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Lockdowns, Loneliness and Life Satisfaction
Hamermesh, Daniel S. - 2020
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 …. Assuming that lockdowns constrain married people to spend time solely with their spouses, simulations show that their happiness …
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Life Satisfaction in Urban China: Components and Determinants
Song, Lina; Appleton, Simon - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2008
Survey data from urban China in 2002 show levels of life satisfaction to be low, but not exceptionally so, by … international comparison. Many of the determinants of life satisfaction in urban China appear comparable to those for people in … and political participation raise life satisfaction. People appear fairly satisfied with economic growth and low inflation …
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COVID-19 Government Responses to Labour Market Disruptions and Economic Impacts: The New Zealand Model
Maani, Sholeh A. - 2021
The Covid-19 pandemic caused major shifts in the operation and fortunes of several industries within New Zealand, including an immediate impact on the workforce. In this setting, the combined epidemiological and economic responses of the government, businesses and the general public played a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012882505
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Are Happier People More Compliant? Global Evidence From Three Large-Scale Surveys During Covid-19 Lockdowns
Krekel, Christian; Swanke, Sarah; De Neve, Jan-Emmanuel; … - 2020
psychological theories, and find that past and present happiness predicts compliance during lockdown. The relationship is stronger … for those with higher levels of happiness. A negative mood, or loss in happiness, predicts lower compliance. We explore …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012322489
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The impact of education and occupation on temporary and permanent work incapacity
Gupta, Nabanita Datta; Lau, Daniel; Pozzoli, Dario - 2012
This paper investigates whether education and working in a physically demanding job causally impact temporary work incapacity, i.e. sickness absence, and permanent work incapacity, i.e. the inflow to disability via sickness absence. Our contribution is to allow endogeneity of both education and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010289962
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Trust in the Time of Corona
Brück, Tilman; Ferguson, Neil T.N.; Justino, Patricia; … - 2020
The global spread of COVID-19 is one of the largest threats to people and governments since the Second World War. The on-going pandemic and its countermeasures have led to varying physical, psychological, and emotional experiences, shaping not just public health and the economy but also...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012270064
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The Downward Spiral
Greenwood, Jeremy; Guner, Nezih; Kopecky, Karen A. - 2022
There have been more than 500,000 opioid overdose deaths since 2000. To analyze the opioid epidemic, a model is constructed where individuals choose whether to use opioids recreationally, knowing the probabilities of addiction and dying. These odds are functions of recreational opioid usage....
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Female Suicide and the Concept of the Midlife Crisis
Oswald, Andrew J.; Tohamy, Ahmed - 2017
The idea that humans especially females are prone to some form of 'midlife crisis' has typically been viewed with extreme skepticism by social scientists. We point out the potential equivalence between an age U-shape in a new well-being literature and a matching hill-shape in especially female...
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Imitative obesity and relative utility
Blanchflower, David G.; Oswald, Andrew J.; Van … - 2009
If human beings care about their relative weight, a form of imitative obesity can emerge (in which people subconsciously keep up with the weight of the Joneses). Using Eurobarometer data on 29 countries, this paper provides cross-sectional evidence that overweight perceptions and dieting are...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010269287
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The Midlife Crisis
Giuntella, Osea; McManus, Sally; Mujcic, Redzo; Oswald, … - 2022
, approximately 500,000 individuals. It checks that the key results are not due to cohort effects. Nor do we rely on simple life-satisfaction …
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