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The Paradox of Declining Female Happiness
Stevenson, Betsey; Wolfers, Justin - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2009
a gender gap in happiness in which women in the 1970s typically reported higher subjective well-being than did men …. These declines have continued and a new gender gap is emerging—one with higher subjective well-being for men. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005036241
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Admission to Selective Schools, Alphabetically
Jurajda, Stepan; Münich, Daniel - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2006
One's position in an alphabetically sorted list may be important in determining access to rationed goods or oversubscribed public services. Motivated by anecdotal evidence, we investigate the importance of the position in the alphabet of the last name initial of Czech students for their...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005791278
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The Good, the Bad, and the Different: Can Gender Quotas Raise the Quality of Politicians?
Júlio, Paulo Fernando; Tavares, José - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2010
This paper models, for the first time, the relationship between gender quotas and the quality of elected public … public office determines the overall quality of politicians. Women suffer from gender discrimination in the labor market and … office. We demonstrate that a higher gender quota only decreases the overall quality of those elected when the rewards from …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008554239
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A Darwinian Perspective on "Exchange Rate Undervaluation"
Du, Qingyuang; Wei, Shang-Jin - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2012
Though the real exchange rate is a key price for most economies, our understanding of its determinants is still incomplete. This paper studies the implications of status competition in the marriage market for the real exchange rate. In theory, a rise in the sex ratio (increasing relative surplus...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011083634
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Subjective and Objective Indicators of Racial Progress
Stevenson, Betsey; Wolfers, Justin - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2013
Progress in closing differences in many objective outcomes for blacks relative to whites has slowed, and even worsened, over the past three decades. However, over this period the racial gap in well-being has shrunk. In the early 1970s data revealed much lower levels of subjective well-being...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011084479
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Birth Order Matters: The Effect of Family Size and Birth Order on Educational Attainment
Booth, Alison L; Kee, Hiau Joo - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2006
parents to their children’s education. We construct a composite birth order index that effectively purges family size from … birth and family level attributes, we find that children from larger families have lower levels of education, that there is …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005123771
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Against 'Gender-based taxation'
Saint-Paul, Gilles - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2007
obtained by gender-neutral voluntary schemes for taxing households. Fourth, the tax would further undermine marriage. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005136419
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The Long Run Health and Economic Consequences of Famine on Survivors: Evidence from China's Great Famine
Meng, Xin; Qian, Nancy - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2006
In the past century, more people have perished from famine than from the two World Wars combined. Many more were exposed to famine and survived. Yet we know almost nothing about the long run impact of famine on these survivors. This paper addresses this question by estimating the effect of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005661820
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Managerial Practices and Students' Performance
Di Liberto, Adriana; Schivardi, Fabiano; Sulis, Giovanni - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2014
We study the effects of managerial practices in schools on students' outcomes. We measure managerial practices using the World Management Survey, a methodology that enables us to construct robust measures of management quality comparable across countries. We find substantial heterogeneity in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011083846
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Implementation of Anti-Discrimination Policy: Does Judicial Selection Matter?
Besley, Timothy J.; Payne, A. Abigail - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2005
limit discrimination in the workplace based on race, gender, disability and age. If such measures are to be effective in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005124070