Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research - Research Publications

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Pet dogs benefit owners' health: A 'natural experiment' in China

Headey, B ; Na, F ; Zheng, R (SPRINGER, 2008-07-01)
Do generous welfare states generate efficiency gains which counterbalance short run losses? Testing downside risk theory with economic panel data for the U.S., Germany and The Netherlands

HEADEY, B. ; MUFFELS, R. ( 2008)
Poverty is low consumption and low wealth, not just low income

Headey, B (SPRINGER, 2008-10-01)
Money does not buy happiness: Or does it? A reassessment based on the combined effects of wealth, income and consumption

Headey, B ; Muffels, R ; Wooden, M (SPRINGER, 2008-05-01)
The set-point theory of well-being: Negative results and consequent revisions

Headey, B (SPRINGER, 2008-02-01)
Life goals matter to happiness: A revision of set-point theory

Headey, B (SPRINGER, 2008-04-01)
The effects of household joblessness on mental health

Scutella, R ; Wooden, M (PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD, 2008-07-01)

It is widely assumed that the economic and social costs that unemployment gives rise to must be exacerbated where joblessness is concentrated within families. This hypothesis is tested in this paper. Specifically, data from the first five waves of the Household, Income and Labour Dynamics in Australia Survey (HILDA), a nationally representative household panel survey administered in Australia, are used to test whether jobless individuals score worse on a measure of mental health when they live in households with other jobless people. Consistent with previous research, unemployment is found to be associated with lower levels of mental health. No evidence, however, can be found for any additional disadvantage to the unemployed stemming from living in a jobless household.