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What Can Life Satisfaction Data Tell Us About Discrimination Against Sexual Minorities? A Structural Equation Model for Australia and the United Kingdom
Powdthavee, Nattavudh; Wooden, Mark - 2014
Very little is known about how the differential treatment of sexual minorities could influence subjective reports of overall well-being. This paper seeks to fill this gap. Data from two large surveys that provide nationally representative samples for two different countries – Australia (the...
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Mental Health Effects of Same-Sex Marriage Legalization
Chen, Shuai; van Ours, Jan - 2021
Sexual minorities have had worse than average mental health, which may have to do with actual or perceived discrimination. Same-sex marriage legalization (SSML) is a typical anti-discrimination policy removing marital restrictions for sexual minorities. We study how this legislation affected...
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Reducing Sexual-Orientation Discrimination: Experimental Evidence from Basic Information Treatments
Aksoy, Cevat Giray; Carpenter, Christopher S.; De Haas, … - 2022
We study basic information treatments regarding sexual orientation using randomized experiments in three countries with strong and widespread anti-gay attitudes: Serbia, Turkey, and Ukraine. Participants who received information about the economic costs to society of sexual-orientation...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012882574
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Reducing Sexual-Orientation Discrimination: Experimental Evidence from Basic Information Treatments
Aksoy, Cevat Giray; Carpenter, Christopher S.; de Haas, … - 2022
We study basic information treatments regarding sexual orientation using randomized experiments in three countries with strong and widespread anti-gay attitudes: Serbia, Turkey, and Ukraine. Participants who received information about the economic costs to society of sexual-orientation...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013177540
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M-Health Apps and Physical and Mental Health Outcomes of Sexual Minorities
Drydakis, Nick - 2022
Given the assigned health inequalities faced by sexual minorities, it is fitting to assess whether m-health could be associated with better health-related outcomes for these sexual minorities. The present study examines associations between m-physical and m-mental health apps and sexual...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013270104
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M-Health Apps and Physical and Mental Health Outcomes of Sexual Minorities
Drydakis, Nick - 2022
Given the assigned health inequalities faced by sexual minorities, it is fitting to assess whether m-health could be associated with better health-related outcomes for these sexual minorities. The present study examines associations between m-physical and m-mental health apps and sexual...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013351952
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Sissy That Walk: Transportation to Work by Sexual Orientation
Oreffice, Sonia; Sansone, Dario - 2021
We analyze differences in mode of transportation to work by sexual orientation, using the American Community Survey 2008-2019. Individuals in same-sex couples are significantly less likely to drive to work than men and women in different-sex couples. This gap is particularly stark among men: on...
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What aspects of society affect the quality of life of a minority? Global evidence from the new Gay Happiness Index
Berggren, Niclas; Bjørnskov, Christian; Nilsson, Therese - 2015
-country dataset covering 110 countries, the Gay Happiness Index. It covers how gays perceive public opinion about them, how they … legal rights for gay men, GDP per capita, democracy and economic globalization tend to benefit gays, primarily by shaping … implies that "special rights" are not necessarily needed for gays but the same policies that provide a good life for most …
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The life and times of Nicolas Dutot
Velde, François R. - 2009
Nicolas Dutot (1684-1741) is an important figure for the history of economic thought, as a pioneer in monetary theory and price statistics, and for economic history as a chronicler of John Law's System. Yet until recently very little about him was known, some of it incorrect. I present extensive...
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Aki and Friends
Bichler, Shimshon; Nitzan, Jonathan - 2013
Aki, a man enamoured with life and enchanted by animals – including humans of different varieties – pays a visit to his friend, the veterinarian. The vet tells him of two seniors who suffer from depression, and Aki is quick to raise their spirits and warm up their aching bodies. He hangs the...
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