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not just public health and the economy but also societies. We focus on one pillar of society - trust - and explore how … concerns about personal health or the health of loved ones, but rather by increased levels of worry and stress. Our findings … suggest that the effects of the pandemic go well beyond immediate health concerns, leading to important normative changes that …
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Using the 2012-13 American Time Use Survey, I find that both who people spend time with and how they spend it affect their happiness, adjusted for numerous demographic and economic variables. Satisfaction among married individuals increases most with additional time spent with spouse. Among...
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entrepreneurs as compared to paid employees and particularly retirees in Germany. The analysis identifies income and health status … their higher income. Physical and mental health play a crucial role in determining both an individual's occupational status … elderly individuals. However, when controlling for health, retirees exhibit an even higher level of life satisfaction compared …
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entrepreneurs as compared to paid employees and particularly retirees in Germany. The analysis identifies income and health status … their higher income. Physical and mental health play a crucial role in determining both an individual's occupational status … elderly individuals. However, when controlling for health, retirees exhibit an even higher level of life satisfaction compared …
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Past research has provided evidence of the role of some personal characteristics as risk factors for depression. However, few studies have examined jointly their specific impact and whether country characteristics change the probability of being depressed. In general, this is due to the use of...
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concern of the paper is the impact of aid on the wealth, education and health of the poorest. Results indicate that while aid …-being, growth, wealth, health, education, mortality, fertility. …
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, are growing, and are related to several economic, social and health sector variables. Global efforts to deal with this …
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Background: A world divided by health inequalities poses ethical challenges for global health. International and … national responses to health disparities must be rooted in ethical values about health and its distribution; this is because … health justice. Aim: To study why global health inequalities are morally troubling, why efforts to reduce them are morally …
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: FAO estimates nearly 800 million people eat insufficient food, below the minimum allowance to maintain good health, and … people consuming less than the minimum amount of food compatible with good health) has correspondingly gone down, according … nobody disputes the trend. The nutrition and health effect is also perceptible. Life expectancy is increasing, and preschool …
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We propose a new summary measure of population health (SMPH) called well-being-adjusted healthy life expectancy (WAHE …). WAHE belongs to a subgroup of health-adjusted life expectancy indicators and measures life expectancy equivalent to full … health. The measure combines health and mortality information into a single indicator with weights that quantify the …
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