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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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Does early-life famine exposure lead to healthy later-life dietary behavior: Evidence from the great Chinese famine 早年遭受饥荒是否会导致晚年健康的饮食行为？来自中国大饥荒的证据。

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Economics & Human Biology Pub Date : 2024-11-16 DOI: 10.1016/j.ehb.2024.101446

Yiru Wang , Ting Shi , Wenbin Zang

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Employee well-being in the digital age: Assessing the impacts of a smartphone application in the workplace 数字时代的员工福利：评估智能手机应用程序对工作场所的影响。

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Economics & Human Biology Pub Date : 2024-11-08 DOI: 10.1016/j.ehb.2024.101445

Toshiaki Aizawa , Hiroko Okudaira , Ritsu Kitagawa , Sachiko Kuroda , Hideo Owan

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Fiscal externalities and underinvestment in early-life human capital: Optimal policy instruments for a developing country 财政外部性与生命早期人力资本投资不足：发展中国家的最佳政策工具

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Economics & Human Biology Pub Date : 2024-11-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.ehb.2024.101444

Nicholas Lawson , Dean Spears

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Teen parent trap? The education and labor implications of motherhood and fatherhood during the transition from adolescence to adulthood in Cebu, the Philippines 青少年父母陷阱？在菲律宾宿务，从青春期向成年过渡期间，母亲和父亲身份对教育和劳动的影响。

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Economics & Human Biology Pub Date : 2024-11-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.ehb.2024.101443

Kritika Sen Chakraborty , Kira M. Villa

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The physical well-being of Indigenous communities in the Pacific Northwest: Anthropometric evidence from British Columbia’s jails, 1864–1913 西北太平洋地区土著社区的身体健康：1864-1913 年不列颠哥伦比亚省监狱的人体测量学证据。

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Economics & Human Biology Pub Date : 2024-10-24 DOI: 10.1016/j.ehb.2024.101442

Kris Inwood , Ian Keay

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