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"The better you feel, the harder you fall": health perception biases and mental health among Chinese adults during the COVID-19 pandemic
Nie, Peng; Wang, Lu; Dragone, Davide; Lu, Haiyang; … - 2021
The health risks of the current COVID-19 pandemic, together with the drastic mitigation measures taken in many affected …
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Consumption response to Seoul's COVID-19 shopping coupons: evidence from consumer data
Woo, Seokjin; Aum, Sangmin; Kim, Dohyung; Moon, Heyjin; … - 2021
This study measures the extent to which Seoul's COVID-19 shopping coupon program affects individuals' consumption. Unlike other COVID-19-related transfer programs, the Seoul Metropolitan government provides consumption coupons depending on income. We quantify the causal effect of Seoul's program...
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COVID-19 lockdown, home environment, lifestyles, and mental health among preschoolers in China
Zhang, Yunting; Zhao, Jin; Yu, Zhangsheng; Wang, Guanghai; … - 2024
During the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic, Shanghai implemented lockdown measures to stop transmission of the virus. Over 26 million residents, including 0.8 million children aged 3-6, were confined at home. This study leveraged a city-wide cohort of preschool children - the Shanghai...
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The compromise effect in action : lessons from a restaurant's menu
Pinger, Pia; Ruhmer-Krell, Isabel; Schumacher, Heiner - 2016
The compromise effect refers to individuals' tendency to choose intermediate options. Its existence has been demonstrated in a large number of hypothetical choice experiments. This paper uses field data from a specialties restaurant to investigate the existence and strength of the compromise...
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Healthcare quality and dementia risk
Aravena, José M.; Chen, Xi; Levy, Becca R. - 2024
Low healthcare quality has been found to predict the development of several illnesses in older adults, while the evidence on dementia is still lacking. This study assesses whether and to what extent experiencing low healthcare quality can be associated with developing dementia in people...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014495150
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Effect of perceptions and behaviour on access to and use of financial service : evidence from South Africa
Annim, Samuel Kobina; Arun, Thankom; Kostov, Philip - 2012
This study investigates the effect of financial perception and behaviour on; (a) general accounts and services, (b … three estimations support the hypothesis that financial perception has a greater effect on the decision to access and use … behaviour is greater than financial perception when making decisions on the take-up and use of investment financial services. It …
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Minimum wages and restaurant employment for teens and adults in metropolitan and non-metropolitan areas
Winters, John V. - 2022
This study estimates effects of minimum wages on individual restaurant employment using the 2005-2019 Current Population Survey (CPS) and a two-way fixed effects regression model. I examine effects for teens and adults with less than an associate's degree for the entire U.S. and by metropolitan...
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The value of sick pay
Adams, Abi; Boneva, Teodora; Golin, Marta; Rauh, Christopher - 2021
Not all countries provide universal access to publicly funded paid sick pay. Amongst countries that do, compensation rates can be low and coverage incomplete. This leaves a significant role for employer-provided paid sick pay in many countries. In this paper, we study who has access to...
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Chutes and ladders? : job opportunities for generation COVID
Barth, Erling; Dale-Olsen, Harald; Schøne, Pål; … - 2021
With a focus on jobs for youth, this paper analyses the development of job postings in Norway during the first and second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020. Jobs for youth are defined by the top 20 3-digit occupations for young workers. Job postings in these occupations took a larger hit...
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The great Canadian recovery : the impact of COVID-19 on Canada's labour market
Jones, Stephen R. G.; Lange, Fabian; Riddell, William Craig - 2022
The Canadian labour market experienced a period of unprecedented turmoil following the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. We analyze the main changes using standard labour force statistics and new data on job postings. Envisaging a phase of temporary severing of employment relationships followed by...
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