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search intensity for boredom in Europe and the US. We also found a significant increase in searches for loneliness, worry and …
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wellbeing, we use Australian data to explore the determinants of wellbeing and loneliness of natives and migrants in the 65 … loneliness. Results show that social networks have a strong positive effect on wellbeing and a strong effect in reducing … loneliness among both natives and migrants. The positive effect of social networks is stronger for females than males. …
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institutions, fear concerning the economy, loneliness, infection rate, policy stringency and distancing. To assess the validity of …
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Studies have found that loneliness is as bad as smoking or obesity for mortality risk, and the prevalence of loneliness … the substantial literature on loneliness, there is little detailed research on the extent of economic gradients. In this … differences in loneliness across educational attainment, household income and neighbourhood deprivation, as well as recent major …
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We provide a comprehensive picture of the health effects of social isolation using longitudinal data over 21 European countries (SHARE). First, using Cox regressions, we find a significant, strong and robust association between our social isolation index and mortality, which is much stronger in...
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We analyse a measure of loneliness from a representative sample of German individuals interviewed in both 2017 and at … did in 2017. The pandemic more than doubled the gender loneliness gap: women were lonelier than men in 2017, and the 2017 …-2020 rise in loneliness was far larger for women. This rise is mirrored in life-satisfaction scores. Men's life satisfaction …
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paper investigates the causal link between physical isolation and loneliness. We exploit variations in the number of … significantly affect loneliness. Further, we use triple differences to examine heterogeneous effects. For income, age, personality … household characteristics on loneliness. Whereas many believe that 'being alone' and 'being lonely' are similar concepts, our …
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Major health shocks can have far-reaching consequences on the welfare of an individual's support and emotional network. This paper investigates both long-term and short-term spillovers of a major non-communicable health shock, namely a cancer diagnosis (CD), on the health and well- being of an...
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the same area. Finally, we found no clear evidence of decreased social support or increased loneliness through …
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and loneliness compared to compatriots who never lived abroad. The data used are from the first wave of the Irish …
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