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Social isolation, health dynamics, and mortality : evidence across 21 European countries
Fawaz, Yarine; Mira, Pedro - 2022
We provide a comprehensive picture of the health effects of social isolation using longitudinal data over 21 European countries (SHARE). First, using Cox regressions, we find a significant, strong and robust association between our social isolation index and mortality, which is much stronger in...
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Social isolation, health dynamics, and mortality : evidence across 21 Europe countries
Fawaz, Yarine; Mira, Pedro - 2020
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012308667
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Isolation and well-being in the time of lockdown
Bourdeau-Lepage, Lise; Kotosz, Balázs - In: Region : the journal of ERSA 8 (2021) 2, pp. 83-97
In response to the Covid 19 health crisis, the French government has imposed various measures, referred to as social-distancing measures, including a lockdown with the primary objective of reducing face-to-face interactions between people in order to limit the spread of the virus. This paper...
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Loneliness and health of older adults : the role of cultural heritage and relationship quality
Casabianca, Elizabeth J.; Kovacic, Matija - 2022 - This version: 04/04/2022
We estimate the direct causal effect of loneliness on a variety of health outcomes using a sample of second …-generation immigrants among older adults drawn from the Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe. In an effort to account for the … endogeneity of self-declared loneliness, we explore the link between loneliness and a specific trait of maternal cultural …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013259544
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Economic gradients in social health in Britain
Kung, Claryn S. J.; Pudney, Stephen E.; Shields, Michael - 2021
Studies have found that loneliness is as bad as smoking or obesity for mortality risk, and the prevalence of loneliness … the substantial literature on loneliness, there is little detailed research on the extent of economic gradients. In this … differences in loneliness across educational attainment, household income and neighbourhood deprivation, as well as recent major …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012623891
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Self-selection in physical and mental health among older intra-European migrants
Constant, Amelie; Milewski, Nadja - 2020
European countries and now live elsewhere in Europe. We use the Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe and apply …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012287319
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Self-selection in physical and mental health among older intra-European migrants
Constant, Amelie; Milewski, Nadja - 2020
European countries and now live elsewhere in Europe. We use the Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe and apply …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012265276
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Effect of immigration on depression among older natives in Western Europe
Escarce, José J.; Rocco, Lorenzo - 2019
Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe (SHARE) to investigate whether immigration affects depression among natives 65 … loneliness, greater participation in meaningful social activities, and improved physical functioning. Using a shift-share IV, we …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012146692
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Immigration and the health of older natives in Western Europe
Escarce, José J.; Rocco, Lorenzo - 2018
labor market. We use the Study of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe (SHARE) to investigate whether immigration also …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012131032
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Housing and health
Angel, Stefan; Bittschi, Benjamin - 2014
Deprived housing conditions have long been recognized as a source of poor health. Nevertheless, there is scant empirical evidence of a causal relationship between housing and health. The literature identifies two different pathways by which housing deprivation affects health, namely,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010420399