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Deaton, Angus - 2009

Durkheim's famous study of suicide is a precursor of a large contemporary literature that investigates the links between religion and health. The topic is particularly germane for the health of women and of the elderly, who are much more likely to be religious. In this paper, I use data from the...

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Income, Aging, Health and Wellbeing Around the World : Evidence from the Gallup World Poll

Deaton, Angus - 2010

of adults from 132 countries. I analyze the data on life satisfaction (happiness) and on health satisfaction and look at … their relationships with national income, age, and life-expectancy. Average happiness is strongly related to per capita … inconsistent relationship with happiness. National income moderates the effects of aging on self-reported health, and the decline …

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GDP, Wellbeing, and Health : Thoughts on the 2017 Round of the International Comparison Program

Deaton, Angus; Schreyer, Paul - 2021

In March 2020, the International Comparison Project published its latest results, for the calendar year 2017. This round presents common-unit or purchasing-power-parity data for 137 countries on Gross Domestic Product and its components. We review a number of important issues, what is new, what...

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