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Socio-economic status, health shocks, life satisfaction and mortality : evidence from an increasing mixed proportional hazard model
Frijters, Paul (contributor);  … - 2005
by testing if more satisfied people live longer. Our results clearly confirm the importance of income, education and … marriage as important factors in determining longevity. For example, a one-log point increase in real household monthly income …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10002615800
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Socio-economic status, health shocks, life satisfaction and mortality : evidence from an increasing mixed proportional hazard model
Frijters, Paul (contributor);  … - 2005
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003146885
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Socio-Economic Status, Health Shocks, Life Satisfaction and Mortality : Evidence from an Increasing Mixed Proportional Hazard Model
Frijters, Paul; Haisken-DeNew, John P.; Shields, Michael A. - 2021
by testing if more satisfied people live longer. Our results clearly confirm the importance of income, education and … marriage as important factors in determining longevity. For example, a one-log point increase in real household monthly income …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013318707
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Childhood economic conditions and length of life : evidence from the UK boyd orr cohort, 1937 - 2005
Frijters, Paul; Shields, Michael; Hatton, Timothy J.; … - 2007
household income only being a significant predictor of death from cancer. Moreover, we find that children born in a location … from a sample of around 5,000 children collected in the UK in 1937-39, who have been traced through official death records … results confirm that childhood conditions such as household income and the quality of the home environment are significant …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003561620
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Childhood Economic Conditions and Length of Life : Evidence from the UK Boyd Orr Cohort, 1937-2005
Frijters, Paul - 2007
household income only being a significant predictor of death from cancer. Moreover, we find that children born in a location … from a sample of around 5,000 children collected in the UK in 1937-39, who have been traced through official death records … results confirm that childhood conditions such as household income and the quality of the home environment are significant …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012775846
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Robustness in health research : do differences in health measures, techniques, and time frame matter?
Frijters, Paul; Ulker, Aydogan - 2008
life-style choices (drinking, smoking, exercise) and income on six measures of health in the US Health and Retirement Study …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009483348
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Robustness in Health Research: Do differences in health measures, techniques, and time frame matter?
Frijters, Paul; Ulker, Aydogan - National Centre for Econometric Research (NCER) - 2008
life-style choices (drinking, smoking, exercise) and income on six measures of health in the US Health and Retirement Study …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005635662
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2012 Global hunger index: the challenge of hunger: Ensuring sustainable food security under land, water, and energy stresses
von Grebmer, Klaus; Ringler, Claudia; Rosegrant, Mark W.; … - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010691975
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2013 Global Hunger Index: The challenge of hunger: Building resilience to achieve food and nutrition security
von Grebmer, Klaus; Headey, Derek; Bene, Christophe; … - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2013
The 2013 Global Hunger Index (GHI) report—the eighth in an annual series—presents a multidimensional measure of national, regional, and global hunger. It shows that the world has made some progress in reducing hunger since 1990, but still has far to go. The 2013 GHI report focuses...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010700929
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Indice globale della fame: La sfida della fame 2013: Sviluppare la resilienza delle comunita per la sicurezza alimentare e nutrizionale
von Grebmer, Klaus; Headey, Derek; Bene, Christophe; … - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
L Indice Globale della Fame 2013 (GHI), relativo ai dati del periodo 2008-2012, mostra che la fame mondiale e diminuita di un terzo rispetto al 1990. Nonostante i progressi, il livello della fame nel mondo rimane "grave", con 870 milioni di persone a soffrirne, secondo le stime...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010850585