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in 1990 were old enough to have experienced the economic, health, and labor conditions
before reunification and should have been in the labor force by the end of the study
period. The group between 45 and 70 would have been well entrenched in the pre-unification
system, and moving towards retirement during the transition period. In
addition, these age groups have been identified as having different health patterns in prior
studies on East Germany (Nolte, Shkolnikov, & McKee, 2000ab; Nolte, Britton, &
McKee, 2003).
Table 1.3 Mean Life Satisfaction in East and West Germany by Age
Group, 1990 and 1999
East
Germany
West
Germany
East Germany-
West Germany
1990
Younger than 45 6.55 7.37 -0.82**
45 and older 6.62 7.28 -0.66**
Younger - older -0.07 .09* -0.16*
1999
Younger than 45 6.37 7.01 -0.64**
45 and older 6.49 7.04 -0.55**
Younger - Older -0.12 -0.03 -0.11+
1999-1990
Younger than 45 -0.18** -0.36** 0.18
45 and older -0.13 -0.24** 0.11
Younger - older -0.05 -0.12 0.07
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. ** significant at
1%; * significant at 5%; + significant at 10%.
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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 19 |
| Contributing entity | University of Southern California |
| Repository email | cisadmin@lib.usc.edu |
| Full text | 10 in 1990 were old enough to have experienced the economic, health, and labor conditions before reunification and should have been in the labor force by the end of the study period. The group between 45 and 70 would have been well entrenched in the pre-unification system, and moving towards retirement during the transition period. In addition, these age groups have been identified as having different health patterns in prior studies on East Germany (Nolte, Shkolnikov, & McKee, 2000ab; Nolte, Britton, & McKee, 2003). Table 1.3 Mean Life Satisfaction in East and West Germany by Age Group, 1990 and 1999 East Germany West Germany East Germany- West Germany 1990 Younger than 45 6.55 7.37 -0.82** 45 and older 6.62 7.28 -0.66** Younger - older -0.07 .09* -0.16* 1999 Younger than 45 6.37 7.01 -0.64** 45 and older 6.49 7.04 -0.55** Younger - Older -0.12 -0.03 -0.11+ 1999-1990 Younger than 45 -0.18** -0.36** 0.18 45 and older -0.13 -0.24** 0.11 Younger - older -0.05 -0.12 0.07 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. ** significant at 1%; * significant at 5%; + significant at 10%. 10 |
