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been affected across six countries (China, South Korea, Japan, Italy, UK and US). We first document changes in income … changes to their lives, and overall they are less supportive of these measures. These patterns are less clear across income … groups: while some countries have managed to shield lower income individuals from negative consequences, others have not. We …
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movements in income. We find that relative income mobility is a significant predictor of life satisfaction and mental health …, whether people move upward or downward. For absolute income, mobility is only a consistent predictor of SWB and mental health … income mobility downward movements affect SWB to a greater extent than upward movements, consistent with notions of loss …
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income losses. The main objective of this study is to examine the impact of various coping strategies, due to the lockdown … measures, on the respondents’ subjective well-being by gender and ethnic background. We apply a difference … related costs range between £250-3,500, which are significantly varied by gender and ethnic group …
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conditions. In contrast, in April 2020, these factors decline in their shares and age and gender now account for a larger share …
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of the pandemic (April 2020) other socioeconomic factors declined in their share of socioeconomic inequality, while age … and gender account for a larger share. The most notable increase is evident for younger women. The contribution of working …
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This paper extends the earlier work of Davillas and Jones (2021) on socioeconomic inequality in mental health, measured by the General Health Questionnaire (GHQ), to include the second national lockdown up to March 2021.
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It is well known that income and health are positively associated. Much less is known about the strength of this … by government transfers versus market transfers on changes in income-related health inequality (IRHI) in Europe. Using … the European Union Survey of Income and Living Conditions (EU-SILC) panel data for 7 EU countries from 2004 to 2013, we …
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U.S. income inequality has risen dramatically in recent decades. Researchers consistently find that greater income … SWB data from the U.S. Gallup Healthways Well-Being Index and income inequality data from the American Community Survey …-dependent and measure-dependent: income inequality is SWB-diminishing in large regions for all measures, SWB-diminishing in small …
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health and education government spending on income inequality in the European Union over the 2002-2015 period. In this …
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This paper adds to the literature on the income-health gradient by exploring the association of short- and long …-term income with a wide set of self-reported health measures and objective nurse-administered and blood-based biomarkers as well …. The income-health gradients are greater in magnitude in case of long-run rather than cross- sectional income measures …
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