/column... #EconSky #InternationalYouthDay

Here's a preview of our last edition of the year. Eight papers ranging from the impact of occupational licensing on retirement through to trust in the workplace. Check it out. @ucberkeleyirle.bsky.social @sriucl.bsky.social

Despair in the United States now declines with age. This is due to the rise in despair among young workers. Find out more here: nber.org/papers/w34071 @sriucl.bsky.social @nber.org @dannyblanchy.bsky.social

Survey mode matters a lot when assessing the mental health of the young. Our paper is free to download via #OpenAccess here: link.springer.com/content/pdf/... @sriucl.bsky.social

Survey data from 21 European countries shows that life satisfaction is rising with age in Northern Europe, but falling with age in Southern Europe where the young have been getting more satisfied with life. David Blanchflower & @alexbryson.bsky.social cepr.org/voxeu/column... #EconSky

What’s behind the North-South divide in young Europeans’ life satisfaction? Find out here: cepr.org/voxeu/column... @sriucl.bsky.social @voxeu.org @uclsociology.bsky.social

Job-to-job transitions have fallen as the bite of the UK's minimum wage has risen. Download our new paper free through #OpenAccess here: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.... @sriucl.bsky.social @wagedynamics.bsky.social

What's happening to unionization in Japan? Find out here www.rfberlin.com/wp-content/u... or here www.ier.hit-u.ac.jp/Common/publi... You might be surprised @sriucl.bsky.social @uclsociology.bsky.social @ucl.ac.uk

Today I became a Research Fellow at the Rockwool Foundation (RF Berlin). I'm looking forward to making a contribution www.rfberlin.com/author/abrys... @sriucl.bsky.social @uclsociology.bsky.social @ucl.ac.uk @ucleconomics.bsky.social

Great to read that the ONS Economic Microdata Transformation team have begun development work on the prototype recommended in ESCoE's recent LEED report: tinyurl.com/t5hx4372 @christinavpalmou.bsky.social @alexbryson.bsky.social

Why is life satisfaction of the young rising in Southern Europe? Find out here: www.nber.org/papers/w3395... @sriucl.bsky.social @dannyblanchy.bsky.social @nber.org

Increased marginal tax rates reduce job-to-job transitions, consistent with a reduction in job search activity. Download our new paper for free here www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... @sriucl.bsky.social

Our NIESR paper using ASHE-Census linked data presents new evidence on the role of the firm in ethnic wage gaps in England and Wales across the wage distribution niesr.ac.uk/publications... @sriucl.bsky.social @wagedynamics.bsky.social @niesrorg.bsky.social

Good to see that in the new Clarivate Journal Citation Report the IR Berkeley Impact Factor (JIF) rose from 2.4 in 2023 to 2.6 in 2024, with a move up the rankings in Industrial Relations and Labor from 19/51 to 14/52 @ucberkeleyirle.bsky.social

This report examines the case for a new linked employer-employee data infrastructure for the UK. Conclusion: we need it and we need it quickly. @sriucl.bsky.social @adr-uk.bsky.social @escoeorg.bsky.social @christinavpalmou.bsky.social @citystgeorges.bsky.social

Out soon. Issue 3 in 2025 of IR Berkeley. Five of the six papers are free to download via #OpenAccess @ucberkeleyirle.bsky.social @sriucl.bsky.social

New research from Asia & the Middle East suggests that survey modes influence reported #wellbeing: web-based surveys suggest young people are less happy than face-to-face or telephone surveys. D Blanchflower, @alexbryson.bsky.social cepr.org/voxeu/column... #EconSky #InternationalDayofHappiness

Ready to teach sociology students on our brand new @sriucl.bsky.social MSc in Sociology? Apply here: www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/... @uclsociology.bsky.social