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An exploratory analysis of the relationship between social interactions, income and health in Italy
Fiorillo, Damiano; Sabatini, Fabio - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2010
This paper carries out a preliminary and exploratory investigation into the effect of various types of social interaction on health in Italy. After controlling for household income, education, work status and a number of socio-demographic variables, we find that the frequency of meetings with...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008728050
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State Social Capital and Individual Health Status
Mellor, Jennifer M.; Milyo, Jeffrey - Department of Economics, College of William & Mary - 2004
trust, are associated with improvements in individual health status. In this study we employ these measures, together with …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005824339
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Neighbourhood social capital and individual mental health
Tampubolon, Gindo - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2009
Neighbourhood social capital is often claimed benecial for health, yet evidence of this contextual eect in the UK has been thin. To examine this eect, I draw upon Grossman health production model and Blume-Brock-Durlauf social interaction model underpinning the effects of neighbourhood social...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004976979
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Women`s Organisations, Maternal Knowledge, and Social Capital to Reduce Prevalence of Stunted Children - Evidence from Rural Nepal
Imai, Katsushi - Department of Economics, Oxford University - 2003
This study analyses behaviour of women community based organisations in two districts in Nepal in reducing prevalence of child malnutrition in member households. Our survey focused on three sets of women organisations: those that receive intensive external support are compared with those that...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004977854
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State Social Capital and Individual Health Status
Milyo, Jeffrey; Mellor, Jennifer M. - Economics Department, University of Missouri - 2004
trust, are associated with improvements in individual health status. In this study we employ these measures, together with …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005012320
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Promoting Social Participation for Healthy Ageing - A Counterfactual Analysis from the Survey of Health, Ageing, and Retirement in Europe (SHARE)
Debrand, Thierry; Sirven, Nicolas - Institut de Recherche et de Documentation en Économie … - 2008
Promoting social participation of the older population (e.g. membership in voluntary associations) is often seen as a promising strategy for 'healthy ageing' in Europe. Although a growing body of academic literature challenges the idea that the link between social participation and health is...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005027797
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Quality and quantity: the role of social interactions in individual health
Damiano, Fiorillo; Fabio, Sabatini - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2011
The public health literature focusing on the detrimental effects of social isolation has shown that the quantity of social connections is positively correlated with individual health. Drawing on pooled cross-sectional data, we test this hypothesis on a representative sample of the Italian...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008876881
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The relationship between happiness and health: evidence from Italy
Sabatini, Fabio - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2011
We test the relationship between happiness and self-rated health in Italy. The analysis relies on a unique dataset collected through the administration of a questionnaire to a representative sample (n = 817) of the population of the Italian Province of Trento in March 2011. Based on probit...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009022007
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Social Capital and Health of Older Europeans
Sirven, Nicolas; Debrand, Thierry - Institut de Recherche et de Documentation en Économie … - 2011
This research uses a time-based approach of the causal relationship (Granger-like)between health and social capital for older people in Europe. We use panel data from waves 1 and 2 of SHARE (the Survey of Health, Ageing, and Retirement in Europe)for the analysis. Additional wave 3 data on...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008852075
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Fear, Trust and Demand for Regulation: Evidence from the Covid-19 Pandemic in Russia
Borisova, Ekaterina; Frye, Timothy; Schoors, Koen; … - 2022
, existing theories rooted in market failure and government failure have focused on various forms of trust, but have paid little … attention to fear. We test how fear and trust shape demand for government regulation by drawing on especially precise measures … fear of contracting the virus is directly related to greater demand for regulation. In addition, the impact of trust is …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014290066