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The effect of grandchildren on the happiness of grandparents: does the grandparent's child's gender matter?
Yamamura, Eiji; Brunello, Giorgio - 2021
Using a representative sample from Japan and a difference-in-differences strategy, we investigate whether the effect of having grandchildren on the happiness of grandparents varies with the gender of their (own) single child. In line with our expectations, we find that maternal grandmothers have...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012430972
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Effect of grandchildren on the happiness of grandparents : does the grandparent's child's gender matter?
Yamamura, Eiji; Brunello, Giorgio - In: Asian economic journal : journal of the East Asian … 37 (2023) 2, pp. 149-163
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014456774
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The Effect of Grandchildren on the Happiness of Grandparents : Does the Grandparent's Child's Gender Matter?
Yamamura, Eiji; Brunello, Giorgio - 2021
Using a representative sample from Japan and a difference-in-differences strategy, we investigate whether the effect of having grandchildren on the happiness of grandparents varies with the gender of their (own) single child. In line with our expectations, we find that maternal grandmothers have...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013248073
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Does obesity hurt your wages more in Dublin than in Madrid? : Evidence from ECHP
D'Hombres, Beatrice (contributor);  … - 2005
We use data from the European Community Household Panel to investigate the impact of obesity on wages in 9 European countries, ranging from Ireland to Spain. We find that the common impact of obesity on wages is negative and statistically significant, independently of gender. Given the nature of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003039649
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The causal effect of education on health: what is the role of health behaviors?
Brunello, Giorgio; Fort, Margherita; Schneeweis, Nicole; … - In: Health economics 25 (2016) 3, pp. 314-336
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011541455
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Happier with vocational education?
Brunello, Giorgio - 2020
Using Italian data, I study the relationship between vocational education and self-reported happiness by focusing on individuals with at least a five-years high school degree, either vocational or academic. My instrumental variable strategy shows that individuals who have completed a vocational...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012294801
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The Causal Effect of Education on Health: What is the Role of Health Behaviors?
Brunello, Giorgio; Fort, Margherita; Schneeweis, Nichole; … - 2011
We study the contribution of health-related behaviors to the health-education gradient by distinguishing between short … behaviors in the health production function. Focusing on self-reported poor health as our health outcome, we find that education … has a protective effect for European males and females aged 50+. We also find that the mediating effects of health …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010294907
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The causal effect of education on health: What is the role of health behaviors?
Brunello, Giorgio; Fort, Margherita; Schneeweis, Nicole; … - 2012
We study the contribution of health-related behaviors to the health education gradient by distinguishing between short … and behaviors in the health production function. Focusing on self-reported poor health, we find that education has a … protective effect for European males and females aged 50+. We also find that the mediating effects of health behaviors - measured …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010332393
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The causal effect of education on health: What is the role of health behaviors?
Brunello, Giorgio; Fort, Margherita; Schneeweis, Nicole; … - 2011
In this paper we investigate the contribution of health related behaviors to the education gradient, using an empirical … approach that addresses the endogeneity of both education and behaviors in the health production function. We apply this … approach to a multi-country data set, which includes 12 European countries and has information on education, health and health …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010286261
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The causal effect of education on health : what is the role of health behaviors?
Brunello, Giorgio; Fort, Margherita; Schneeweis, Nicole; … - 2011
We study the contribution of health-related behaviors to the health-education gradient by distinguishing between short … behaviors in the health production function. Focusing on self-reported poor health as our health outcome, we find that education … has a protective effect for European males and females aged 50+. We also find that the mediating effects of health …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009376059