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The long-run consequences of Chernobyl : evidence on subjective well-being, mental health and welfare
Danzer, Alexander M.; Danzer, Natalia - 2014
This paper assesses the long-run toll taken by a large-scale technological disaster on welfare, well-being and mental health. We estimate the causal effect of the 1986 Chernobyl catastrophe after 20 years by linking geographic variation in radioactive fallout to respondents of a nationally...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010364760
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The long-run consequences of Chernobyl : evidence on subjective well-being, mental health and welfare
Danzer, Alexander M.; Danzer, Natalia - 2014
This paper assesses the long-run toll taken by a large-scale technological disaster on welfare, well-being and mental health. We estimate the causal effect of the 1986 Chernobyl catastrophe after 20 years by linking geographic variation in radioactive fallout to respondents of a nationally...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010370275
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Living Standards Analysis Model: the first prototype
King, Anita - 2018
How do we understand the synergies and trade-offs of a given policy on area beyond that policy, such as the effect of housing on health and on income? How do we choose between policies in completely different areas, such as an education policy and a health policy? Treasury's Living Standards...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012055515
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The long-run consequences of Chernobyl : evidence on subjective well-being, mental health and welfare
Danzer, Alexander M.; Danzer, Natalia - In: Journal of public economics 135 (2016), pp. 47-60
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011654209
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The role of body weight for health, earnings, and life satisfaction
Hübler, Olaf - 2019
Based on the German Socio-Economic Panel, the influence of the body mass index on health, earnings and satisfaction is … analysed by gender. Basic results are: health worsens, income declines and satisfaction is poorer with higher body mass index … sample. No effects on life satisfaction can be found except for underweight men. They reveal less satisfaction. Only in the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011981371
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The role of body weight for health, earnings and life satisfaction
Hübler, Olaf - 2019
Based on the German Socio-Economic Panel, the influence of the body mass index on health, earnings and satisfaction is … analysed by gender. Basic results are: health worsens, income declines and satisfaction is poorer with higher body mass index … sample. No effects on life satisfaction can be found except for underweight men. They reveal less satisfaction. Only in the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011972451
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Imitative obesity and relative utility
Blanchflower, David G.; Oswald, Andrew J.; Van … - 2009
If human beings care about their relative weight, a form of imitative obesity can emerge (in which people subconsciously keep up with the weight of the Joneses). Using Eurobarometer data on 29 countries, this paper provides cross-sectional evidence that overweight perceptions and dieting are...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003810316
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Happiness in Europe : cross-country differences in the determinants of subjective well-being
Pedersen, Peder J.; Dall Schmidt, Torben - 2009
the impact on self-reported satisfaction from a number of economic and demographic variables. The paper contributes to the … ongoing discussion of the relationship between life satisfaction and income. The panel property of the data makes it possible … to study also the impact on satisfaction from income changes as well as the impact from acceleration in income and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003909280
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Non-employment, Ill-being and subjective well-being : (a review of literature on variables associated with subjective well-being)
Kapitány, Zsuzsa - 2009
attitudes to focus less on objective variables and more on subjective well-being (SWB). Studies investigating life satisfaction …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003919676
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Objective confirmation of subjective measures of human well-being : evidence from the USA
Oswald, Andrew J.; Wu, Stephen - 2010
-2008 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System random sample of 1.3 million United States citizens. Life-satisfaction in each U …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003934218