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How do we measure well-being?
Stella lives with her family in a villa in a medium-sized town in Sweden. She likes her job but her back is hurting. How do we measure her well-being? Increasing well-being is generally accepted as one
School Demands and Coping Resources−Associations with Multiple Measures of Stress in Mid-Adolescent Girls and Boys.
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 15(10), 2143, doi.org/10.3390/ijerph15102143 Abstract Stress, and stress-related health complaints, are common among young people, espe
The Complexity of Mental Integer Addition
in: Journal of Numerical Cognition, Volume 6 (1). AbstractAn important paradigm in modeling the complexity of mathematical tasks relies on computational complexity theory, in which complexity is measur
Robert Erikson: Happiness or Resources?
Robert Erikson, professor at the Swedish Institute for Social Research (SOFI), Stockholm University. "Happiness or resources? On quality of life measures for official use" The seminar is based on prelim
Wendy Nelson Espeland: What Rankings Have Wrought
Wendy Nelson Espeland, Professor of Sociology, Northwestern University. Abstract Media rankings of universities are a relatively recent development. I will discuss the mostly unintentional effects of ra
Ethnicity in England: What Parents' Country of Birth Can and Can't Tell Us about Their Children's Ethnic Identification.
Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, 41(3), 399-424. DOI:10.1080/1369183X.2014.920690 Abstract Despite the importance of adequately measuring ethnicity to keep track of ethnic disparities in importa
The bias of adapted patients in practice
Journal of Law and the Biosciences, vol. 8 issue 2 Abstract Current patients seem to be subject to certain biases when it comes to the report of their utility. Eyal’s proposal is to calibrate current pa
Global variations in online privacy concerns across 57 countries
Computers in Human Behavior Reports, vol 9 Abstract Cross-cultural studies have found national differences in how concerned people are about online privacy. However, it has not yet been settled what cau
Vaccine confidence is higher in more religious countries
Human vaccines and immunotherapeutics Abstract Vaccine hesitancy is a threat to global health, but it is not ubiquitous; depending on the country, the proportion that have confidence in vaccines ranges
Daniel J. Benjamin & Ori Heffetz: What Do Happiness Data Mean? Evidence from a Survey of Happiness Respondents
Daniel J. Benjamin, Professor (Research) of Economics, Center for Economic and Social Research, University of Southern CaliforniaOri Heffetz, Associate Professor of Economics, Cornell University, Samu