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Life Satisfaction in Urban China: Components and Determinants
Song, Lina; Appleton, Simon - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005619834
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Does Working Longer Make People Healthier and Happier?
Calvo, Esteban - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2006
PURPOSE: This study addresses the impact of late-life paid work on physical and psychological well-being. METHODS: Longitudinal data was drawn from the Health and Retirement Survey and the RAND-HRS data base for more than 6,000 individuals aged 59 to 69 who were working or not-working in the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005616686
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The relationship between happiness and health: evidence from Italy
Sabatini, Fabio - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2011
We test the relationship between happiness and self-rated health in Italy. The analysis relies on a unique dataset … modelling, we find that happiness is strongly correlated with perceived good health, after controlling for a number of relevant …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009022007
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La demografia dell’Italia e delle Regioni italiane. Uno sguardo alle proiezioni a medio-lungo termine
SALERNO, Nicola Carmine - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2013
The demographic database of Istat (www.istat.it)is explored and the main facts are extracted and described, both at the aggregate national level as well as at the regional one. This paper is completely self-standing but, at the same time, poses the basis for a more general analysis that will be...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011259816
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Magison-ison: A parallel reality construction of war among Joloano Muslim Survivors in Sulu, Philippines
Usman-Laput, Lea - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2005
The Mindanao conflict in Southern Philippines is a long-standing controversy that has eluded comprehensive solutions. Despite efforts of the Government of the Philippines (GRP) and the representatives from the peoples of Mindanao in undertaking peace initiatives, “the war:” continues. The...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009401312
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Citizens’ Preferences on Health Care Expenditure Allocation: Evidence from Greece
Xesfingi, Sofia; Vozikis, Athanassios - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2014
public health policies. Using survey data of 3,029 citizens in Greece for the year 2012 and employing logit estimation …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011240202
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Conversion Efficiency as a Complementing Measure of Welfare in Capability Space
Binder, Martin; Broekel, Tom - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2008
In the capability literature, studies on the empirical measurement in the functionings space are abundant and a few studies even measure capability to function. We suggest adopting a third measure of welfare relevant to economists, namely the "conversion efficiency" measuring the efficiency with...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005787115
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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
statistically significant impacts on a wide range of subjective well-being measures, including life satisfaction, self … fruit and vegetables increasing average happiness and self-reported health scores of women significantly more than that of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011108290
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Riding for Survival: A Worst Form of Human Trafficking
Safana, Shaheen; Masood, Sarwar; Muhammad, Waqas; Amir, … - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2012
Trafficking of the humans is a growing concern at international level. Among all the trafficked ones, children who are misused and continuously mistreated claim the special attention. It is, further, a known fact that these poverty stricken children are trafficked from Pakistan to wealthy Gulf...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011110261
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Proiezioni della spesa e del finanziamento dei Sistemi Sanitari Regionali in Italia [2015-2030]
SALERNO, Nicola Carmine - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2013
The work constructs projections till 2030 for health care expenditures of Italian Regional Health Care Systems. Three different schemes of financing are hypothesised, with three different levels of solidarity between Regions. Financing is always supposed to cover the entire exigency of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011110395