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'Cultural Persistence' of Health Capital : Evidence from European Migrants

Costa-Font, Joan - 2017

We examine the persistence of the association between subjective health assessments of both first and second … variables including citizenship and cultural proxies. Our results show robust evidence of persistence of health assessments, and … such associations do not fade over generations. We estimate that a one standard deviation change in ancestral health …

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African-American and White Living Standards in the 19th Century American South : A Biological Comparison

Carson, Scott A. - 2006

By using a new source of 19th century Texas state prison records, the present study contrasts the biological living conditions of comparable blacks and whites in the American South between the Civil War and Reconstruction. White stature exceeded black stature. Between 1850 and 1870, black...

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The Long-Run Consequences of Chernobyl : Evidence on Subjective Well-Being, Mental Health and Welfare

Danzer, Alexander M.; Danzer, Natalia - 2021

health. We estimate the causal effect of the 1986 Chernobyl catastrophe after 20 years by linking geographic variation in …

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Health, Wealth and Inequality : A Contribution to the Debate About the Relationship between Inequality and Health

Carson, Scott A. - 2021

The relationship between material inequality and health is the subject of considerable debate, and may depend on how … the relationship is defined. This paper uses stature as its measure for cumulative health outcomes to illustrate that the … 19th century relationship between material inequality and health was negative; greater average state wealth was …

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What Can Economists Learn from Happiness Research?

Frey, Bruno S.; Stutzer, Alois - CESifo - 2001

Over the past few years, there has been a steadily increasing interest on the part of economists in happiness research. We argue that reported subjective well-being is a satisfactory empirical approximation to individual utility and that happiness research is able to contribute important...

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Perspectives from the Happiness Literature and the Role of New Instruments for Policy Analysis

Praag, Bernard M.S. van - CESifo - 2007

After having been ignored for a long time by economists, happiness is becoming an object of serious research in 21st century economics. In Section 2 we sketch the present status of happiness economics. In Section 3 we consider the practical applicability of happiness economics, retaining the...

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Happiness, Economy and Institutions

Frey, Bruno S.; Stutzer, Alois - CESifo - 2000

A cross-regional econometric analysis suggests that institutional factors in the form of direct democracy (via initiatives and referenda) and of federal structure (local autonomy) systematically and sizeably raise s elf-reported individual well-being. This positive effect can be attributed to...

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Beyond Bentham – Measuring Procedural Utility

Frey, Bruno S.; Stutzer, Alois - CESifo - 2001

We propose that outcome utility and process utility can be distinguished and empirically measured. People gain procedural utility from participating in the political decision-making process itself, irrespective of the outcome. Nationals enjoy both outcome and process utility, while foreigners...

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Valuing Public Goods: The Life Satisfaction Approach

Frey, Bruno S.; Luechinger, Simon; Stutzer, Alois - CESifo - 2004

This paper discusses a novel approach to elicit people’s preferences for public goods, namely the life satisfaction approach. Reported subjective well-being data are used to directly evaluate utility consequences of public goods. The strengths of this approach are compared to traditional...

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Calculating Tragedy: Assessing the Costs of Terrorism

Frey, Bruno S.; Luechinger, Simon; Stutzer, Alois - CESifo - 2004

The trends and consequences of terrorist activities are often captured by counting the number of incidents and casualties. More recently, the effects of terrorist acts on various aspects of the economy have been analyzed. These costs are surveyed and put in perspective. As economic consequences...

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