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Explaining subjective well-being: The role of victimization, trust, health, and social norms
van soest, arthur; Douhou, Salima - In: Applied Econometrics 31 (2013) 3, pp. 52-78
in 2008. We also control for variables reflecting trust, health and social norms, in addition to standard demographic and … are in general happier. We find evidence of an indirect effect of victimization on well-being via trust, health and social … norms. The remaining effect of victimization on well-being, keeping trust, social norms, and health constant, is quite weak. …
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Dynamics of Work Disability and Pain
Smith, James P.; van soest, arthur; Kapteyn, Arie - RAND - 2006
, using six biennial waves from the Health and Retirement Study. They find the dynamics of the presence of pain is central to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005545498
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Birth Spacing and Neonatal Mortality in India: Dynamics, Frailty, and Fecundity
van soest, arthur; Bhalotra, Sonia - RAND - 2005
A dynamic panel data model of neonatal mortality and birth spacing is analyzed, accounting for causal effects of birth spacing on subsequent mortality and of mortality on the next birth interval, while controlling for unobserved heterogeneity in mortality (frailty) and birth spacing (fecundity)....
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Health and Wealth of Elderly Couples : Causality Tests Using Dynamic Panel Data Models
van soest, arthur; Michaud, P.C. - Tilburg University, Center for Economic Research - 2004
A positive relationship between socio-economic status (SES) and health, the so-called \health-wealth gradient", is … repeatedly found in most industrialized countries with similar levels of health care technology and economic welfare. This study … analyzes causality from health to wealth (health causation) and from wealth to health (wealth or social causation) for elderly …
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Dynamics of Work Disability and Pain
van soest, arthur; Kapteyn, A.; Smith, J.P. - Tilburg University, Center for Economic Research - 2006
biennial waves from the Health and Retirement Study.We find the dynamics of the presence of pain is central to understanding …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011090892
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Birth Spacing and Neonatal Mortality in India : Dynamics, Frailty and Fecundity
van soest, arthur; Bhalotra, S. - Tilburg University, Center for Economic Research - 2005
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