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iii TABLE OF CONTENTS Acknowledgements ii List of Tables v List of Figures vii Abstract ix Chapter 1: Explaining Health Satisfaction and Life Satisfaction in East and West Germany Post-Reunification 1 1.1 Introduction 1 1.2 Background 4 1.3 Literature Review 11 1.3.1 Health 11 1.3.2 Health Care 15 1.3.3 Personal Economic and Macroeconomic Factors 17 1.3.4 Additional Factors 20 1.4 Data 21 1.5 Methods 31 1.5.1 Empirical Specification 31 1.5.2 Econometrics Issues 33 1.6 Results 41 1.6.1 Health Satisfaction 41 1.6.2 Life Satisfaction 48 1.7 Validity of Results 53 1.7.1 Selection 53 1.7.2 Comparison to Subsets of the Instrumental Variables 55 1.7.3 Additional Evidence 56 1.8 Conclusion 59 Chapter 2: Are Women Happier than Men? Evidence from the Gallup World Poll 61 2.1 Introduction 61 2.2 Literature review 62 2.3 Data 66 2.4 Methods 69 2.4.1 Econometric Strategy 69 2.4.2 Econometric Issues 71 2.5 Results 74 2.5.1 Across-country Patterns 74 2.5.2 Within-country Results 85 2.5.3 Across-country Patterns after including control Variables 92
Object Description
Title | Essays on health and well-being |
Author | Zweig, Jacqueline Smith |
Author email | smith2@usc.edu; jackiesmith04@yahoo.com |
Degree | Doctor of Philosophy |
Document type | Dissertation |
Degree program | Economics |
School | College of Letters, Arts and Sciences |
Date defended/completed | 2011-03-23 |
Date submitted | 2011 |
Restricted until | Restricted until 26 Apr. 2012. |
Date published | 2012-04-26 |
Advisor (committee chair) |
Easterlin, Richard A. Ham, John C. |
Advisor (committee member) | Melguizo, Tatiana |
Abstract | This dissertation is comprised of three chapters that use microeconometric techniques to investigate the factors that affect people’s well-being. In the first two chapters, well-being is defined as life satisfaction or health satisfaction. The first chapter explores how the movement from socialism to capitalism affected the life satisfaction and health satisfaction of East Germans relative to West Germans after reunification. The second chapter examines whether women are happier, less happy, or equally happy as men in countries at various stages of development. The third chapter examines whether pollution affects the academic performance of school children; their academic performance and achievements will have important implications for their future well-being. |
Keyword | happiness; well-being |
Geographic subject | Germany |
Geographic subject (state) | California |
Geographic subject (country) | USA |
Coverage date | 1990/2010; 2002/2008 |
Language | English |
Part of collection | University of Southern California dissertations and theses |
Publisher (of the original version) | University of Southern California |
Place of publication (of the original version) | Los Angeles, California |
Publisher (of the digital version) | University of Southern California. Libraries |
Provenance | Electronically uploaded by the author |
Type | texts |
Legacy record ID | usctheses-m3782 |
Contributing entity | University of Southern California |
Rights | Zweig, Jacqueline Smith |
Repository name | Libraries, University of Southern California |
Repository address | Los Angeles, California |
Repository email | cisadmin@lib.usc.edu |
Filename | etd-Zweig-4500 |
Archival file | uscthesesreloadpub_Volume23/etd-Zweig-4500.pdf |
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Title | Page 3 |
Contributing entity | University of Southern California |
Repository email | cisadmin@lib.usc.edu |
Full text | iii TABLE OF CONTENTS Acknowledgements ii List of Tables v List of Figures vii Abstract ix Chapter 1: Explaining Health Satisfaction and Life Satisfaction in East and West Germany Post-Reunification 1 1.1 Introduction 1 1.2 Background 4 1.3 Literature Review 11 1.3.1 Health 11 1.3.2 Health Care 15 1.3.3 Personal Economic and Macroeconomic Factors 17 1.3.4 Additional Factors 20 1.4 Data 21 1.5 Methods 31 1.5.1 Empirical Specification 31 1.5.2 Econometrics Issues 33 1.6 Results 41 1.6.1 Health Satisfaction 41 1.6.2 Life Satisfaction 48 1.7 Validity of Results 53 1.7.1 Selection 53 1.7.2 Comparison to Subsets of the Instrumental Variables 55 1.7.3 Additional Evidence 56 1.8 Conclusion 59 Chapter 2: Are Women Happier than Men? Evidence from the Gallup World Poll 61 2.1 Introduction 61 2.2 Literature review 62 2.3 Data 66 2.4 Methods 69 2.4.1 Econometric Strategy 69 2.4.2 Econometric Issues 71 2.5 Results 74 2.5.1 Across-country Patterns 74 2.5.2 Within-country Results 85 2.5.3 Across-country Patterns after including control Variables 92 |