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Can Governments Boost People’s Sense of Well-Being? The Impact of Selected Labour Market and Health Policies on Life Satisfaction

Boarini, Romina; Comola, Margherita; Keulenaer, Femke; … - In: Social Indicators Research 114 (2013) 1, pp. 105-120

There is strong evidence that subjective well-being measures capture in a reliable way specific components of well-being that other non-subjective measures miss. The question of whether subjective well-being is policy amenable is however still largely unexplored in the research. This paper sheds...

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The Psychometric Properties of the Early Development Instrument: A Rasch Analysis Based on Swedish Pilot Data

Hagquist, Curt; Hellström, Lisa - In: Social Indicators Research 117 (2014) 1, pp. 301-317

before entering the school system. EDI-Sweden was translated and adapted from EDI-Canada. In 2011 a pilot study was conducted …, as a first step of the preparations for nationwide implementation of EDI in Sweden. The purpose of the study is to … analyse the psychometric properties of EDI-Sweden. Data about 116 5-year-old children were collected at ten preschools in two …

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Integration into the Social Democratic Welfare State

Hjerm, Mikael - In: Social Indicators Research 70 (2005) 2, pp. 117-138

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The Relevance of Objective and Subjective Social Position for Self-Rated Health: A Combined Approach for the Swedish Context

Miething, Alexander - In: Social Indicators Research 111 (2013) 1, pp. 161-173

The study investigates the health effects of subjective class position stratified by objective social position. Four types of subjective class were analysed separately for individuals with manual or non-manual occupational background. The cross-sectional analysis is based on the Swedish...

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The Value of Autonomy for the Good Life. An Empirical Investigation of Autonomy and Life Satisfaction in Europe

Steckermeier, Leonie C. - In: Social Indicators Research 154 (2020) 2, pp. 693-723

life satisfaction in Europe. Building on the capability approach, I investigate whether the positive effects of six basic …

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Are UNDP Indices Appropriate to Capture Gender Inequalities in Europe?

Permanyer, Iñaki - In: Social Indicators Research 110 (2013) 3, pp. 927-950

” countries, focusing on the case of Europe. Our results indicate that many of the gender gaps in health and education variables … have either vanished or even reversed, thus questioning their appropriateness to capture women’s disadvantage in Europe and …

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The European Gender Equality Index: Conceptual and Analytical Issues

Bericat, Eduardo - In: Social Indicators Research 108 (2012) 1, pp. 1-28

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Public Green Space Use and Consequences on Urban Vitality: An Assessment of European Cities

Lopes, Miguel; Camanho, Ana - In: Social Indicators Research 113 (2013) 3, pp. 751-767

The promotion of quality of life is becoming ever more important in a scenario of regional, national and even international competition among cities, triggered by globalization. Public sites, and green spaces in particular, which are available in varying extent in all urban areas, can bring...

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Voluntary Work in Europe: Comparative Analysis Among Countries and Welfare Systems

Gil-Lacruz, Ana; Marcuello, Carmen - In: Social Indicators Research 114 (2013) 2, pp. 371-382

The main contribution of this paper to the research of volunteering participation is considering simultaneously different levels of data aggregation: individual, country and welfare regimen. This strategy allows us identifying individual factors (socio-demographic variables) and contextual data...

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Challenges in Constructing a Multi-dimensional European Job Quality Index

Leschke, Janine; Watt, Andrew - In: Social Indicators Research 118 (2014) 1, pp. 1-31

There are few attempts to benchmark job quality in a multi-dimensional perspective across Europe. Against this …

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