
The well-being of young Americans is "falling off a cliff," according to a new study. Concretely, the United States ranking is now ranking 23rd in Oxford's Wellbeing Research Centre's Happiness Report, which surveys the happiness of citizens of all age groups in over 100 countries.
Jan-Emmanuel De Neve, the Oxford economist who helps steer the World Happiness Report, has warned that America's youth well-being crisis isn't a blip, but a pattern. The University of Oxford's Wellbeing Research Centre and a professor at Saïd Business School, he pointed out a steep deterioration in how young Americans rate their lives to CNBC.