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Broadband Internet Access, Economic Growth, and Wellbeing
Johnson, Kathryn R.; Persico, Claudia - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2024
Between 2000 and 2008, access to high-speed, broadband internet grew significantly in the United States, but there is debate on whether access to high-speed internet improves or harms wellbeing. We find that a ten percent increase in the proportion of county residents with access to broadband...
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The impact of bullying victimisation on mental wellbeing
Chrysanthou, Georgios Marios; Vasilakis, Chrysovalantis - 2019
We investigate the impact of nine types of adolescent (verbal, physical, indirect) school/domestic bullying on life satisfaction, and two mental health outcomes (emotional symptoms and hyperactivity/inattention) using the Understanding Society dataset during 2009-13. Bullying significantly...
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Parental gender stereotypes and student wellbeing in China
Chu, Shuai; Zeng, Xiangquan; Zimmermann, Klaus F. - 2020
Non-cognitive abilities are supposed to affect student's educational performance, who are challenged by parental expectations and norms. Parental gender stereotypes are shown to strongly decrease student wellbeing in China. Students are strongly more depressed, feeling blue, unhappy, not...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012316309
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Parental gender stereotypes and student wellbeing in China
Chu, Shuai; Zeng, Xiangquan; Zimmermann, Klaus F. - 2020
Non-cognitive abilities are supposed to affect students' educational performance, who are challenged by parental expectations and norms. Using standard econometric techniques, parental gender stereotypes are shown to strongly decrease student wellbeing in China. Students are strongly more...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012318731
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Valuing Public Goods : The Life Satisfaction Approach
Frey, Bruno S.; Luechinger, Simon; Stutzer, Alois - 2021
to estimate utility losses caused by terrorist activities in France, the UK and the Republic of Ireland. Terrorism in … terrorism and income requires improved measurement of the marginal utility of income …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013319367
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Valuing Public Goods : The Life Satisfaction Approach
Stutzer, Alois; Luechinger, Simon; Frey, Bruno S. - 2004
to estimate utility losses caused by terrorist activities in France, the UK and the Republic of Ireland. Terrorism in … terrorism and income requires improved measurement of the marginal utility of income …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014071402
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Income and happiness in Afghanistan : do insecurity and violence matter?
Asadi, Mohammad Haroon; Farzanegan, Mohammad Reza - 2023
We examine the relationship between household income and happiness in Afghanistan and the moderating roles of fear of … income and happiness. Additionally, we find a negative association between fear of insecurity, experiencing violence, and … happiness. Among individuals with higher incomes and a fear of insecurity, the probability of having a high level of happiness …
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How does terrorism affect individuals' wellbeing?
Bryson, Alex; MacKerron, George - 2018
individuals' momentary happiness and anxiety. We show the impact of TRIs varies with the nature of the incident, the individual …' momentary happiness and anxiety levels, but the effect is short-lived and is largely confined to incidents that lead to the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011785814
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National well-being policy and a weighted approach to human feelings
O'Donnell, Gus; Oswald, Andrew J. - 2015 - Forthcoming in: Ecological Economics
traditional economic measures, some nations have begun to collect information on citizens' happiness, life satisfaction, and other …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011347199
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Unemployment and subjective well-being
Suppa, Nicolai - 2021
This chapter summarizes the latest state of the art in economic research on unemployment and subjective well-being. Outcomes covered are general life satisfaction, affective well-being, and mental health. Special attention is paid to empirical evidence as obtained from popular panel data sets....
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