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search data to document how the great economic crisis has affected people's well-being and health studying the US, Germany …
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It is now common to use the individual's self-assessed-health-status (SAHS) as a measure of health. The use of SAHS is … 2011 wave of the rich Survey of Health Aging and Retirement Europe (SHARE) is used for the exploration of the full spectrum … of factors behind the health-status in 16 European countries, focusing on behavioral risk factors (smoking, alcohol …
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We study the determinants of individual aversion to health and income inequality in three European countries and the … effects of exposure to COVID-19 including the effect employment, income and health shocks using representative samples of the … population in each country. Comparing levels of health- and income-inequality aversion in the UK between the years 2016 and 2020 …
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We study whether exposure to COVID-19 has affected individual aversion to health and income inequality in the UK, Italy … unemployment), income and health directly linked to COVID-19. We find that conditioned on risk aversion and relevant covariates … (income, education, demographics), individuals who have experienced either a health or an financial shock during the COVID-19 …
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We study the impact of short-term exposure to ambient air pollution on the spread and severity of COVID-19 in Germany. We combine data on county-by-day level on confirmed cases and deaths with information on local air quality and weather conditions and exploit short-term variation in the...
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We study the impact of short-term exposure to ambient air pollution on the spread and severity of COVID-19 in Germany. We combine data on county-by-day level on confirmed cases and deaths with information on local air quality and weather conditions and exploit short-term variation in the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012263327
pandemic and two lockdowns on the mental health and subjective well-being of German workers. Employing an event-study design … health substantially. Momentary happiness and life satisfaction also decline in response to Covid-19, but to a smaller extent …
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the health and economic effects of the crisis, as well as a potential “rally around the ag” component. We find that the … social welfare spending financed by taxes. This is largely due to economic insecurity, but also because of health concerns. A …
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How do health crises affect election results? We combine a panel of election results from 1893-1933 with spatial … lasting shift towards left-wing parties. We argue that pandemic intensity increased the salience of public health policy …, prompting voters to reward parties signaling competence in health issues. Alternative explanations such as pandemic …
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How do health crises affect election results? We combine a panel of election results from 1893-1933 with spatial … lasting shift towards left-wing parties. We argue that pandemic intensity increased the salience of public health policy …, prompting voters to reward parties signaling competence in health issues. Alternative explanations such as pandemic …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014311628