This is the first study to investigate whether age gaps between classmates (that is, relative age) affect life-satisfaction … gaps in adolescence. To this end, we analyse data from the multi-country Health Behaviour in School-Aged Children (HBSC …) survey. We find evidence that relative age negatively impacts adolescents' life-satisfaction. A twelve-month age gap …

This paper analyzes the relationship between education and health outcomes using a natural experiment in Turkey. The … attainment to investigate the impact of education on body mass index, obesity, smoking behavior, and self-rated health, as well … statistically significant favorable effect of education on health outcomes and behavior. However, this relationship becomes …

fuel poverty and a set of well-being outcomes: life-satisfaction, self-reported health measures and more objectively … associations with life satisfaction and fibrinogen, one of our biological health measures. The presence of these strong … deprivation indicators as well as in the case of self-reported generic measures of physical health. Lifestyle and chronic health …

We study the retirement effects on mental health using a fuzzy regression discontinuity design based on the eligibility … status. Retirement of partnered men positively affects mental health of both themselves and their partners. Single men … retiring experience a drop in mental health. Female retirement has hardly any effect on their own mental health or the mental …

We explore how involuntary and voluntary exits from self-employment affect life and health satisfaction. To that end …-employment exit) brings small improvements in health and life satisfaction, the negative psychological costs of business failure (i … physical health and behaviors such as smoking and drinking, implying that the costs of losing self-employment are largely …

, finding a greater prevalence of group discussion used in schools positively affects students’ life satisfaction and … approximately 1500 schools in 14 countries or regions. We perform regressions of student life satisfaction on the prevalence of …-selection. The average impact of group discussion is not small – a one standard deviation leads to an increase in life satisfaction …

paper examines the long-term health and well-being impacts of sustained radiation exposure. Results show that nuclear … exposure significantly increases the risk of chronic disease and anemia, reduces subjective health, and lowers life … satisfaction, with higher exposure intensities amplifying these effects. Older cohorts who, since early age, have been exposed to …

This study examines whether an association exists between parental unemployment and health-related quality of life and … mental health for adolescents aged 15-18 in Athens, Greece. The gathered dataset covers the same upper high schools in two … periods, 2011-2013 and 2017-2019. The study finds that parental unemployment bears an association with decreased health …

education does not matter. …