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The Scots may be brave but they are neither healthy nor happy

Bell, David N.F.; Blanchflower, David G. - 2005

On almost all measures of physical health, Scots fare worse than residents of any other region of the UK and often worse than the rest of Europe. Deaths from chronic liver disease and lung cancer are particularly prevalent in Scotland. The self-assessed wellbeing of Scots is lower than that of...

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Trust and happiness: Comparative study before and after the Great East Japan Earthquake

Yamamura, Eiji; Tsutsui, Yoshiro; Yamane, Chisako; … - 2014

The positive relationship between trust and happiness has been demonstrated by the literature. However, it is not clear … probe how the relationship between trust and happiness was influenced by the Great East Japan Earthquake by comparing the …-determined positive relationship between trust and happiness and this relationship was strengthened by disaster, especially for residents …

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In brief: The long reach of childhood bullying

Powdthavee, Nattavudh - Centre for Economic Performance, LSE - 2013

Does the fear of being bullied in childhood affect people's resilience to adverse life events they may face in adulthood? The author investigates whether the 'scarring' effects are particularly damaging to individuals who lose their job.

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Are Happier People Less Judgmental of Other People's Selfish Behaviors? Laboratory Evidence from Trust and Gift Exchange Games

Drouvelis, Michalis; Powdthavee, Nattavudh - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013

significantly moderated by an increase in happiness for the person making the judgment. …

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Are Happier People Less Judgmental of Other People's Selfish Behaviors? Laboratory Evidence from Trust and Gift Exchange Games

Drouvelis, Michalis; Powdthavee, Nattavudh - Centre for Economic Performance, LSE - 2013

significantly moderated by an increase in happiness for the person making the judgment. …

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Youth unemployment in Europe and the United States

Bell, David N. F.; Blanchflower, David G. - 2011

are weekly wages and happiness. Our results show significant effects at age 50 from early adulthood unemployment. These …

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Life satisfaction and grandparenthood: Evidence from a nationwide survey

Powdthavee, Nattavudh - 2011

This paper tests whether there is a potential payoff to grandparenthood in terms of life satisfaction. Using the new nationwide survey for the UK, which consists of over 5,000 grandparents and 6,000 non-grandparents aged 40 and above, and a flexible multiple-index ordered probit model with...

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Putting different price tags on the same health condition: Re-evaluating the well-being valuation approach

Powdthavee, Nattavudh; van den Berg, Bernard - 2011

Many recent writings in health policy have proposed that health be valued directly and in monetary terms using the new well-being valuation method. Yet there is currently no clear consensus on what the best measure of individual's experience may be for the evaluation process. To shed light on...

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Antidepressants and age

Blanchflower, David G.; Oswald, Andrew J. - 2011

Antidepressants as a commodity have been remarkably little-studied by economists. This study shows in new data for 27 European countries that 8% of people (and 10% of those middle-aged) take antidepressants each year. The probability of antidepressant use is greatest among those who are...

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Resilience to economic shocks and the long reach of childhood bullying

Powdthavee, Nattavudh - 2012

This paper investigates whether people's ability to withstand and adapt to one of the most important economic shocks - job loss - is determined early on in childhood. Using nationally representative longitudinal data that tracks almost 3,000 children into adulthood, we show that the negative...

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