@article {10969,
	title = {The Shared Non-cognitive Roots of Health and Socioeconomic Status: Evidence from the US},
	number = {14},
	year = {2020},
	institution = {University of Verona},
	address = {Verona, Italy },
	abstract = {A voluminous literature established a strong relationship between subjective health and
socioeconomic status measures. We test the idea that self-reported health and subjective
socioeconomic status have {\textquotedblleft}shared non-cognitive roots{\textquotedblright}, i.e., that the same personality traits
significantly affect both status variables, even after controlling for the complex relationships
involving objective and subjective measures across the two domains. To this aim, we estimate
a bivariate model based on longitudinal large-scale data (30,675 observations) from six waves
(2006-2016) of the US Health and Retirement Study. Our findings strongly support our
conjecture, as all the {\textquotedblleft}Big Five{\textquotedblright} traits are significantly related to self-reported health and
subjective socioeconomic status with the same sign, even after controlling for both objective
measures and once the other subjective measure is considered. These results point to a novel,
direct channel through which non-cognitive factors similarly influence self-evaluations across
distinct, though strongly intertwined, domains. },
	keywords = {Bivariate Model, Non-Cognitive Factors, Self-reported Health Status, Subjective Socioeconomic Status},
	issn = {2036-2919},
	url = {http://dse.univr.it/home/workingpapers/wp2020n14.pdf},
	author = {Bucciol Alessandro and Coriele, Chiara and Zarri Luca}
}
@article {10385,
	title = {Social Status Perception and Individual Social Capital: Evidence from the US},
	journal = {The B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis \& Policy},
	year = {2019},
	month = {10/2019},
	abstract = {This paper provides evidence that individual social capital contributes to our understanding of where individuals locate themselves in the social ladder, also when their objective location within society (measured in terms of income, wealth, education and job) is considered. Using large-scale longitudinal data from the US Health and Retirement Study, we assess individual social capital by means of a multidimensional approach and consider (number, intensity and quality of) respondents{\textquoteright} friendships, prosocial behavior, social engagement and neighborhood cohesion. Our findings indicate that individual social capital plays a role in affecting subjective status, as self-perceived status correlates positively with neighborhood cohesion and negatively with negative support from friends, after controlling for objectively measured social status.},
	keywords = {Perception, Social capital, Social status},
	isbn = {19351682},
	doi = {https://doi.org/10.1515/bejeap-2019-0071},
	url = {https://www.degruyter.com/view/j/bejeap.ahead-of-print/bejeap-2019-0071/bejeap-2019-0071.xml},
	author = {Alessandro Bucciol and Cicognani Simona and Zarri Luca}
}
