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In-utero exposure to violence and child health in Iraq
Sardoschau, Sulin - 2023
This paper examines the impact of exposure to violence during pregnancy on anthropometric and cognitive outcomes of children in the medium-run. I combine detailed household-level data on more than 36,000 children with geo-coded information on civilian casualties in the aftermath of the US...
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Is household shock a boon or bane to the utilisation of preventive healthcare for children? Evidence from Uganda
Baulia, Susmita - 2018
drought as a proxy for negative income shock, and illness of any household member as an indicator for negative health shock, I … age are significantly more likely to get VAS as a part of their immunisation schedule when the household is under health … or income shock. Further investigation shows that this effect of health shock results from the increase in average time …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012503074
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Age-specific effects of early daycare on children's health
Barschkett, Mara - 2022
, including Germany. Despite the relevance of child health for child development and later life success, the effect of early … daycare attendance on health has received little attention in the economic literature. In this study, I investigate the impact … of a large daycare expansion in Germany on children's age-specific mental and physical health outcomes. Based on a unique …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014088355
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Income support, (un-)employment and well-being
Hetschko, Clemens; Schöb, Ronnie; Wolf, Tobias - 2016
Using specific panel data of German welfare benefit recipients, we investigate the non-pecuniary life satisfaction effects of in-work benefits. Our empirical strategy combines difference-in-difference designs with synthetic control groups to analyze transitions of workers between unemployment,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011513025
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Home alone : widows' well-being and time
Adena, Maja; Hamermesh, Daniel S.; Myck, Michał; … - 2021
-being. We confirm a dramatic decrease in mental health and life satisfaction after the loss of partner, followed by a slow …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012697442
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Welfare while working : how does the life satisfaction approach help to explain job search behavior?
Wolf, Tobias - 2020
This paper examines the role of life satisfactioninthe labor market behavior of workers receiving welfare benefits while working. Welfare stigma and other hard-to-observe factors may affect outcomes as on-the-job search and the duration until leaving welfare status. We utilize life satisfaction...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012265186
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An economic analysis of the empty nest syndrome : what the leaving child does matters
Piper, Alan T. - 2021
This study is an empirical investigation of the empty nest syndrome, commonly understood as a situation where there are feelings of loss or loneliness for mothers and/or fathers following the departure of the last child from the family home. This investigation makes use of rich, longitudinal,...
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Temps dip deeper : temporary employment and the midlife nadir in human well-being
Piper, Alan T. - 2020
Temporary employees rank lower than permanent employees on various measures of mental and physical health, including …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012289807
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Home alone : widows' well-being and time
Adena, Maja; Hamermesh, Daniel S.; Myck, Michał; … - 2023
Using data from the Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe (SHARE, 2004-17) and time diaries from Poland … moderators of widowhood's impact on well-being. We confirm a dramatic decrease in mental health and life satisfaction after the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014476805
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Wealth and subjective well-being in Germany
Jantsch, Antje; Le Blanc, Julia; Schmidt, Tobias - 2022
Wealth in addition to income determines to a large degree an individual’s consumption opportunities and economic situation, which should in turn affect their subjective well-being. We analyse empirically the relationship between life satisfaction as an indicator of subjective well being and...
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