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subpopulations captured by lagged doctor visits, because these are a more select group of
people. Therefore, the effect of health on their life satisfaction or health satisfaction may
be greater. Overall, the stability of the coefficients, especially for the young group,
supports my empirical methodology.
1.7.3 ADDITIONAL EVIDENCE
This paper has shown that the decline in health was a major contributor to the
decline in health satisfaction and slow recovery of life satisfaction for the younger age
group of East Germans after reunification. The regression results support the hypothesis
that stress from uncertain economic conditions contributed to both directly and indirectly
to the trends in health satisfaction and life satisfaction. People between 24 and 44 years
old are at the point in the life cycle where financial obligations are at their peak, with
spouses and children to support. People between 45 and 70, on the other hand, have
fewer financial obligations and dependents. As they move into retirement, they become
the beneficiaries of a generous pension system. In the following paragraphs, I present
evidence that people who would be most vulnerable to stress, the young and especially
the less-educated young, report higher stress and exhibit more stress-related behaviors.
If stress contributed to the decline in health and health satisfaction, then young
East Germans with lower education should have reported more concerns about their
finances compared to those with higher education, and their concerns should have
increased during the transition period. In addition, health satisfaction should have
declined more for those with less education than those with more education. In Figure
56
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 65 |
| Contributing entity | University of Southern California |
| Repository email | cisadmin@lib.usc.edu |
| Full text | 56 subpopulations captured by lagged doctor visits, because these are a more select group of people. Therefore, the effect of health on their life satisfaction or health satisfaction may be greater. Overall, the stability of the coefficients, especially for the young group, supports my empirical methodology. 1.7.3 ADDITIONAL EVIDENCE This paper has shown that the decline in health was a major contributor to the decline in health satisfaction and slow recovery of life satisfaction for the younger age group of East Germans after reunification. The regression results support the hypothesis that stress from uncertain economic conditions contributed to both directly and indirectly to the trends in health satisfaction and life satisfaction. People between 24 and 44 years old are at the point in the life cycle where financial obligations are at their peak, with spouses and children to support. People between 45 and 70, on the other hand, have fewer financial obligations and dependents. As they move into retirement, they become the beneficiaries of a generous pension system. In the following paragraphs, I present evidence that people who would be most vulnerable to stress, the young and especially the less-educated young, report higher stress and exhibit more stress-related behaviors. If stress contributed to the decline in health and health satisfaction, then young East Germans with lower education should have reported more concerns about their finances compared to those with higher education, and their concerns should have increased during the transition period. In addition, health satisfaction should have declined more for those with less education than those with more education. In Figure 56 |
