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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 … suggest that loneliness has a significant impact on health, both mental and physical. Notably, our identification strategy …
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input variables affecting the Q-HDI, namely the health sector capacity index, pupil-teacher ratio index, and economic … on these results, this paper suggests that countries invest in health and education sector capacities, promote economic … diversity and adopt macroeconomic policies that leverage improvements in health and education quality, including, in particular …
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In response to the two waves of Covid-19 in 2020, the Italian government implemented a general lockdown in March, but geographically targeted policies during fall. We exploit this natural experiment to compare the effects of the two policies in a difference-in-differences design, leveraging a...
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We document a remarkable increase in economic belief polarization - disagreement - regarding the future state of the economy across Europe during the Covid-19 pandemic. We find evidence suggesting that belief polarization may have impeded the implementation of pandemic response measures such as...
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