Narrow search
Showing 1 - 10 of 136
Cover Image
Government Education Expenditures, Pre-Primary Education and School Performance : A Cross-Country Analysis
Del Boca, Daniela - 2018
later school performance. We also consider different childcare characteristics such as duration and quality, which appear to … quality issues …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012925495
Cover Image
Were Covid and the Great Recession Well-Being Reducing?
Blanchflower, David G.; Bryson, Alex - 2023
Using micro-data on six surveys the Gallup World Poll 2005-2023, the U.S. Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System, 1993-2022, Eurobarometer 1991-2022, the UK Covid Social Survey Panel, 2020-2022, the European Social Survey 2002-2020 and the IPSOS Happiness Survey 2018-2023 we show...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014345570
Cover Image
Happiness in Old Age : The Daughter Connection
Sukontamarn, Pataporn; Asadullah, M. Niaz; … - 2023
Family and intergenerational relationships are becoming increasingly important as sources of support and care for the elderly population in the rapidly aging Asian societies. However, this has also raised concern over the reinforcement of cultural preferences for sons as a source of old-age...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014351199
Cover Image
The Gendered Crisis : Livelihoods and Mental Well-Being in India During Covid-19
Afridi, Farzana; Dhillon, Amrita; Roy, Sanchari - 2023
This paper studies the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the gendered dimensions of employment and mental health among urban informal-sector workers in India. First, we find that men's employment declined by 84 percentage points during pandemic relative to pre-pandemic employment, while their...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014356636
Cover Image
Child Health, Parental Well-Being, and the Social Safety Net
Adhvaryu, Achyuta; Daysal, N. Meltem; Gunnsteinsson, … - 2023
How do parents contend with threats to the health and survival of their children? Can the social safety net mitigate negative economic effects through transfers to affected families? We study these questions by combining the universe of cancer diagnoses among Danish children with register data...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014356977
Cover Image
Ageing, Health and Life Satisfaction of the Oldest Old : An Analysis for Germany
Gwozdz, Wencke - 2009
This analysis uses data from the German Socio-Economic Panel (GSOEP) and the Survey on Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe (SHARE) to assess the effect of ageing and health on the life satisfaction of the oldest old (defined as 75 and older). We observe a U-shaped relationship between age...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012764471
Cover Image
Life Satisfaction
Kapteyn, Arie - 2009
We analyze the determinants of global life satisfaction in two countries (The Netherlands and the U.S.), by using both self-reports and responses to a battery of vignette questions. We find global life satisfaction of happiness is well-described by four domains: job or daily activities, social...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012764664
Cover Image
Income Volatility, Health and Well-Being
Adeline, Amelie - 2019
While there is mounting evidence that large income shocks, e.g. in the form of a job loss, may impact health and mortality, little evidence exist on the potential relationship between sustained income volatility, keeping average lifetime income constant, and health. This paper exploits rich...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012857829
Cover Image
A Happy Choice : Wellbeing as the Goal of Government
Frijters, Paul - 2019
In this article, we lay out the basic case for wellbeing as the goal of government. We briefly review the history of this idea, which goes back to the ancient Greeks and was the acknowledged ideal of the Enlightenment. We then discuss possible measures on which a wellbeing orientation could be...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012859762
Cover Image
Disability and Multi-Dimensional Quality of Life : A Capability Approach to Health Status Assessment
Anand, Paul - 2019
This paper offers an approach to assessing quality-of-life, based on Sen's (1985) theory, which it uses to understand … loss in quality-of-life due to mobility-impairment. Specifically, it provides a theoretical analysis which is able to … quality-of-life between those with a disability (mobility-impairment) and those without. Empirical results show that mobility …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012860522