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Social capital and health : evidence that ancestral trust promotes health among children of immigrants
Ljunge, Martin - 2014
This paper presents evidence that generalized trust promotes health. Children of immigrants in a broad set of European … in trust across countries of ancestry. The approach addresses reverse causality and concerns that the trust measure picks … trust in explaining self-assessed health. The finding is robust to accounting for individual, parental, and extensive …
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Social Capital and Health : Evidence that Ancestral Trust Promotes Health Among Children of Immigrants
Ljunge, Martin - 2016
This paper presents evidence that generalized trust promotes health. Children of immigrants in a broad set of European … in trust across countries of ancestry. The approach addresses reverse causality and concerns that the trust measure picks … trust in explaining self‐assessed health. The finding is robust to accounting for individual, parental, and extensive …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014141006
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Adolescent Well-being and Life Satisfaction : impact of Digital Technology Usage
Mihajlović, Iris; Djevojić, Cvijeta; Stanković, Marino - In: Business systems research : a system view accross … 14 (2023) 2, pp. 124-144
Background: Digital technologies have significantly changed the way adolescents perceive the world around them. The perception of the social environment is crucial for their well-being and health. Objectives: This paper aims to evaluate the relationship between the perceived life circumstances...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014527261
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Entitled to property: inheritance laws, female bargaining power, and child health in India
Hossain, Md Shahadath; Nikolov, Plamen - 2021
Child height is a significant predictor of human capital and economic status throughout adulthood. Moreover, non-unitary household models of family behavior posit that an increase in women's bargaining power can influence child health. We study the effects of an inheritance law change, the Hindu...
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Entitled to property : how breaking the gender barrier improves child health in India
Hossain, Shahadat Md.; Nikolov, Plamen - 2023
Non-unitary household models suggest that enhancing women's bargaining power can influence child health, a crucial determinant of human capital and economic standing throughout adulthood. We examine the effects of a policy shift, the Hindu Succession Act Amendment (HSAA), which granted...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014286503
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State Social Capital and Individual Health Status
Milyo, Jeffrey; Mellor, Jennifer M. - Economics Department, University of Missouri - 2004
trust, are associated with improvements in individual health status. In this study we employ these measures, together with …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005012320
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Quality and quantity: the role of social interactions in individual health
Damiano, Fiorillo; Fabio, Sabatini - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2011
The public health literature focusing on the detrimental effects of social isolation has shown that the quantity of social connections is positively correlated with individual health. Drawing on pooled cross-sectional data, we test this hypothesis on a representative sample of the Italian...
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Determinants of ill health in Uganda : is it just the wealthy that are more healthy?
Lawson, David - 2004
This paper adopts a reduced form demand approach to analyse the key determinants influencing the health status of individuals in Uganda. In particular, we examine the importance of wealth, relative to other key determinants, and by employing both self reported and anthropometric sickness...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011535201
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Determinants of Health - How Important Is Income? - Evidence from Uganda
Lawson, David - Econometric Society - 2004
The health status of individuals is of great importance not only because of the direct utility health can provide but because of productivity losses and large indirect costs, caused by ill-health, which places demands on already stretched health systems and family support networks. This is...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005342150
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Age-differentiated QALI losses
Ferrer-i-Carbonell, Ada; Praag, Bernard M. S. van - 2001
In this paper we evaluate the QALY loss, which may be assigned to the prevalence of specific chronic illnesses and physical handicaps. The analysis is based on an individual self-rating health satisfaction question asked in the British Household Panel Survey data set. This question provides a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011326417