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Self-Selection in Physical and Mental Health among Older Intra-European Migrants
Constant, Amelie F.; Milewski, Nadja - 2020
-origin framework, in which we compare the health of emigrants to that of their compatriots who stay in the country of origin. Isolating … cultural effects can best gauge self-selection and host country effects on the health of emigrants with longer time abroad. We … study both the physical and mental dimensions of health among European-born emigrants over 50, who originate from seven …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012264436
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The Healthy Immigrant Paradox and Health Convergence
Constant, Amelie F. - 2017
The health status of people is a precious commodity and central to economic, socio-political, and environmental dimensions of any country. Yet it is often the missing statistic in all general statistics, demographics, and presentations about the portrait of immigrants and natives. In this paper...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011729229
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Health Inequality among Chinese Older Adults: The Role of Childhood Circumstances
Yan, Binjian; Chen, Xi; Gill, Thomas M. - 2020
This paper examines the extent to which childhood circumstances contribute to health inequality in old age and how the contributions may vary across key dimensions of health. We link the China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study (CHARLS) in 2013 and 2015 with its Life History Survey in 2014...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012147431
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Household Wealth and Body Mass Index: Towards a Healthy Ageing?
Belloc, Ignacio; Molina, José Alberto; Velilla, Jorge - 2023
Body Mass Index, using data from the Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe, including 15 countries from 2004 to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014435501
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M-Health Apps and Physical and Mental Health Outcomes of Sexual Minorities
Drydakis, Nick - 2022
Given the assigned health inequalities faced by sexual minorities, it is fitting to assess whether m-health could be associated with better health-related outcomes for these sexual minorities. The present study examines associations between m-physical and m-mental health apps and sexual...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013270104
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Intergenerational scars: The impact of parental unemployment on individual health later in life
Ubaldi, Michele; Picchio, Matteo - 2023
This paper studies whether individuals that experienced parental unemployment during their childhood/early adolescence have poorer health once they reach the adulthood. We used data from the German Socio-Economic Panel from 2002 until 2018. Our identification strategy of the causal effect of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014001742
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Sex workers' self-reported physical and mental health in Greece. A repeated cross-sectional study in 2009, 2013 and 2019
Drydakis, Nick - 2021
In Greece, given the precarious nature of the sex work industry, sex workers health and wellbeing is of concern. However, relevant research remains limited. This study examined whether sex workers' self-reported physical and mental health deteriorated across time points during the economic...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012610279
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Immigration and unemployment in Europe: does the core-periphery dualism matter?
Esposito, Piero; Collignon, Stefan; Scicchitano, Sergio - 2019
In this paper, we assess the impact of immigration and unemployment for a sample of 15 EU countries between 1997 and 2016. We test for the existence of a core-periphery dualism based on differences in macroeconomic fundamentals and labour market characteristics. We use a Panel Error Correction...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011962628
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Social Rejection, Family Acceptance, Economic Recession and Physical and Mental Health of Sexual Minorities
Drydakis, Nick - 2021
Utilizing two panel datasets covering the periods 2013-2014 and 2018-2019, the study examines whether social rejection, family acceptance, and economic conditions bear an association with self-rated physical and mental health of sexual minorities. Social rejection bears a negative association...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012621485
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Childhood Circumstances and Health Inequality in Old Age: Comparative Evidence from China and the United States
Chen, Xi; Yan, Binjian; Gill, Thomas M. - 2020
This paper estimates the extent to which childhood circumstances contribute to health inequality in old age and evaluates the importance of major domains of childhood circumstances to health inequalities in the USA and China. We link two waves of the China Health and Retirement Longitudinal...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012290483