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One might expect that the trends in health satisfaction and life satisfaction would
have the same pattern. Easterlin and Plagnol (2008) show that the reunification led to an
initial decline and then slow recovery in life satisfaction for East Germany, which is
similar to the patterns found in other transition countries (Easterlin, 2009). In Figure 1.5,
I present the difference in life satisfaction by age group (see Table 1.3). The finding that
health satisfaction is worse for the younger age group is in contrast to the finding for life
satisfaction during the transition, where the younger age group and the older age group
have similar relative trends.
Figure 1.5 Difference in Life Satisfaction (East Germany-West Germany) by Age Group
Means are computed using weights provided by SOEP. East and West Germany are determined by
location in 1989. Age group is based on age in 1990.
Given that the relative decline in health satisfaction is more pronounced for the
younger age group and in contrast to what one might expect, these two groups are
analyzed separately in the rest of the paper. East Germans between 24 and 44 years old
-1.6
-1.4
-1.2
-1
-0.8
-0.6
-0.4
-0.2
0
1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999
Life Satisfaction (East-West)
24 to 44 years old 45 to 70 years old
9
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 |
Description
| Title | Page 18 |
| Contributing entity | University of Southern California |
| Repository email | cisadmin@lib.usc.edu |
| Full text | 9 One might expect that the trends in health satisfaction and life satisfaction would have the same pattern. Easterlin and Plagnol (2008) show that the reunification led to an initial decline and then slow recovery in life satisfaction for East Germany, which is similar to the patterns found in other transition countries (Easterlin, 2009). In Figure 1.5, I present the difference in life satisfaction by age group (see Table 1.3). The finding that health satisfaction is worse for the younger age group is in contrast to the finding for life satisfaction during the transition, where the younger age group and the older age group have similar relative trends. Figure 1.5 Difference in Life Satisfaction (East Germany-West Germany) by Age Group Means are computed using weights provided by SOEP. East and West Germany are determined by location in 1989. Age group is based on age in 1990. Given that the relative decline in health satisfaction is more pronounced for the younger age group and in contrast to what one might expect, these two groups are analyzed separately in the rest of the paper. East Germans between 24 and 44 years old -1.6 -1.4 -1.2 -1 -0.8 -0.6 -0.4 -0.2 0 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 Life Satisfaction (East-West) 24 to 44 years old 45 to 70 years old 9 |
