Sentences with phrase «such economic behaviour»

Such economic behaviour specifies the key features of a lottery with few extraordinary large prizes (to reinforce the dream) and many small ones (to encourage overestimation of the probability that the dream is realisable).

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Speaking about the research, Professor Mireia Jofre - Bonet from the Department of Economics at City, University of London and lead author of the study, said: «Our study confirms the close relationship between health and the economic environment as we found that the 2008 Great Recession led to a decrease in risky behaviour, such as smoking and drinking, but also an increase in the likelihood of obesity, diabetes and mental health problems.

The behaviour occurs in a context where there is a real or perceived power imbalance between the pupil and the individual based on factors such as size, strength, age, intelligence, peer group power, economic status, social status, religion, ethnic origin, sexual orientation, family circumstances, gender, race, disability or the receipt of special education

As an outcome of social exclusion consequent to childhood adversity, this study places health within a literature which examines other social and economic outcomes such as family demography, welfare position, educational attainment, employment history and criminal behaviour.46 47 49 50 Continued observation of the NCDS and BCS cohorts as they progress through adulthood provides opportunities for extension of this research.

It is beginning to be accepted that while much offending behaviour is linked to social marginalisation and economic disadvantage, the impact of non-economic deprivation, such as damage to identity and culture, as well as trauma and grief, have a significant relationship to offending behaviour.

Family factors, such as the degree of family harmony, whether adolescents have been abandoned by a parent (s), and whether parents engage in destructive or dangerous behaviours, can lead to economic and psychological insecurity, social withdrawal, violent impulses, and other adverse psychological problems and behaviours.