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This paper analyses the relationship between working from home (WFH) and mental well-being at different stages during the first two critical years of the COVID-19 pandemic, when governments repeatedly imposed lockdowns and enacted WFH mandates to contain the spread of the virus. Using data from...
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This paper investigates the relationship between income satisfaction of adult children and their relative economic … children appear to compare their actual economic status with that of their parents, deriving large satisfaction gains from an … be ifluenced by their children's income rank. -- happiness ; income norm ; subjective well-being …
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Empirical studies on the relationship between income and happiness commonly use standard ordered response models, the … study of whether the income effect depend on a person’s happiness. In this paper we pinpoint the shortcomings of standard …
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general life satisfaction question, differs between youths living in intact and non-intact families, holding many other … attainment ; happiness ; German Socio-Economic Panel …
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a large and sustained rise in job satisfaction, even among groups who are likely to be using solo self-employment to …
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effect of hurricane risk on individual self-reported life satisfaction. In order to do so we combine geo-referenced survey … satisfaction in a two-way fixed effects model. Our findings indicate that regions with comparatively high hurricane risk report … significantly lower levels of life satisfaction than their counterparts in less hurricane-prone regions, even after controlling for …
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In this paper, we address the issue of spurious correlation in the production of health in a systematic way. Spurious correlation entails the risk of linking health status to medical (and nonmedical) inputs when no links exist. This note first presents the bounds testing procedure as a method to...
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This paper provides empirical evidence on the causal effects that upgrading slum dwellings has on the living conditions of the extremely poor. In particular, we study the impact of providing better houses in situ to slum dwellers in El Salvador, Mexico and Uruguay. We experimentally evaluate the...
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We provide a framework to disentangle the role of preferences and beliefs in health behavior, and we apply it to compliance behavior during the acute phase of the COVID-19 pandemic. Using rich data on subjective expectations collected during the spring 2020 lockdown in the UK, we estimate a...
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