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English Abstract: This paper first constructs a regional-scale indicator that seeks to gauge the volume of measures implemented at each point in time to contain the pandemic. Using textual analysis techniques, we analyse the information in press news. At the start of the pandemic, measures were...
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We analyze data on happiness for Argentina and Uruguay. The focus is put on self-reported health status as a key aspect … main relationship is between happiness and health status. Whether this is a causal effect or a correlation, is not clear …. This issue is explo red using matching methods, finding that a good health status increases the probability of being happy …
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generations. The paper is based on a specific survey about Health and Social Networks carried out by the Department of Economics …, reproductive health, habits and social networks. …
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, based on the Latinobarometro 2004 for Argentina and Uruguay. The focus is put on self-reported health status as a key aspect … for each country and the region. Results show that the main relationship is between happiness and health status. Whether … methods, finding that reporting a good health status increases the probability of being satisfied with life by 31 and 46 …
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In this paper we study the relationship between individual happiness and self reported health status, using the … Religion, Health and Young Emancipation ISSP survey for Uruguay in 2008. Probit estimates suggests that health status has the … matching methods. Results show that reporting a good health rises the probability of being happy between 18 an 29 percentage …
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, based on the Latinobarómetro 2007 for Chile and Uruguay. The focus is put on self-reported health status as a key aspect in … and the region. Results show that the main relationship is between happiness and health status. Whether this is a causal … reporting a good health status increases the probability of being satisfied with life by between 13 and 17. According to …
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In this paper we analyze the synchronization between the business cycles of US and Mexican regions. Regional economic activity in Mexico is measured using regional coincident indexes recently developed at Banco de México, while US aggregate economic activity is measured with the national...
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Since 2006, Bolivia began an intensive public investment program under its development plan. Fourteen years later, I analyze the role of this expansionary fiscal policy. In this regard, I develop a Dynamic Stochastic General Equilibrium Model for a small, open and developing country. Among the...
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Since 2006, Bolivia began an intensive public investment program under its development plan. Fourteen years later, I analyze the role of this expansionary fiscal policy. In this regard, I develop a Dynamic Stochastic General Equilibrium Model for a small, open and developing country. Among the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012292074
In this paper we characterize some cyclical patterns for the Andalusian economy, for the period 1984-2001. Our work is basically an empirical one. Our results show that the Andalusian economy is more volatile than Spain as a whole, although there exist an important degree of coherence between...
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