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wellbeing of very young children. More specifically, we estimate versions of the three key relations from his framework using … is not explicit in Sen's original set-up, but is key to the development and happiness of young children. A second set of … models indicates that the daily activities of very young children are related to household income but that in some cases the …
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We examine the differential effects of Covid-19 and related restrictions on individuals with dependent children in … groups. In a difference-in-differences design, we compare the change for individuals with children to the change for … individuals without children, accounting for unrelated trends as well as potential survey mode and context effects. We find that …
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We here use data from the Wisconsin Longitudinal Study (WLS) to provide one of the first analyses of the distal (early-life) and proximal (later-life) correlates of older-life subjective well-being. Unusually, we have two distinct measures of the latter: happiness and eudaimonia. Even after...
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This paper studies the impact of six main air pollutants on three key dimensions of subjective well-being (SWB) - life satisfaction, hedonic happiness and mental health. We match a nationally representative survey in China with local air quality and rich weather conditions according to the exact...
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victimization surveys and compares the role of individual and family characteristics for five forms of childhood violence, including … sexual assaults and threats. The study also examines repeated and poly-victimization and the factors underlying abuse by … different types of domestic perpetrators. This study finds that children aged 0 to 12 are the most exposed to sexual abuse …
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Governments are becoming interested in the concept of human well-being and how truly to assess it. As an alternative to traditional economic measures, some nations have begun to collect information on citizens' happiness, life satisfaction, and other psychological scores. Yet how could such data...
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individuals' momentary happiness and anxiety. We show the impact of TRIs varies with the nature of the incident, the individual …' momentary happiness and anxiety levels, but the effect is short-lived and is largely confined to incidents that lead to the …
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Unemployment continues to be one of the major challenges in industrialized societies. Aside from its economic dimensions and societal repercussions, questions concerning the individual experience of unemployment have recently attracted increasing attention. Although many studies have documented...
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Earmarked paternity leave has been introduced in an attempt to increase fathers’ involvement in child rearing and to achieve gender equality in the labor market and at home. So far well-being effects of such policies are unexplored. This paper takes a first step in that direction by studying...
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This paper analyzes the role of different types of institutions, such as entrepreneurship-facilitating entry conditions, labor market regulations, quality of government, and perception of corruption for individual well-being among self-employed and paid employed individuals. Well-being is...
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