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The Welfare Effects of Social Media
The American Economic Review, 2019 The rise of social media has provoked both optimism about potential societal benefits and concern about harms such as addiction, depression, and political polarization.
Hunt Allcott +3 more
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The COVID-19 Pandemic Disrupted Both School Bullying and Cyberbullying
American Economic Review: Insights, 2021 One-fifth of US high school students report being bullied each year. We use internet search data for real-time tracking of bullying patterns as COVID-19 disrupted in-person schooling.
Andrew Bacher-Hicks +3 more
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Returns to International Migration: Evidence from a Bangladesh-Malaysia Visa Lottery
Social Science Research Network, 2023 South Asians traveling to richer Asian nations is the world's largest migration corridor. We track down applicants to a government lottery that randomly allocated visas to Bangladeshis for temporary labor contracts in Malaysia, five years later.
A. Mobarak +2 more
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The Psychosocial Value of Employment: Evidence from a Refugee Camp
Policy Research Working Papers, 2022 Employment may be important to well-being for reasons beyond its role as an income source. This paper presents a causal estimate of the psychosocial value of employment in refugee camps in Bangladesh. We involve 745 individuals in a field experiment with
Reshmaan N. Hussam +3 more
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Television, Health, and Happiness: A Natural Experiment in West Germany
Social Science Research NetworkWatching television is one of the most time-consuming human activities, but negative consequences on well-being discussed in previous research point to a prime example of irrational behavior.
A. Chadi, M. Hoffmann
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American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, 2022 Previous work has shown that preferences are not always stable across time, but surprisingly little is known about the reasons for this instability. I examine whether variation in people's emotions over time predicts changes in risk attitudes.
Armando N. Meier
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Business Research QuarterlyFor understandable reasons, hitherto most published research on entrepreneurship and well-being has prioritized interesting research questions and the development of theory aimed at understanding the unique well-being challenges in entrepreneurship. With
Ana Pérez-Luño +3 more
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Violencia económica y no económica hacia personas adultas mayores en Tlaxcala, México
Papeles de PoblaciónEn México más del 87% de las Personas Adultas Mayores (PAM) viven en hogares ampliados, y la pandemia COVID-19 afectó en la economía de los hogares a través de un mayor desempleo e inflación, acompañado por un aumento de la violencia intrafamiliar.
Kristiano Raccanello
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What makes cities happy? Factors contributing to life satisfaction in European cities
European Urban and Regional Studies, 2023 The purpose of this study is to identify the main factors of city life satisfaction across Europe. Data come from the recent fifth survey on quality of life in European cities and cover 83 cities located in the European Union, the European Free Trade ...
Chiara Castelli +5 more
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Improving Women’s Mental Health during a Pandemic
American Economic Journal: Applied EconomicsThis paper evaluates a randomized, over-the-phone counseling intervention aimed at mitigating the mental health impact of COVID-19 on a sample of 2,402 women across 357 villages in Bangladesh.
Michael Vlassopoulos +5 more
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