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Answers to the Eurobarometer question on Life Satisfaction are used to explore the effects of macroeconomic performance … between 2004 and 2011. It is found that variations in national levels of life satisfaction can largely be accounted by a small … number of socio-economic indicators. Life satisfaction is lowest in poor, corrupt countries where income inequality is …
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A growing literature concludes that terrorism impacts the economy, yet less is known about its impact on utility. This paper estimates the impact of the 2013 Boston Marathon Bombing on well-being, by exploiting representative U.S. daily data. Using both a regression discontinuity and an event...
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-country data from Europe is used to analyse whether individuals' height is associated with higher or lower levels of life-satisfaction …. In simple models there is a positive but concave relationship between height and life satisfaction. However it is shown …
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reported by individuals and a categorical measure of life satisfaction. It is shown that there is a concave relationship … more symptoms of depression. Height has no significant association with life satisfaction in models with controls for … health and human capital. -- Height ; Depression ; Well-being ; Life satisfaction ; Health …
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satisfaction despite the secular improvement in living standards. While higher unemployment reduced life satisfaction over the … life satisfaction. There is no evidence that admission rates to psychiatric hospitals are affected by changes in economic …
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