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The E¤ect of Rurality on Mental and Physical Health
Stern, Steven; Merwin, Elizabeth; Hauenstein, Emily; … - University of Virginia, Department of Economics - 2008
Any time researchers choose to conduct a study on any aspect of rural health care, they are faced with a di¢ cult methodological choice regarding the oper- ational de?nition of rural to use in their study. While this seems to many who are not familiar with rural research to be a straightforward...
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Evidence on the Long Shadow of Poor Mental Health across Three Generations
Johnston, David W.; Schurer, Stefanie; Shields, Michael A. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2011
mental health reduces household income for their adult offspring by around 2 percent. …
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Does income deprivation affect people’s mental well-being?
Cuesta, Maite Blázquez; Budría, Santiago - Banco de España - 2013
impact of income deprivation upon individual mental well-being. Unobserved heterogeneity is controlled for by means of a … paper shows that, for a given household income, a less favourable relative position in the income distribution is associated … deviation increase in income deprivation is found to be as harmful as a reduction in permanent household income of almost 30 …
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Family Ruptures and Intergenerational Transmission of Stress
Persson, Petra; Rossin-Slater, Maya - Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN) - 2014
The high and rapidly increasing prevalence of mental illnesses underscores the importance of understanding their causal origins. This paper analyzes one factor at a critical stage of human development: exposure to maternal stress from family ruptures during the fetal period. We find that in...
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Exploring the intergenerational persistence of mental health: Evidence from three generations
Johnston, David W.; Schurer, Stefanie; Shields, Michael A. - In: Journal of Health Economics 32 (2013) 6, pp. 1077-1089
lasting effects on the child's educational attainment, future household income and the probability of having criminal …
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The Effects of Bullying in Elementary School
Eriksen, Tine Louise Mundbjerg; Nielsen, Helena Skyt; … - School of Economics and Management, University of Aarhus - 2012
Bullying is a widespread social phenomenon. We show that both children who are being bullied and children who bully suffer in terms of long-term outcomes. We rely on rich survey and register-based data for children born in a region of Denmark during 1990-1992, which allows us to carefully...
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Evidence on the long shadow of poor mental health across three generations.
Johnston, David W.; Schurer, Stefanie; Shields, Michael - Department of Economics and Related Studies, University … - 2012
mental health reduces household income for their adult offspring by around 2 percent. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010602588
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Moving Up and Sliding Down: An Empirical Assessment of the Effect of Social Mobility on Subjective Wellbeing
Dolan, Paul; Lordan, Grace - Centre for Economic Performance, LSE - 2013
Many people remain in the same income group as their parents and this is a cause of much discussion and some concern …. Our SWB measures encapsulate life satisfaction and mental health. 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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010610736
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Moving up and sliding down: An empirical assessment of the effect of social mobility on subjective wellbeing
Dolan, P.; Lordan, G. - Department of Economics and Related Studies, University … - 2013
Many people remain in the same income group as their parents and this is a cause of much discussion and some concern …. Our SWB measures encapsulate life satisfaction and mental health. 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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010640505
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Getting Stuck in the Blues: Persistence of Mental Health Problems in Australia
Roy, John; Schurer, Stefanie - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013
such a low score again a year later, indicating a strong element of state dependence in depression. Low income is a strong …
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