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Using Rasch analysis to form plausible health states amenable to valuation: the development of CORE-6D from CORE-OM in order to elicit preferences for common mental health problems
Mavranezouli, I; Brazier, JE; Young, Tracey A.; Barkham, M - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2009
Purpose: To describe a new approach for deriving a preference-based index from a condition specific measure that uses Rasch analysis to develop health states. Methods: CORE-OM is a 34-item instrument monitoring clinical outcomes of people with common mental health problems. CORE-OM is...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009004836
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The Impact of Precarious Employment on Mental Health: the Case of Italy
Moscone, Francesco; Tosetti, Elisa; Vittadini, Giorgio - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2015
In this paper, we investigate the impact of precarious employment on mental health using a unique dataset that matches information on mental health with labour characteristics for a set of employees in Italy. We examine the causal effect of temporary contracts, their duration and the number of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011122833
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Are fruit and vegetables good for our mental and physical health? Panel data evidence from Australia
Mujcic, Redzo - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2014
This paper studies the effect of fruit and vegetable consumption on human well-being. Using individual-level panel data from a representative sample of Australian households, I estimate the intake of fruit and vegetables to have positive and statistically significant impacts on a wide range of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011108290
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Negative Reality of the HIV Positives: Evaluating Welfare Loss in a Low Prevalence Country
Das, Sanghamitra; Mukhopadhyay, Abhiroop; Ray, Tridip - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2008
Using primary household data from India we estimate family utility function parameters that measure the relative importance of consumption, schooling of children and health (both physical and mental) and find that mental health is far more important than consumption or children’s schooling in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005621990
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Do Nations Combine O-Rings with Cobb-Douglas? Evidence from agriculture, equipment production, and the informal sector
Oasis, Kodila-Tedika - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2013
The article focuses on the conditional relationship between various human capital proxies and the size of potential “O-Ring” or “Cobb-Douglas” sectors. We find that that years of schooling are a robust negative predictor of the size of the informal sector, conditioned on national average...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011258801
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Results Intelligence: The Ability of Results-Focused Self-Management
Klein, Diti - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2014
What Is Results Intelligence and Why Does It Have the Most Influence on Success? The research of human intelligence …, including thefollowing questions: What is the nature of intelligence? Is it a constant innate cognitive traitor is it a skill … that can be improved? Is intelligence a single uniform entity or is it amultiplicity of independent abilities? What is the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011258932
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Cognitive ability and learning to play equilibrium: A level-k analysis
Gill, David; Prowse, Victoria - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2012
In this paper we investigate how cognitive ability influences behavior, success and the evolution of play towards Nash equilibrium in repeated strategic interactions. We study behavior in a p-beauty contest experiment and find striking differences according to cognitive ability: more cognitively...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011259076
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A Theory of Intelligence and Total Factor Productivity: Value Added Reflects the Fruits of Fluid Intelligence
Harashima, Taiji - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2012
In this paper, a theory of total factor productivity (TFP) that incorporates a model of intelligence is formulated and … described. In particular, the fluid intelligence of ordinary workers is emphasized as an important element in TFP because such … workers have the intelligence to innovate, even though their innovations are minor. Nevertheless, these innovations are …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011259766
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Forget your gods: African evidence on the relation between state capacity and cognitive ability of leading politicians
Kodila-Tedika, Oasis - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2013
This paper uses a unique dataset to investigate the effect of the cognitive ability of leading politicians on state capacity. Given the evidence that cognitive ability of leading politicians’ affects state capacity positively, except Africa. For the continent, this relationship between state...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011260595
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Intelligence and Shadow Economy: a Cross-Country Empirical Assessment
Salahodjaev, Raufhon - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2015
This paper empirically assesses the influence of intelligence on a shadow economy, using data from 158 countries, over … the period 1999-2007. The results provide strong evidence for the claim that intelligence is negatively associated with an ….5 percentage point reduction in a shadow economy relative to GDP. The negative effect of intelligence remains intact when …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011166055