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Physical pain, gender, and the state of the economy in 146 nations
Macchia, Lucía; Oswald, Andrew J. - 2021
Rationale: Physical pain is one of the most severe of human experiences. It is thus one of the most important to understand. Objective: This paper reports the first cross-country study of the links between physical pain and the state of the economy. A key issue examined is how the level of pain...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012621401
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Do women ask?
Artz, Benjamin; Goodall, Amanda H.; Oswald, Andrew J. - 2016
Women typically earn less than men. The reasons are not fully understood. Previous studies argue that this may be because (i) women 'don't ask' and (ii) the reason they fail to ask is out of concern for the quality of their relationships at work. This account is difficult to assess with standard...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011531862
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Does money make people right-wing and inegalitarian? : a longitudinal study of lottery winners
Powdthavee, Nattavudh; Oswald, Andrew J. - 2014
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010342461
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Does money make people right-wing and inegalitarian? : a longitudinal study of lottery winners
Powdthavee, Nattavudh; Oswald, Andrew J. - 2014
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010347893
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Does money make people right-wing and inegalitarian? : a longitudinal study of lottery winners
Powdthavee, Nattavudh; Oswald, Andrew J. - 2014
The causes of people's political attitudes are largely unknown. We study this issue by exploiting longitudinal data on lottery winners. Comparing people before and after a lottery windfall, we show that winners tend to switch towards support for a right-wing political party and to become less...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010239263
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How does marriage affect physical and psychological health? A survey of the longitudinal evidence
Wilson, Chris M.; Oswald, Andrew J. - 2005
This paper examines an accumulating modern literature on the health benefits of relationships like marriage. Although … and disciplines, that there is persuasive longitudinal evidence for such effects. The size of the health gain from …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010267517
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Do people become healthier after being promoted?
Boyce, Christopher J.; Oswald, Andrew J. - 2008
as a whole, promotees do not exhibit a health improvement after promotion. Instead the data suggest that workers with … good health are more likely to be promoted. In the private sector, we find that job promotion significantly worsens people …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010269022
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Is envy harmful to a society's psychological health andwellbeing? : a longitudinal study of 18,000 adults
Mujcic, Redzo; Oswald, Andrew J. - 2018
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012161936
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Is envy harmful to a society's psychological health and wellbeing? : a longitudinal study of 18,000 adults
Mujcic, Redzo; Oswald, Andrew J. - 2018
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012150455
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Is envy harmful to a society's psychological health and wellbeing? : a longitudinal study of 18,000 adults
Mujcic, Redzo; Oswald, Andrew J. - 2018
the psychological health of our citizens? This paper reports the first large-scale longitudinal research into envy and its … measures of SF-36 mental health and psychological well-being, four main conclusions emerge. First, the young are especially … envy today is a powerful predictor of worse SF-36 mental health and well-being in the future. A change from the lowest to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011946806