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Do quarantine experiences and attitudes towards COVID-19 affect the distribution of psychological outcomes in China? : a quantile regression analysis

Lu, Haiyang; Nie, Peng; Qian, Long - 2020

(COVID-19), empirical research on whether and to what extent quarantine and attitudes towards COVID-19 influence … impact of quarantine experiences and attitudes towards COVID-19 on the whole distribution of psychological well-being in …While quarantine has become a widely used control measure during the outbreak of the 2019 novel coronavirus disease …

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Tracking COVID-19 spread in Italy with mobility data

Bilgin, Nuriye Melisa - 2020

This paper provides insights for policymakers to evaluate the impact of staying at home and lockdown policies by investigating possible links between individual mobility and the spread of the COVID-19 virus in Italy. By relying on the daily data, the empirical evidence suggests that an increase...

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The COVID-19 Pandemic : Challenges and Reality of Quarantine, Isolation and Social Distancing for the Returnee Migrants in Bangladesh

Mannan, Dr Kazi Abdul; Farhana, Khandaker Mursheda - 2020

The fundamental objective of this study is to examine how much quarantine, isolation and social distance have been … health regulations, including 14 days of quarantine, isolation and maintaining social distance, are severely hampered …

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Decoding the Growth-Nutrition Nexus in China: Inequality, Uncertainty and Food Insecurity

You, Jing; Imai, Katsushi S.; Gaiha, Raghav - Research Institute for Economics and Business … - 2014

Chinese households have experienced significant income growth, while their nutrition intake has not increased pari passu. This paper uses household data in both rural and urban China over the period 1989-2009 to explain the paradox of higher income but lower nutrition. In addition to traditional...

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The effects of social distancing measures on COVID-19 spreads in European countries

Pažický, Martin - In: Národohospodářský obzor : časopis věnovaný … 23 (2023) 2, pp. 105-158

This study investigates the effects of social distancing measures on various types of social mobility, using country- and day-fixed effects on a panel of daily data comprising 29 European countries. Although social distancing measures proved to be significant for all types of mobility in the...

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Labor earnings and Psychological well-being: An Empirical Analysis

Grimani, Katerina - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2014

The starting point of this paper is the idea that individuals are characterized by hierarchical behavior. The theory of hierarchical needs implies that individuals have a priority approach to psychological well-being. This means that the most important needs must be satisfied first before the...

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Contractual Conditions, Working conditions, Health and Well-Being in the British Household Panel Survey

Robone, S; Jones, A. M; Rice, N - Department of Economics and Related Studies, University … - 2008

We consider the effects of contractual and working conditions on self-assessed health and psychological well-being using twelve waves (1991/92 – 2002/2003) of the British Household Panel Survey. While one branch of the literature suggests that “atypical” contractual conditions have a...

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The Psychological Gains from COVID-19 Vaccination: Who Benefits the Most?

Bagues, Manuel; Dimitrova, Velichka - 2021

We quantify the impact of COVID-19 vaccination on psychological well-being using information from a large-scale panel survey representative of the UK population. Exploiting exogenous variation in the timing of vaccinations, we find that vaccination increases psychological well-being by 0.12...

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How Stressful is Retirement? New Evidence from a Longitudinal, Fixed-effects Analysis

Jæger, Mads Meier; Holm, Anders - Centre for Applied Microeconometrics (CAM), Økonomisk …

The purpose of this paper is to investigate the effect of retirement on psychological well-being. Findings from previous research in this field are inconsistent, as both positive, negative, and sometimes no effect of retirement on well-being is reported. In the paper we suggest that the...

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The economics of happiness and psychology of wealth

Czapinski, Janusz - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2013

The “Easterlin paradox” suggests that there is no link between the economic development of a society and the overall happiness of its members, yet wealthy societies and people are happier than those with low income. Using recent data from Social Diagnosis (www.diagnoza.com) and several...

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