Is happiness U-shaped everywhere? Age and subjective well-being in 145 countries [0.03%]
幸福的U形曲线是否遍布各地？145个国家中的年龄与主观幸福感的关系分析
David G Blanchflower
David G Blanchflower
A large empirical literature has debated the existence of a U-shaped happiness-age curve. This paper re-examines the relationship between various measures of well-being and age in 145 countries, including 109 developing countries, controlli...
Identifying policy challenges of COVID-19 in hardly reliable data and judging the success of lockdown measures [0.03%]
在不太可靠的数据中识别COVID-19的政策挑战并判断封锁措施的成功与否
Luca Bonacini,Giovanni Gallo,Fabrizio Patriarca
Luca Bonacini
Identifying structural breaks in the dynamics of COVID-19 contagion is crucial to promptly assess policies and evaluate the effectiveness of lockdown measures. However, official data record infections after a critical and unpredictable dela...
COVID-19 outbreak, social response, and early economic effects: a global VAR analysis of cross-country interdependencies [0.03%]
COVID-19疫情、社会反应以及早期经济影响：全球VAR分析中的各国相互依赖性
Fabio Milani
Fabio Milani
This paper studies the social and economic responses to the COVID-19 pandemic in a large sample of countries. I stress, in particular, the importance of countries' interconnections to understand the spread of the virus. I estimate a global ...
Impacts of social and economic factors on the transmission of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in China [0.03%]
社会经济因素对中国新型冠状病毒肺炎传播的影响分析
Yun Qiu,Xi Chen,Wei Shi
Yun Qiu
This study models local and cross-city transmissions of the novel coronavirus in China between January 19 and February 29, 2020. We examine the role of various socioeconomic mediating factors, including public health measures that encourage...
Antoine Bozio,Guy Laroque,Cormac O&#x;Dea
Antoine Bozio
We put forward a method for estimating discount rates using wealth and income data. We build consumption from these data using the budget constraint. Consumption transitions yield discount rates by household groups. Applying this technique ...
Couples' Time Together: Complementarities in Production versus Complementarities in Consumption [0.03%]
伴侣的共处时间：生产上的互补与消费上的互补
Hani Mansour,Terra McKinnish
Hani Mansour
Economists have previously suggested that gains from marriage can be generated by complementarities in production (gains from specialization and exchange) or by complementarities in consumption (gains from joint consumption of household pub...
Wang-Sheng Lee,Terra McKinnish
Wang-Sheng Lee
We investigate how the marital age gap affects the evolution of marital satisfaction over the duration of marriage using household panel data from Australia. We find that men tend to be more satisfied with younger wives and less satisfied w...
Unconditional Government Social Cash Transfer in Africa Does not Increase Fertility [0.03%]
非洲实施非条件性的政府社会现金转移支付不会增加生育率
Tia Palermo,Sudhanshu Handa,Amber Peterman et al.
Tia Palermo et al.
Among policymakers, a common perception surrounding the effects of cash transfer programmes, particularly unconditional programmes targeted to households with children, is that they induce increased fertility. We evaluate the Zambian Child ...
Unconditional Government Social Cash Transfer in Africa Does not Increase Fertility [0.03%]
非洲实施政府社会现金转移支付不会增加生育率
Tia Palermo,Sudhanshu Handa,Amber Peterman et al.
Tia Palermo et al.
Among policymakers, a common perception surrounding the effects of cash transfer programmes, particularly unconditional programmes targeted to households with children, is that they induce increased fertility. We evaluate the Zambian Child ...
Emigration, remittances, and the subjective well-being of those staying behind [0.03%]
移民、侨汇与留在家乡的人的主观幸福感
Artjoms Ivlevs,Milena Nikolova,Carol Graham
Artjoms Ivlevs
We offer the first global perspective on the well-being consequences of emigration for those staying behind using several subjective well-being measures (evaluations of best possible life, positive affect, stress, and depression). Using the...