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Displaying Results 1 - 11 of 11 on page 1 of 1
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Are the effects of height on well-being a tall tale?
(2015)
Denny, Kevin
Are the effects of height on well-being a tall tale?
(2015)
Denny, Kevin
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Numerous papers have documented a positive association between height and good physical health and also with good economic outcomes such as earnings. A smaller number have argued for an association with well-being. In this paper, cross-country data from Europe is used to analyse whether individuals’ height is associated with higher or lower levels of life-satisfaction. In simple models there is a positive but concave relationship between height and life satisfaction. However it is shown that the results are quite sensitive to the inclusion of controls reflecting demographics, human capital and health status. Where effects do exist, it is predominantly at low to medium levels of height. There is also evidence of heterogeneity across countries.
http://hdl.handle.net/10197/7257
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Does passion for physical activity spillover into performance at work? Examining the direct and indirect effects of passion and life satisfaction on organisational performance and innovativeness
(2020)
Clohessy, Trevor; Whelan, Eoin; Paradis, Kyle F.
Does passion for physical activity spillover into performance at work? Examining the direct and indirect effects of passion and life satisfaction on organisational performance and innovativeness
(2020)
Clohessy, Trevor; Whelan, Eoin; Paradis, Kyle F.
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Many individuals are passionate for physical activity such as cycling, running, and soccer. Drawing from the dualistic model of passion, the purpose of the present study was to examine the direct and indirect relationships between passion (harmonious and obsessive) for physical activity, life satisfaction, performance, and innovativeness in organisational settings. Survey data were gathered from 272 cyclists who also occupied employment roles beyond their cycling pursuits. Data were analysed using structural equation modelling. Results indicated a direct positive relationship between harmonious passion and both performance and innovativeness at work. Moreover, results indicated that perceived life satisfaction indirectly influenced the relationships between harmonious passion and both performance and innovativeness at work. No significant relationships were found between obsessive passion for cycling and either organisational performance outcome. In sum, these findings suggest that ...
http://hdl.handle.net/10379/16010
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Dwelling type and quality of life in urban areas: evidence from the European Social Survey
(2014)
Winston, Nessa
Dwelling type and quality of life in urban areas: evidence from the European Social Survey
(2014)
Winston, Nessa
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Much of the literature on sustainable communities and compact cities calls for higher density housing. However, case studies suggest that there can be problems with multi-unit dwellings. Problems identified include inadequate space, noise pollution, suitability for families and children, and a lack of personal green/outdoor space. These studies raise questions about the quality of life, life satisfaction and liveability for its residents. Some suggest that residing in these dwellings is likely to be short-term, that those who can do so relocate to lower density housing over time. However, rigorous comparative research on this topic has not been conducted to date. This paper draws on comparative data from the European Social Survey to analyse: the quality of multi-family dwellings in European urban areas; the characteristics of residents of these dwellings, and their quality of life compared with those living in detached housing.
http://hdl.handle.net/10197/6150
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Food poverty and health among schoolchildren: Findings from the Health Behaviour in School-aged Children (HBSC) study.
(2012)
Molcho, Michal; Nic Gabhainn, Saoirse; Kelly, Colette; Friel, Sharon; Kelleher, Cecily C.
Food poverty and health among schoolchildren: Findings from the Health Behaviour in School-aged Children (HBSC) study.
(2012)
Molcho, Michal; Nic Gabhainn, Saoirse; Kelly, Colette; Friel, Sharon; Kelleher, Cecily C.
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Objectives - To investigate the relationships between food poverty and food consumption, health and life satisfaction among schoolchildren. Design - Analysis of the 2002 Health Behaviour in School-aged Children (HBSC) study, a cross-sectional survey that employs a self-completion questionnaire in a nationally representative random sample of school classrooms in the Republic of Ireland. Subjects - A total of 8424 schoolchildren (aged 10¿17 years) from 176 schools, with an 83% response rate from children. Results - Food poverty was found to be similarly distributed among the three social classes (15.3% in the lower social classes, 15.9% in the middle social classes and 14.8% in the higher social classes). It was also found that schoolchildren reporting food poverty are less likely to eat fruits, vegetables and brown bread, odds ratio (OR) from 0.66 (95% confidence interval (CI) 0.45¿0.87) to 0.81 (95% CI 0.63¿0.99); more likely to eat crisps, fried potatoes and hamburgers, OR from 1.2...
http://hdl.handle.net/10379/2677
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Height and well-being amongst older Europeans
(2010)
Denny, Kevin
Height and well-being amongst older Europeans
(2010)
Denny, Kevin
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This paper uses a cross‐country representative sample of Europeans over the age of 50 to analyse whether individuals’ height is associated with higher or lower levels of well‐being. Two outcomes are used: a measure of depression symptoms reported by individuals and a categorical measure of life satisfaction. It is shown that there is a concave relationship between height and symptoms of depression. These results are sensitive to the inclusion of several sets of controls reflecting demographics, human capital and health status. While parsimonious models suggest that height is protective against depression, the addition of controls, particularly related to health, suggests the reverse effect: tall people are predicted to have slightly more symptoms of depression. Height has no significant association with life satisfaction in models with controls for health and human capital.
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http://hdl.handle.net/10197/2670
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Multifamily Housing and Resident Life Satisfaction: Evidence from the European Social Survey
(2016)
Winston, Nessa
Multifamily Housing and Resident Life Satisfaction: Evidence from the European Social Survey
(2016)
Winston, Nessa
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Much of the literature on sustainable communities and compact cities calls for higher density housing including multifamily dwellings. Some case studies suggest problems with such dwellings. However, rigorous comparative research on this topic has not been conducted to date. This paper draws on a high quality, comparative dataset, the European Social Survey, to analyse a) the quality of multifamily dwellings in European urban areas, b) the characteristics of residents of these dwellings, c) their life satisfaction compared with those living in detached housing and d) the relative importance of built form in explaining life satisfaction. One of the main findings from the multivariate analyses is that built form, including residing in multifamily housing, is not a statistically significant predictor of life satisfaction when you control for standard predictors of life satisfaction (e.g. health, employment and income) and housing and neighbourhood quality.
http://hdl.handle.net/10197/7410
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Personal life satisfaction as a measure of societal happiness is an individualistic presumption: evidence from fifty countries
(2020)
Krys, Kuba; et al.
Personal life satisfaction as a measure of societal happiness is an individualistic presumption: evidence from fifty countries
(2020)
Krys, Kuba; et al.
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Numerous studies document that societal happiness is correlated with individualism, but the nature of this phenomenon remains understudied. In the current paper, we address this gap and test the reasoning that individualism correlates with societal happiness because the most common measure of societal happiness (i.e., country-level aggregates of personal life satisfaction) is individualism-themed. With the data collected from 13,009 participants across fifty countries, we compare associations of four types of happiness (out of which three are more collectivism-themed than personal life satisfaction) with two different measures of individualism. We replicated previous findings by demonstrating that societal happiness measured as country-level aggregate of personal life satisfaction is correlated with individualism. Importantly though, we also found that the country-level aggregates of the collectivism-themed measures of happiness do not tend to be significantly correlated wi...
http://hdl.handle.net/10344/9308
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Quality of life and location-specific amenities : a subjective well-being approach
(2009)
Brereton, Finbarr; Clinch, J. Peter; Ferreira, S. (Susana)
Quality of life and location-specific amenities : a subjective well-being approach
(2009)
Brereton, Finbarr; Clinch, J. Peter; Ferreira, S. (Susana)
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In recent years, economists have started using socio-economic and socio-demographic characteristics to explain self-reported individual happiness or satisfaction with life. Using data disaggregated at the individual and regional level, this paper shows that while these variables are relevant, consideration of amenities such as climate, environmental and urban conditions, typically employed in hedonic wage and housing regressions, is critical when analysing subjective well-being. Location-specific factors are shown to have a direct impact on life satisfaction, suggesting that their effect on quality of life is not fully captured by compensating differentials in housing and labour markets.
http://hdl.handle.net/10197/886
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The influence of macroeconomic conditions and institutional quality on national levels of life satisfaction
(2012)
Walsh, Brendan M.
The influence of macroeconomic conditions and institutional quality on national levels of life satisfaction
(2012)
Walsh, Brendan M.
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Answers to the Eurobarometer question on Life Satisfaction are used to explore the effects of macroeconomic performance and institutional quality on average levels of self-assessed well-being in the countries of the enlarged European Union between 2004 and 2011. It is found that variations in national levels of life satisfaction can largely be accounted by a small number of socio-economic indicators. Life satisfaction is lowest in poor, corrupt countries where income inequality is pronounced. The adverse effect of higher unemployment on life satisfaction is partially offset by the positive impact of lower inflation. However, even when these factors are allowed for, significant country-level differences persist.
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http://hdl.handle.net/10197/3720
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Valuing the environment using the life-satisfaction approach
(2009)
Ferreira, S. (Susana); Moro, Mirko; Clinch, J. Peter
Valuing the environment using the life-satisfaction approach
(2009)
Ferreira, S. (Susana); Moro, Mirko; Clinch, J. Peter
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This paper presents a comprehensive theoretical and methodological framework clarifying the relationship between non-market environmental valuation techniques, in particular hedonic and life-satisfaction methods. The paper shows how life satisfaction scores can be used to test correctly the equilibrium condition in location markets required by the hedonic approach and that in the absence of equilibrium, the life-satisfaction approach is still a theoretically valid valuation technique. Valuation using the life-satisfaction approach suffers from caveats associated with the cardinalisation of utility, however. Using data from Ireland, we apply this framework to the valuation of amenities linked to respondents’ dwelling areas using Geographic Information Systems (GIS).
http://hdl.handle.net/10197/887
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Well-being and income, a European study
(2016)
Henn, Julia
Well-being and income, a European study
(2016)
Henn, Julia
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The economics of well-being is an approach to evaluate well-being which combines the techniques commonly utilised by economists with those typically applied by psychologists (Graham, 2005). It relies on data concerning subjective well-being levels and a more expansive concept of utility than does conventional economics (Graham, 2005). The economics of well-being moves away from the decision utility approach of revealed preferences and measures well-being as the subjective overall assessment of one’s life (Frey & Stutzer, 2000b). Easterlin (1974) pioneered the economics of well-being in the 1970s and finds that although average reported wellbeing levels reveal significant differences within countries, they do not have a strong correlation with average levels of national income. The aim of this thesis is to explore the possible explanations of the apparent contradictory results provided by Easterlin (1974) by using cross sectional data of European residents obtained from the 2008 ...
http://hdl.handle.net/10468/4207
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