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Social interactions, loneliness and health: A new angle on an old debate
Casabianca, Elizabeth; Kovacic, Matija - 2024
predeftned behavioural standards and attitudes towards loneliness. Focusing on a sub-population of second-generation immigrants … loneliness. Subsequently, we show the validity of the identifted trait as an instrument for loneliness in a two-stage model for … health. We also ftnd that loneliness has a direct impact on body mass index and speciftc mental health issues, with these …
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Children's Residential Proximity, Spousal Presence and Dementia Risk
Lin, Zhuoer; Yin, Xuecheng; Levy, Becca R.; Yuan, Yue; … - 2024
Cognitive impairment poses considerable challenges among older adults, with the protective role of family support becoming increasingly crucial. This study examines the role of children's residential proximity and spousal presence with dementia risk in cognitively impaired older adults. We...
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Self-Selection in Physical and Mental Health among Older Intra-European Migrants
Constant, Amelie F.; Milewski, Nadja - 2020
European countries and now live elsewhere in Europe. We use the Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe and apply …
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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The Benefits of Medicaid Home and Community-Based Services on Health
Liu, Yinan; Zai, Xianhua - 2022
The Medicaid Home and Community- Based Services (HCBS) program in the United States subsidizes the long-term care provided at home or in community-based settings for older adults. Little is known about how HCBS affects the well-being of the aging population. Using detailed information about...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013172583
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Does Aging at Home Make Older Adults Healthy: Evidence from Medicaid Home and Community-Based Services
Liu, Yinan; Zai, Xianhua - 2022
The Medicaid Home and Community-Based Services (HCBS) subsidizes long-term care to satisfy the increasing desire to age at home among older adults. The HCBS program may improve health outcomes of this population by allowing them to age-in- place, but less quality and quantity of home-based care...
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COVID-19, Lockdowns and Well-Being: Evidence from Google Trends
Brodeur, Abel; Clark, Andrew E.; Fleche, Sarah; … - 2020
search intensity for boredom in Europe and the US. We also found a significant increase in searches for loneliness, worry and … the lockdowns implemented in Europe and America led to changes in well-being related topic search terms. Using differences …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012217730
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Exchange rate, remittances and expenditure of foreign-born households: evidence from Australia
Hasan, Syed; Ratna, Nazmun; Shakur, Shamim - 2019
We examined the impact of the depreciation of the Australian dollar (AU$) during 2013-2015 on the expenditure of households with foreign-born members (HFBMs) in Australia. Employing the difference-in-differences method and 2013-2015 Nielson Homescan Panel Survey data, we found that HFBMs spent...
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Intergenerational Occupational Mobility in Latin American Economies: An Empirical Approach
Doruk, Ömer Tuğsal; Pastore, Francesco; Yavuz, Hasan … - 2020
Identifying the determinants of intergenerational mobility is an important aim in the development literature. In this article, intergenerational transmission is examined for 6 neglected Latin American Economies (Brazil, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Mexico, Panama and Puerto Rico). We use a multinomial...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012174178
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Immigration and the Health of Older Natives in Western Europe
Escarce, José J.; Rocco, Lorenzo - 2018
labor market. We use the Study of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe (SHARE) to investigate whether immigration also …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011871772