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Distributionally sensitive measurement and valuation of population health
Da Costa, Shaun; O'Donnell, Owen; Van Gestel, Raf - 2023
We introduce a measure of population health that is sensitive to dispersion in both agespecific health and lifespan. The measure generalises health-adjusted life expectancy without requiring more data. A transformation of change in the measure gives a distributionally sensitive monetary...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014247629
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Individual mortality and macro-economic conditions from birth to death
Lindeboom, Maarten; Portrait, France; Berg, Gerard J. … - 2003
cycle conditions early in life as an exogenous indicator. Individual records from Dutch registers of birth, marriage, and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011334361
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Do early life and contemporaneous macro-conditions explain health at older ages?
Portrait, France; Alessie, Rob; Deeg, Dorly - 2008
The paper presents an approach which thoroughly assesses the role of early life and contemporaneous macro-conditions in explaining health at older ages. In particular, we investigate the role of exposure to infectious diseases and economic conditions during infancy and childhood, as well as the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011376454
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Income satisfaction inequality and its causes
Ferrer-i-Carbonell, Ada; Praag, Bernard M. S. van - 2001
In this paper, the concept of Income Satisfaction Inequality is operationalized on the basis of individual responses to … analogue of the objective income concept and includes objective income inequality as a special case. The paper introduces a … method to decompose Income Satisfaction Inequality according to the contributions from variables such as income, education …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011326418
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Well-being inequality and reference groups : an agenda for new research
Praag, Bernard M. S. van - 2010 - Version March 3, 2010
well-being is much less investigated. It is argued that the concept of well-being inequality cannot be properly defined … concept of inequality in happiness or SWB. Finally, we plead for an extension of the present happiness paradigm by setting up …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011379637
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I can't get no satisfaction : necessity entrepreneurship and procedural utility
Block, Jörn; Koellinger, Philipp - 2008
We study a unique sample of 1,547 nascent entrepreneurs in Germany and analyze which factors are associated with their self-reported satisfaction regarding their start-up. Our study identifies a new facet of procedural utility and offers new insights about the motivations and goals of nascent...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011376664
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Welfare measurement and poverty targeting based on participatory wealth rankings
Wiegand, Martin - 2020
Participatory wealth rankings (PWRs) present an inclusive and inexpensive targeting method to identify poor households. They tend to be well received by participants but point to a systematically different understanding of welfare than implied by consumption-based rankings. This suggests that...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012404170
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Do early episodes of depression and anxiety make homelessness more likely?
Moschion, Julie; Ours, Jan C. van - 2022
This paper studies the relationship between early mental health episodes and early homelessness, focusing on depression and anxiety amongst disadvantaged Australians. Using data from the Australian Journeys Home survey, we investigate whether the early onset of mental health conditions make a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013359047
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Growing richer and taller : explaining change in the distribution of child nutritional status during Vietnam's economic boom
O'Donnell, Owen; López Nicolás, Ángel; Van … - 2006
Over a five-year period in the 1990s Vietnam experienced annual economic growth of more than 8% and a decrease of 15 points in the proportion of children chronically malnourished (stunted). We estimate the extent to which changes in the distribution of child nutritional status can be explained...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011350368
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Perspectives from the happiness literature and the role of new instruments for policy analysis
Praag, Bernard M. S. van - 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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