Stronger Together: Loneliness and social connectedness in Australia
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Keywords
multiculturalism; loneliness; social capital; social isolation; social connectivity; wellbeing; disadvantage; economic costs of loneliness; community resilience;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- J17 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics - - - Value of Life; Foregone Income
- J12 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics - - - Marriage; Marital Dissolution; Family Structure
- J14 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics - - - Economics of the Elderly; Economics of the Handicapped; Non-Labor Market Discrimination
- J17 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics - - - Value of Life; Foregone Income
- D91 - Microeconomics - - Micro-Based Behavioral Economics - - - Role and Effects of Psychological, Emotional, Social, and Cognitive Factors on Decision Making
- Z1 - Other Special Topics - - Cultural Economics
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-SOC-2022-01-10 (Social Norms and Social Capital)
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