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Height, aging and cognitive abilities across Europe
Guven, Cahit; Lee, Wang-Sheng - In: Economics & Human Biology 16 (2015) C, pp. 16-29
Previous research has found that as a marker of childhood circumstances, height is correlated with cognitive …,000 respondents from 11 countries, we find that height is positively and significantly associated with cognitive functioning in later … life despite controlling for a myriad of possible confounding factors. A 10cm increase in height is associated with a 0 …
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Casual Returns to Education: A Survey on Empirical Evidence for Germany
Flossmann, Anton L.; Pohlmeier, Winfried - In: Journal of Economics and Statistics (Jahrbuecher fuer … 226 (2006) 1, pp. 6-23
This paper surveys the empirical evidence on casual effects of education on earnings for Germany and compares alternatie studies in the light of their underlying identifying assumptions. We work out the different assumptions taken by various studies, which lead to rather different...
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Maternal Health and the Baby Boom
Albanesi, Stefania; Olivetti, Claudia - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2010
U.S. fertility rose from a low of 2.27 children for women born in 1908 to a peak of 3.21 children for women born in 1932. It dropped to a new low of 1.74 children for women born in 1949, before stabilizing for subsequent cohorts. We propose a novel explanation for this boom-bust pattern, linking...
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Height as a Proxy for Cognitive and Non-Cognitive Ability
Steckel, Richard H.; Schick, Andreas - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2010
recognizing that net nutrition, a major determinant of adult height, is integral to our cognitive and non-cognitive development …
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Childhood Health and Sibling Outcomes: The Shared Burden and Benefit of the 1918 Influenza Pandemic
Parman, John - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2013
There is a growing body of evidence showing that negative childhood health shocks have long term consequences in terms of health, human capital formation and labor market outcomes. However, by altering the relative prices of child quality across siblings, these health shocks can also affect...
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Maternal Health and the Baby Boom
Albanesi, Stefania; Olivetti, Claudia - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2010
Abstract U.S. fertility rose from a low of 2.27 children for women born in 1908 to a peak of 3.21 children for women born in 1932. It dropped to a new low of 1.74 children for women born in 1949, before stabilizing for subsequent cohorts. We propose a novel explanation for this boom-bust...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008554218
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Occupational Choice and the Spirit of Capitalism
Doepke, Matthias; Zilibotti, Fabrizio - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2007
The British Industrial Revolution triggered a reversal in the social order of society whereby the landed elite was replaced by industrial capitalists rising from the middle classes as the economically dominant group. Many observers have linked this transformation to the contrast in values...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005085069
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Military Positions and Post-Service Occupational Mobility of Union Army Veterans, 1861-1880
Lee, Chulhee - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2006
Although the Civil War has attracted a great deal of scholarly attention, little is known about how different wartime experiences of soldiers influenced their civilian lives after the war. This paper examines how military rank and duty of Union Army soldiers while in service affected their...
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Occupational Choice and the Spirit of Capitalism
Doepke, Matthias; Zilibotti, Fabrizio - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2007
The British Industrial Revolution triggered a reversal in the social order whereby the landed elite was replaced by industrial capitalists rising from the middle classes as the economically dominant group. Many observers have linked this transformation to the contrast in values between a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005067409
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Chapter 7. Endogeneity in Empirical Corporate Finance 1
Roberts, Michael R.; Whited, Toni M. - 2013
This chapter discusses how applied researchers in corporate finance can address endogeneity concerns. We begin by reviewing the sources of endogeneity—omitted variables, simultaneity, and measurement error—and their implications for inference. We then discuss in detail a number of...
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