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"Beauty Is the Promise of Happiness"? [PDF]
We measure the impact of individuals' looks on their life satisfaction or happiness. Using five data sets from the U.S., Canada, the U.K., and Germany, we construct beauty measures in different ways that allow putting a lower bound on the true effects of
Abrevaya, Jason, Hamermesh, Daniel S.
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Lessons from primary school students' perceptions of the factors that influence school connectedness
British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.Abstract School connectedness is critical to improving students' health, development and wellbeing. Research into primary school students' perceptions of the factors that influence their sense of connectedness is essential for identifying practices that promote success.
Jordana F. Hoenig, Therese M. Cumming
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Flexible working and professional relationships in schools: An ecological approach
British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.Abstract In English schools, the policy environment has recently moved considerably in favour of teachers taking planning, preparation and assessment (PPA) time away from the school site as one approach to flexible working in support of teacher retention.
Victoria Cook +3 more
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British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.Abstract This paper examines the experiences of Nigerian cross‐border students in UK higher education, focusing on how colonial legacies continue to shape the interplay between structure and agency. Three key themes emerged in the analysis of the data: First, the persistence of a ‘West is Best’ mentality reflects the internalisation of colonial ...
Jennifer Marshall, Jack Bryne Stothard
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Knowing education in Thailand like a global expert organisation: Politics, context and data
British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.Abstract Global expert organisations play increasingly significant roles in the way that education is understood and governed internationally, including by influencing the discourses through which education is conceptualised and shaping norms of what counts as success, failure, progress and the most desirable visions for the future.
Steve Puttick +6 more
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Tasting Freedom: Happiness, religion and economic transition [PDF]
Economic transition lowered happiness on average, but did not affect all equally. This paper uses Hungarian survey data to study the impact of religion and economic transition on happiness.
Orsolya Lelkes
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, 2011 This paper describes the findings from a new, and intrinsically interdisciplinary, literature on happiness and human well-being. The paper focuses on international evidence.
Oswald, Andrew J. +1 more
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A Multinational Survey: The Impact of Living With Obesity on Well-Being: A Plain Language Summary
Therapeutic Advances in Endocrinology and MetabolismSummary What is this summary about? Obesity is a complex, long-term condition that affects far more than a person’s physical health. It can impact emotional well-being (how happy a person feels), mental health (how a person feels about daily life ...
Catalina Cernica +2 more
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Breaking point: Identifying the factors that predict suspension from school
British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.Abstract School suspensions are associated with adverse educational and psychosocial outcomes, yet little is known about how structural disadvantage, relational factors, health behaviours, well‐being indicators and school‐level factors jointly predict suspension risk in England.
Stephanie Cahill +5 more
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Happiness Adaptation to Income beyond "Basic Needs" [PDF]
We test for whether, once "basic needs" are satisfied, there is happiness adaptation to further gains in income using three data sets. Individual German Panel Data from 1985-2000, and data on the well-being of over 600,000 people in a panel of European ...
Rafael Di Tella, Robert MacCulloch
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