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 …

of the urban population in work-active ages and use data from the Chinese Income Project (CHIP) covering eastern, central … being employed as a worker of high rank. There is relatively little income inequality among workers of high rank as well as … among workers of middle rank. Mean income and household wealth per capita of highly-ranked workers developed more favorably …

. Yet there is no gap in average disposable income between the two ethnic groups and poverty rates are very similar. This … paradox is due to members of Hui households earning more income outside the farm than members of Han households. Particularly … young male Hui living in poor villages have a remarkably high likelihood of migrating, thereby bringing home income to their …

Passive smoking is a major public health issue. This paper documents the main risk factors that determine children … of children drawn from the Health Survey for England, for whom we match parental and household smoking and demographic … characteristics. We also utilise an objective measure of children's exposure, namely, the level of cotinine - a metabolite of nicotine …

Using longitudinal income-tax registers, we study how past labour market outcomes affect current labour market … welfare/non-participation. Our main finding is that after longer periods of employment with high income, individuals …

not work, and if the household head is not healthy. Means testing of household income is more stringent in urban areas …