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This paper demonstrates how quality of life can be measured by plain text in a representative survey, the German Socio … the state of the European Union, long-term climate change but also the national debt or problems with the quality of …
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This paper examines the effects of county-level urbanization and natural amenities on subjective well-being (SWB) in the U.S. SWB is measured using individual-level data from the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) which asks respondents to rate their overall life satisfaction....
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cultural movement grounded on evidence from quality-of-life studies. The movement proposes a new culture leading towards a …
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This paper estimates the long-term benefits from an influential early childhood program targeting disadvantaged families. The program was evaluated by random assignment and followed participants through their mid-30s. It has substantial beneficial impacts on health, children's future labor...
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centers, using Instrumental Variables (IV) and Marginal Treatment Effects (MTE) methods to tackle imperfect compliance with … suggestive evidence that quality greatly matters for the impacts at the child level, but not at the mother level. …
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the quality margin and correlated measurement errors. We use Mexican household budget survey data and city-level soda …
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universal preschools offer a relatively high-quality learning experience for low-income children not reflected in typical … quality metrics. …
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forms of CON programs. We examine the effect of the expiration of Pennsylvania's CON law on indicators of quality and cost … effect on our various measures of quality and cost. …
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later school performance. We also consider different childcare characteristics such as duration and quality, which appear to … quality issues. …
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-product industries with endogenous quality and variety choice. We take advantage of data on physical quantities of outputs and inputs … quality and variety choices may bias standard estimators. Using real exchange rates and variation in the "bite" of the … firms' quality and variety choices, this method yields consistent estimates, free of the quality and variety biases we have …
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