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Many recent writings in health policy have proposed that health be valued directly and in monetary terms using the new … may be for the evaluation process. To shed light on this issue, monetary values for a number of health problems are … consistency of health impacts within each well-being measure, hugely different monetary valuations are obtained for the same …
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-being distribution has decreased over time. Moreover, health as well as life satisfaction contribute quite substantially to … German SOEP micro data. Besides income as traditional indicator for material well-being, we include health as a proxy for … nonmaterial quality of life as well as self-reported satisfaction with life as dimensions. We find that one third of the German …
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so-called 'knowledge industries' fed into an increased demand in Australia for better-educated workers. As the twentieth …
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the loss of health insurance. This paper uses data from the 2020 Household Pulse Survey (HPS) and difference …-in-difference (DD) regressions to estimate the effect of the Medicaid expansion on anxiety and depression associated with job loss …
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Although yet to be clearly identified as a clinical condition, there is immense concern at the health and wellbeing … is strongly associated with negative affect (anxiety, depression, worry and a lack of interest in things). The effect is …
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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...
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The issue of whether employees who work more hours than they want to suffer adverse health consequences is important … question by analyzing the impact of the discrepancy between actual and desired work hours on self-perceived health outcomes in …-hour mismatches (i.e., differences between actual and desired hours) have negative effects on workers' health. In particular, we show …
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compulsory schooling laws in Australia. We find the net effect of schooling on later SWB to be positive, though this effect is …
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the level of satisfaction with political and economic institutions and with the education and health systems, whereas the … Europe deliver greater satisfaction with political institutions and lead to greater personal happiness. The analysis uses …
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Although many students suffer from anxiety and depression, and students often identify school pressure and concerns … environment on students' physical and mental health. In this paper, we draw on rich administrative data and the features of the …
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