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Using Elicited Choice Probabilities to Estimate Random Utility Models: Preferences for Electricity Reliability

Blass, Asher; Lach, Saul; Manski, Charles - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2008

When data on actual choices are not available, researchers studying preferences sometimes pose choice scenarios and ask respondents to state the actions they would choose if they were to face these scenarios. The data on stated choices are then used to estimate random utility models, as if they...

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Heterogeneous Price Information and the Effect of Competition

Lach, Saul; Moraga-González, José-Luis - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2009

This paper examines how the distribution of prices and consumer welfare change with the number of competitors in a model where consumers di¤er in the amount of price information they have. We only assume that an increase in the number of competitors results in an increase in the probability...

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Consumers' Activism: the Facebook boycott of Cottage Cheese

Hendel, Igal E; Lach, Saul; Spiegel, Yossi - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2015

We study a consumer boycott on cottage cheese that was organized in Israel on Facebook in the summer of 2011 following a steep increase in prices after price controls were lifted in 2006. The boycott led to an immediate decline in prices which stayed low more than three years after the boycott....

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More Schooling, More Children: Compulsory Schooling Reforms and Fertility in Europe

Fort, Margherita; Schneeweis, Nicole; Winter-Ebmer, Rudolf - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2011

We study the relationship between education and fertility, exploiting compulsory schooling reforms in Europe as source … of exogenous variation in education. Using data from 8 European countries, we assess the causal effect of education on … the number of biological kids and the incidence of childlessness. We find that more education causes a substantial …

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The Causal Effect of Education on Health: What is the Role of Health Behaviors?

Brunello, Giorgio; Fort, Margherita; Schneeweis, Nicole; … - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2011

We study the contribution of health-related behaviors to the health-education gradient by distinguishing between short … we consider the entire history of behaviors. We use an empirical approach that addresses the endogeneity of education and … behaviors in the health production function. Focusing on self-reported poor health as our health outcome, we find that education …

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Reducing Start-Up Costs for New Firms: The Double Dividend on the Labour Market

Dulleck, Uwe; Frijters, Paul; Winter-Ebmer, Rudolf - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2004

insurance against unemployment caused by labour market frictions and hence increases the incentives for education. We show … within a matching model that reducing the start-up costs for new firms results in higher take-up rates of education. It also …

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Peer Effects in Austrian Schools

Schneeweis, Nicole; Winter-Ebmer, Rudolf - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2005

This study deals with educational production in Austria and is focused on the potential impact of schoolmates on students’ academic outcomes. We used PISA 2000 data to estimate peer effects for 15 and 16 year old students. The estimations yield substantial positive effects of the peer...

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