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Crossing boundaries and time : an exploration of time allocation, emotional well-being of immigrants in the United States
Coniglio, Nicola; Hoxhaj, Rezart; Lagravinese, Raffaele - 2023
, exploring the relationship between daily activities and feelings of happiness, stress, and meaningfulness. We analyze the entire … assessments, immigrants are more optimistic and perceive these activities as associated with higher levels of happiness and … meaningfulness. The study also finds evidence of emotional assimilation over time, with happiness disparities between immigrants and …
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The relationship between stress, strain and social capital
Gächter, Martin; Savage, David; Torgler, Benno - 2010
This paper analyzes the effectiveness of social capital in reducing the negative externalities associated with stress, as well as the physical and psychological strain indicators among police officers. Despite the fact that there is a large multidisciplinary literature on stress or on social...
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The relationship between stress, strain and social capital
Gächter, Martin; Savage, David; Torgler, Benno - 2010
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008658105
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The Linkages Between Productivity and Social Progress: An Introduction and Overview
Banting, Keith; Sharpe, Andrew; St-Hilaire, France - Center for the Study of Living Standards (CSLS); The …
Productivity research is Canada has traditionally focused on narrow economic issues. In our view, it has given inadequate attention to the broader ramifications of productivity, both in terms of shedding light on the importance of productivity for the advancement of various aspects of social...
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Where the streets have a name : income comparisons in the US
Brodeur, Abel; Fleche, Sarah - 2013
This paper analyses how neighbors' income affect agents' well-being using unprecedented data from the BRFSS and the City of Somerville. We conduct a multi-scale approach at the county, ZIP code and street-levels and find that the association between well-being and neighbors' income follows an...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009719627
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From the tallest to (one of) the fattest : the enigmatic fate of the American population in the 20th century
Komlos, John; Baur, Marieluise - 2003
Within the course of the 20th century the American population went through a metamorphosis from being the tallest in the world, to being among the most overweight. The American height advantage over Western and Northern Europeans was between 3 and 9 cm in the middle of the 19th century....
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Everybody's a victim? : global terror, well-being and political attitudes
Akay, Alpaslan; Bargain, Olivier; Elsayed, Ahmed - 2018
Terror has become a global issue. Terror acts perpetuated by religious, nationalist or political groups around the globe can propagate distress rapidly through different channels and possibly change political attitudes. This paper suggests the first evaluation of the impact of global terror on...
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From the tallest to (one of) the fattest : the enigmatic fate of the American population in the 20th century
Komlos, John; Baur, Marieluise - 2003
Within the course of the 20th century the American population went through a metamorphosis from being the tallest in the world, to being among the most overweight. The American height advantage over Western and Northern Europeans was between 3 and 9 cm in the middle of the 19th century....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10001799664
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Spatial correlates of U.S. heights and BMIs, 2002
Komlos, John; Lauderdale, Benjamin E. - 2004
Aiming to further explore possible underlying causes for the recent stagnation in American heights, this paper describes the result of analysis of the commercial U.S. Sizing Survey. Using zip codes available in the data set, we consider geographic correlates of height such as local poverty rate,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010440460
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The responsibilities of the state and businesses in the creation of social capital
Kurowski, Mateusz - In: Economic and environmental studies : a journal for … 16 (2016) 2, pp. 267-277
According to different types of studies conducted in recent years, not natural but social factors will constitute a major barrier in the process of achieving sustainable development. The barrier will be quickly noticed in the countries and regions of low social capital. The purpose of this...
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