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COVID-19 and mental health deterioration among BAME groups in the UK
Proto, Eugenio; Quintana-Domeque, Climent - 2020
-COVID-19, and uncover four new facts. First, ethnicity predicts mental health deterioration when interacted with gender. Among …, among women, the deterioration in mental health is similar for both BAME and British White individuals. Second, the gender … BAME groups. The BAME group of Bangladeshi, Indian and Pakistani appears to be driving the difference in the gender gap in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012253756
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Intermittent employment : work histories of Israeli men and women, 1983 - 1995
Neuman, Shoshana (contributor); Ziderman, Adrian (contributor) - 2004 - [Elektronische Ressource]
National Insurance Institute. The paper focuses on gender differences in work history patterns and, within each gender …'s labor market attachment is stronger than is generally presumed. Gender differences in employment interruptions are greater …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10002471934
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Wage differentials in the 1990s in Israel : endowments, discrimination, and selectivity
Neuman, Shoshana (contributor);  … - 2004 - [Elektronische Ressource]
sample of professionals is decomposed into several subsamples: men and women and within each gender a distinction is made …). Comparisons by gender and ethnicity can then be made. Characteristics (endowments) and wage structures of the four groups are …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10002475383
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The impact of employment protection mandates on demographic temporary employment patterns : international microeconomic evidence
Kahn, Lawrence M. (contributor) - 2005
Using 1994-98 International Adult Literacy Survey (IALS) microdata, this paper investigates the impact of employment protection laws on the incidence of temporary employment by demographic group. More stringent employment protection for regular jobs is predicted to increase the relative...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10002706188
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Identifying population groups at high risk of social exclusion : evidence from the ECHP
Tsakloglou, Panos O.; Papadopoulos, Fotis - 2001
In recent years in the public discourse of many European countries there has been a shift in emphasis from "poverty" to "social exclusion". Broadly interpreted, "social exclusion" implies the "inability of an individual to participate in the basic political, economic and social functionings of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011405157
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Ageing, health, loneliness and wellbeing
Tani, Massimiliano; Cheng, Zhiming; Piracha, Matloob; … - 2020
Older people experience high rates of depression and suicide, yet they make a positive net contribution to the economy through activities such as employment, volunteering, and looking after grandchildren. The wellbeing of older people is therefore important not only on moral but also economic...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012256238
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The political economy of social exclusion with implications for immigration policy
Grâdšṭayn, Marq (contributor);  … - 2004 - [Elektronische Ressource]
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10001983019
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Do humans suffer a psychological low in midlife? : two approaches (with and without controls) in seven data sets
Blanchflower, David G.; Oswald, Andrew J. - 2017
Using seven recent data sets, covering 51 countries and 1.3 million randomly sampled people, the paper examines the pattern of psychological well-being from approximately age 20 to age 90. Two conceptual approaches to this issue are possible. Despite what has been argued in the literature,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011724541
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Starting school and ADHD : when is it time to fly the nest?
Nicodemo, Catia; Nicoletti, Cheti; Vidiella-Martin, Joaquim - 2024
Does deferring school entry for children born just before the enrollment cutoff date improve their mental well-being? We address this question using administrative data on prescriptions for attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) in England. Higher ADHD rates among early school starters...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014576933
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Is there an income gradient in child health? : it depends whom you ask
Johnston, David W.; Propper, Carol; Pudney, Stephen E.; … - 2010
A large literature uses parental evaluations of child health status to provide evidence on the socioeconomic determinants of health. If how parents perceive health questions differs by income or education level, then estimates of the socioeconomic gradient are likely to be biased and potentially...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003944292