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While economic deprivation is an important determinant of civil conflict, it cannot completely explain the incentives for warfare. In irregular wars, for example, both incumbents and insurgents may employ various tactics to win the hearts and minds of civilians in order to muster territorial...
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capabilities and SWB (particularly, life evaluations), which varies across world regions. Capabilities can also be associated with …
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This paper investigates how ethnic diversity, measured by the immigrants' countries of origin, influences the well-being of the host country. Using panel data from Germany for the period 1998 to 2012, we find a positive effect of ethnic diversity on the well-being of German citizens. To...
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Combining data on around four million respondents from the Gallup World Poll and the US Daily Tracker Poll we rank 164 … affect measures - life satisfaction, enjoyment, smiling and being well-rested – and four negative affect variables – pain … ranks lowest - just below South Sudan. The Nordic countries that traditionally rank high using life satisfaction do not rank …
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of choice, absence of corruption, and generosity) identified in the World Happiness Reports and apply Data Envelopment …
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slightly after 2020 as life expectancy dipped. This secular improvement is mirrored in life satisfaction which has been rising …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 …
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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...
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We provide novel evidence on how the COVID-19 global health and economic crisis is affecting overall life satisfaction … and domain-specific satisfaction using data from a monthly longitudinal survey of middle-aged and older Singaporeans …. Using a difference-in-differences framework, we document large declines in overall life satisfaction and domain …
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2020 in Germany, when schools and day care centers were closed but while other measures had been relaxed and new infections …
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their happiness, adjusted for numerous demographic and economic variables. Satisfaction among married individuals increases … most with additional time spent with spouse. Among singles, satisfaction decreases most as more time is spent alone …
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