[…] interviews, a sector-wide survey, and a stakeholder workshop provided qualitative insights. Thematic and content analysis techniques were used to synthesise data, ensuring a comprehensive evaluation of heritage’s impact on wellbeing. The research underscores heritage’s significant role in mental health, social cohesion, and community identity. Heritage engagement fosters hedonic (happiness-based) and eudaimonic (meaning-based) wellbeing, particularly […]

[…] is unknown. The NHS Talking Therapies programme was launched in England in 2008 and had expanded to reach 1.24 million users by 2021. We investigate the reduced-form impact of delayed access to this programme on the gap in probability of employment and taking time away from work attributable to poor mental health. We measure […]

[…] suggests that gay men might receive more social support or employer approval after entering a normative relationship form. Heterosexual women start earning less after marriage, whereas the impact of changes in relationship status on earnings is relatively small and non-significant for bisexual and lesbian women. These results are largely explained by paid and unpaid […]

[…] range between these values. We document substantial heterogeneity in the degree of imprecision across respondents, which remains largely unexplained by standard demographic characteristics. To assess the behavioral impact of imprecise beliefs, we ask beliefs about future outcomes under hypothetical scenarios that feature different levels of protective behaviors. We find that individuals who expect protective […]

[…] often done, it is only possible to distinguish between a selection effect (unions attract like-minded individuals) and a molding effect (the experience of membership has a transformational impact on the individual). Exploiting the longitudinal structure of the data reveals that union membership is best characterized not as a switch, but as a dynamic process […]