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Workplace autonomy and mental health 工作场所自主和心理健康

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Economics & Human Biology Pub Date : 2025-02-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.ehb.2025.101469

Joe Spearing

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The gender wage gap across life: Effects of genetic predisposition towards higher educational attainment 终身性别工资差距：遗传倾向对高等教育程度的影响。

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Economics & Human Biology Pub Date : 2025-02-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.ehb.2025.101471

Alex Bryson, Tim Morris, David Bann, David Wilkinson

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Height development trends among 7–18-year-old school-age children in central plains of China between 2000 and 2019: A serial cross-sectional surveillance study in China 2000 - 2019年中原地区7-18岁学龄儿童身高发展趋势：中国连续横断面监测研究

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Economics & Human Biology Pub Date : 2025-02-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.ehb.2024.101467

Fanke Zhou , Lifan Ding , Yuxi Li , Jiajia Hu , Junna Zhang , Yixiao Geng , Xiaolei Ban , Wencan Wu , Xiaomin Lou , Xian Wang

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Minimum wages and alcohol consumption: Evidence from Canadian longitudinal microdata 最低工资与酒精消费：来自加拿大纵向微观数据的证据。

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Economics & Human Biology Pub Date : 2025-02-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.ehb.2024.101464

Yihong Bai , Michael R. Veall

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How important is girls’ ‘Biological Head Start’ in explaining gender differences in education and the labour market? 女孩的“生理领先优势”在解释教育和劳动力市场中的性别差异方面有多重要？

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Economics & Human Biology Pub Date : 2025-02-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.ehb.2024.101466

Marianne Røed, Pål Schøne, Marte Strøm

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Did the COVID-19 pandemic change the importance of health for life satisfaction? Evidence from France COVID-19大流行是否改变了健康对生活满意度的重要性？来自法国的证据。

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Economics & Human Biology Pub Date : 2025-02-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.ehb.2025.101468

Philippe Tessier , François-Charles Wolff

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Cognitive or non-cognitive? The effect of maternal dominance on adolescent human capital: Evidence from adolescents' educational decisions 认知还是非认知？母亲优势对青少年人力资本的影响：来自青少年教育决策的证据

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Economics & Human Biology Pub Date : 2025-02-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.ehb.2024.101463

Chengkui Liu , Feirong Ren , Liuyi Yang , Wei Fan , Xiongcai Huang

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Educational burden reduction, educational inequality, and enrollment pressure: Evidence from China 减轻教育负担、教育不平等和入学压力：来自中国的证据。

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Economics & Human Biology Pub Date : 2025-02-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.ehb.2024.101459

Hua Liu , Kaixuan Zhang , Lin Wang , Jiwei Chen

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Migrant well-being in Australia: Does locus of control matter? 澳大利亚移民的幸福感：控制点重要吗？

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Economics & Human Biology Pub Date : 2024-11-23 DOI: 10.1016/j.ehb.2024.101447

Anita Staneva, Andreas Chai

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Shattered ground, shaken minds: Mental health consequences of earthquakes 破碎的土地，动摇的心灵：地震对心理健康的影响

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Economics & Human Biology Pub Date : 2024-11-23 DOI: 10.1016/j.ehb.2024.101448

Andika Ridha Ayu Perdana , Judit Vall Castelló

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