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Fei Wang - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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china s Life Satisfaction 1990 2010
2013Co-Authors: Richard A. Easterlin, Robson Morgan, Malgorzata Switek, Fei WangAbstract:Despite its unprecedented growth in output per capita in the last two decades, China has essentially followed the Life Satisfaction trajectory of the central and eastern European transition countries – a U-shaped swing and a nil or declining trend. There is no evidence of an increase in Life Satisfaction of the magnitude that might have been expected to result from the fourfold improvement in the level of per capita consumption that has occurred. As in the European countries, in China the trend and U-shaped pattern appear to be related to a pronounced rise in unemployment followed by a mild decline, and an accompanying dissolution of the social safety net along with growing income inequality. The burden of worsening Life Satisfaction in China has fallen chiefly on the lowest socioeconomic groups. An initially highly egalitarian distribution of Life Satisfaction has been replaced by an increasingly unequal one, with decreasing Life Satisfaction in persons in the bottom third of the income distribution and increasing Life Satisfaction in those in the top third.
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China’s Life Satisfaction, 1990–2010
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 2012Co-Authors: Richard A. Easterlin, Robson Morgan, Malgorzata Switek, Fei WangAbstract:Despite its unprecedented growth in output per capita in the last two decades, China has essentially followed the Life Satisfaction trajectory of the central and eastern European transition countries—a U-shaped swing and a nil or declining trend. There is no evidence of an increase in Life Satisfaction of the magnitude that might have been expected to result from the fourfold improvement in the level of per capita consumption that has occurred. As in the European countries, in China the trend and U-shaped pattern appear to be related to a pronounced rise in unemployment followed by a mild decline, and an accompanying dissolution of the social safety net along with growing income inequality. The burden of worsening Life Satisfaction in China has fallen chiefly on the lowest socioeconomic groups. An initially highly egalitarian distribution of Life Satisfaction has been replaced by an increasingly unequal one, with decreasing Life Satisfaction in persons in the bottom third of the income distribution and increasing Life Satisfaction in those in the top third.
Richard A. Easterlin - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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china s Life Satisfaction 1990 2010
2013Co-Authors: Richard A. Easterlin, Robson Morgan, Malgorzata Switek, Fei WangAbstract:Despite its unprecedented growth in output per capita in the last two decades, China has essentially followed the Life Satisfaction trajectory of the central and eastern European transition countries – a U-shaped swing and a nil or declining trend. There is no evidence of an increase in Life Satisfaction of the magnitude that might have been expected to result from the fourfold improvement in the level of per capita consumption that has occurred. As in the European countries, in China the trend and U-shaped pattern appear to be related to a pronounced rise in unemployment followed by a mild decline, and an accompanying dissolution of the social safety net along with growing income inequality. The burden of worsening Life Satisfaction in China has fallen chiefly on the lowest socioeconomic groups. An initially highly egalitarian distribution of Life Satisfaction has been replaced by an increasingly unequal one, with decreasing Life Satisfaction in persons in the bottom third of the income distribution and increasing Life Satisfaction in those in the top third.
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China’s Life Satisfaction, 1990–2010
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 2012Co-Authors: Richard A. Easterlin, Robson Morgan, Malgorzata Switek, Fei WangAbstract:Despite its unprecedented growth in output per capita in the last two decades, China has essentially followed the Life Satisfaction trajectory of the central and eastern European transition countries—a U-shaped swing and a nil or declining trend. There is no evidence of an increase in Life Satisfaction of the magnitude that might have been expected to result from the fourfold improvement in the level of per capita consumption that has occurred. As in the European countries, in China the trend and U-shaped pattern appear to be related to a pronounced rise in unemployment followed by a mild decline, and an accompanying dissolution of the social safety net along with growing income inequality. The burden of worsening Life Satisfaction in China has fallen chiefly on the lowest socioeconomic groups. An initially highly egalitarian distribution of Life Satisfaction has been replaced by an increasingly unequal one, with decreasing Life Satisfaction in persons in the bottom third of the income distribution and increasing Life Satisfaction in those in the top third.
Lucinda Platt - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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Life Satisfaction, ethnicity and neighbourhoods: Is there an effect of neighbourhood ethnic composition on Life Satisfaction?
Social science research, 2016Co-Authors: Gundi Knies, Alita Nandi, Lucinda PlattAbstract:Immigrants and ethnic minorities tend to have lower Life Satisfaction than majority populations. However, current understanding of the drivers of these gaps is limited. Using a rich, nationally representative data set with a large sample of ethnic minorities and matched neighbourhood characteristics, we test whether first and second generation minorities experience lower Life Satisfaction once accounting for compositional differences and whether, specifically, neighbourhood deprivation impacts their wellbeing. We further investigate whether a larger proportion of own ethnic group in the neighbourhood improves Satisfaction. We find Life Satisfaction is lower among ethnic minorities, and especially for the second generation, even controlling for individual and area characteristics. Neighbourhood concentration of own ethnic group is, however, associated with higher Life Satisfaction for Black Africans and UK born Indians and Pakistanis. The effect for Black Africans may stem from selection into areas, but findings for Indians and Pakistanis are robust to sensitivity tests.
Alan T. Piper - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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Sleep duration and Life Satisfaction
International Review of Economics, 2016Co-Authors: Alan T. PiperAbstract:Sleep is an important part of Life. Despite this importance, little is known about Life Satisfaction and sleep duration. Using German panel data, it is shown that sleep is an important factor for Life Satisfaction and, furthermore, that maximal Life Satisfaction is associated with about 8 h of sleep on a typical weekday. This figure represents, on average, one hour more than people currently sleep for: a result that is robust to different subsamples, and found via two common estimation techniques, one of which controls for individual heterogeneity including different sleep needs.
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Sleep duration and Life Satisfaction
2015Co-Authors: Alan T. PiperAbstract:Sleep is an important part of Life, with an individual spending an estimated 32 years of her Life asleep. Despite this importance, little is known about Life Satisfaction and sleep duration. Using German panel data, it is shown that sleep is an important factor for Life Satisfaction and that maximal Life Satisfaction is associated with about eight hours of sleep on a typical weekday. This figure represents, on average, an hour more than people currently sleep suggesting that more sleep would lead to a higher reported Satisfaction with Life.
Hugh C. Hendrie - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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Predictors of Life Satisfaction in retired physicians and spouses
Social psychiatry and psychiatric epidemiology, 2003Co-Authors: Mary Guerriero Austrom, Anthony J. Perkins, Teresa M. Damush, Hugh C. HendrieAbstract:Background: With the current demographic changes, adjustment to retirement has become a major concern for physicians. Yet information on adjustment to retirement gathered from retired physicians is sparse. Information on physician spouses following retirement is currently not available. Therefore, we conducted a survey of a multi-disciplinary group of retired physicians and their spouses on adjustment to retirement. Methods: A mail survey was sent to 1834 alumni who graduated from medical school prior to 1965. Responses were received from 795 (43 %) physicians and 455 spouses. Of the physicians, 678 indicated that they were retired or semi-retired. Life Satisfaction was measured on a 9-point Likert scale. Results: Levels of Life Satisfaction were high for both physicians and spouses. Approximately 88 % of both groups reported being mostly satisfied or better with their lives. Factors associated with better Life Satisfaction for physicians included better health, optimism, feelings of financial security, participation in activities and hobbies and a good sexual relationship. For spouses, good health, having a husband willing to help with chores, quality of relationships including sexual relationship and attending theatre or sporting events were associated with higher levels of Life Satisfaction. Spouses who had never worked reported higher levels of Life Satisfaction than spouses who had worked and were now retired. For changes in Life Satisfaction since physician retirement, predictors for both physicians and spouses were similar to those for Life Satisfaction. However, for physicians, both younger age and more years in retirement were independently associated with improved Life Satisfaction. Issues regarding loss of role and methods and reasons for retirement influenced Satisfaction in the early retirees. For spouses, major challenges involved coping with changes in the marital relationship. Conclusions: Physicians and their spouses reported high levels of Life Satisfaction. The factors predicting Life Satisfaction and change in Life Satisfaction following retirement differed for physicians and spouses. For physicians, Life Satisfaction and change in Life Satisfaction were affected by time since retirement.
