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Female suicide and the concept of the midlife crisis
Oswald, Andrew J.; Tohamy, Ahmed - 2017
The idea that humans - especially females - are prone to some form of 'midlife crisis' has typically been viewed with extreme skepticism by social scientists. We point out the potential equivalence between an age U-shape in a new well-being literature and a matching hill-shape in especially...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011647669
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A decomposition of multidimensional economic well-being : an application to Spanish regions
Díaz Caro, Carlos; Pérez Mayo, Jesús - 2015 - (Early draft version)
The aim of this paper is to analyze the evolution of well-being changes due to, on one side, the changes in the weighting scheme and, on the other, changes in the indicators along the time. An alternative methodology is proposed in this paper that allows one to decompose a multidimensional index...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011475830
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What explains the rural-urban gap in infant mortality : household or community characteristics?
Van de Poel, Ellen; O'Donnell, Owen; Van Doorslaer, Eddy - 2007
The rural-urban gap in infant mortality rates is explained using a new decomposition method that permits identification …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011372983
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Growing richer and taller : explaining change in the distribution of child nutritional status during Vietnam's economic boom
O'Donnell, Owen; López Nicolás, Ángel; Van … - 2006
covariates. This is done using data from the 1993 and 1998 Vietnam Living Standards Surveys and a flexible decomposition …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011350368
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An analysis of mental stress in Ireland, 1994 - 2000
Madden, David (contributor) - 2007
were the principal factors underlying this fall. -- GHQ ; mental stress ; dominance ; decomposition …The General Health Questionnaire (GHQ) is frequently used as a measure of mental well-being with those people with … stress fell in Ireland over the 1994 to 2000 period regardless of the threshold chosen. Decomposition techniques suggest that …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003581430
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Health and wealth on the roller-voaster : Ireland, 2003 - 2011
Madden, David - 2013
This paper reviews developments in income and health poverty in Ireland over the 2003-2011 period using data from the Survey of Income and Living Conditions (SILC). It also examines developments in the correlation between the two. Income poverty fell up to and including 2009, after which this...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009744041
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The impact of an economic boom on the level and distribution of well-being : Ireland, 1994 - 2001
Madden, David - 2010 - Revised Version: April 2010
The impact of increased affluence on life satisfaction is a matter of some controversy. This paper examines the impact of the recent economic boom in Ireland upon the level and distribution of various domains of well-being. There is evidence of a substantial increase in life satisfaction in the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009726074
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A profile of obesity in Ireland, 2002 - 2007
Madden, David - 2010
body mass index rather than a change in the shape of the distribution. Finally a semi-parametric decomposition of the … characteristics but rather the in the impact of these characteristics on body mass index. -- Obesity ; Body Mass Index ; Decomposition …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009726086
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The socioeconomic gradient of obesity in Ireland
Madden, David - 2010
rather than decreased obesity amongst the less well-off. A decomposition of the concentration indices suggest that the … education and their higher income. -- Obesity ; Body Mass Index ; Concentration Index ; Decomposition …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009729281
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Health and income poverty in Ireland, 2003 - 2006
Madden, David - 2008
Recent advances in the measurement of bi-dimensional poverty are applied to a measure of poverty which incorporates income and health poverty. The correlation between income and poverty is examined using the Receiver Operating Characteristics curve. Following from this unidimensional and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009723862