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self-reported measures as well. Recall that time-invariant personality is removed by the
fixed effect. Satisfaction with housing, which is on a scale of one to ten, is regressed on
the instruments and all the control variables. If the instruments are picking up changes in
mood, then these instruments should be individually and jointly significant in a
regression with satisfaction with housing, a self-reported measure, as the outcome
variable. The results in Table 1.6 show that the instruments are individually and jointly
insignificant in all of the first stage equations. This result supports the validity of these
instruments.
Table 1.6 First Stage Regressions with Satisfaction with Housing as the Dependent
Variable
24 to 44 years old in 1990 45 to 70 years old in 1990
Sathealth Satlife Sathealth Satlife
(1) (2) (3) (4)
Change in doctor visitst-1 0.0022 0.0022 -0.001 -0.0011
[0.002] [0.002] [0.001] [0.001]
Traffic accidents due to
alcoholrt-1 -0.0001 0.0000 0.0009 0.0012
[0.001] [0.001] [0.001] [0.001]
Observations 17722 17722 14584 14584
R-squared 0.0107 0.0113 0.0089 0.0099
F-statistic 0.69 0.67 1.04 1.36
The errors are clustered by individual and are robust to heteroskedasticity. Survey weights provided in the
SOEP are used. All control variables are included in the regressions. The base year is the difference
between 1992 and 1994. The traffic accidents variable is in levels, not differences. Standard errors in
parentheses. ** 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 |
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| Title | Page 49 |
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| Full text | 40 self-reported measures as well. Recall that time-invariant personality is removed by the fixed effect. Satisfaction with housing, which is on a scale of one to ten, is regressed on the instruments and all the control variables. If the instruments are picking up changes in mood, then these instruments should be individually and jointly significant in a regression with satisfaction with housing, a self-reported measure, as the outcome variable. The results in Table 1.6 show that the instruments are individually and jointly insignificant in all of the first stage equations. This result supports the validity of these instruments. Table 1.6 First Stage Regressions with Satisfaction with Housing as the Dependent Variable 24 to 44 years old in 1990 45 to 70 years old in 1990 Sathealth Satlife Sathealth Satlife (1) (2) (3) (4) Change in doctor visitst-1 0.0022 0.0022 -0.001 -0.0011 [0.002] [0.002] [0.001] [0.001] Traffic accidents due to alcoholrt-1 -0.0001 0.0000 0.0009 0.0012 [0.001] [0.001] [0.001] [0.001] Observations 17722 17722 14584 14584 R-squared 0.0107 0.0113 0.0089 0.0099 F-statistic 0.69 0.67 1.04 1.36 The errors are clustered by individual and are robust to heteroskedasticity. Survey weights provided in the SOEP are used. All control variables are included in the regressions. The base year is the difference between 1992 and 1994. The traffic accidents variable is in levels, not differences. Standard errors in parentheses. ** significant at 1%; * significant at 5%; + significant at 10%. 40 |
