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The Paradox of Declining Female Happiness

Stevenson, Betsey; Wolfers, Justin - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2009

By many objective measures the lives of women in the United States have improved over the past 35 years, yet we show that measures of subjective well-being indicate that women’s happiness has declined both absolutely and relative to men. The paradox of women’s declining relative well-being...

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Improving Nurse Retention in the National Health Service in England: The Impact of Job Satisfaction on Intentions to Quit

Shields, Michael; Ward-Warmedinger, Melanie - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2001

In recent years the British National Health Service (NHS) has experienced an acute shortage of qualified nurses. This has placed issues of recruitment and retention in the profession high on the political agenda. In this Paper, we investigate the determinants of job satisfaction for nurses and...

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Cultural Identity and Knowledge Creation in Cosmopolitan Cities

Ottaviano, Gianmarco; Prarolo, Giovanni - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2009

cultural identities and reduces the consumption of culture-specific goods and services. We show that the two groups segregate …

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Which club should I attend, Dad?: Targeted socialization and production

Albornoz-Crespo, Facundo; Cabrales, Antonio; Hauk, Esther - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2014

We study a model that integrates productive and socialization efforts with network choice and parental investments. We characterize the unique symmetric equilibrium of this game. We first show that individuals underinvest in productive and social effort, but that solving only the investment...

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Religion and Innovation

Bénabou, Roland; Ticchi, Davide; Vindigni, Andrea - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2015

In earlier work (Bénabou, Ticchi and Vindigni 2013) we uncovered a robust negative association between religiosity and patents per capita, holding across countries as well as US states, with and without controls. In this paper we turn to the individual level, examining the relationship between...

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Culture, Institutions and Democratization

Gorodnichenko, Yuriy; Roland, Gérard - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2015

We construct a model of revolution and transition to democracy under an individualistic and a collectivist culture. The … culture are more likely to end up adopting democracy faster than countries with a collectivist culture. Our instrumental … variable estimation suggests a strong and robust effect of individualistic culture on average polity scores and length of …

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Product-Based Cultural Change: Is the Village Global?

Maystre, Nicolas; Olivier, Jacques; Thoenig, Mathias; … - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2009

This paper makes three contributions to the growing literature on culture and economics. Using answers to the World … cultural distance; (iii) trade openness has a lock-in effect on culture. Third, we test the model using an instrumental …

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When the State Mirrors the Family: The Design of Pension Systems

Galasso, Vincenzo; Profeta, Paola - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2011

We study how the prevailing internal organization of the family affected the initial design of pension systems. Our theoretical framework predicts that, in society with weak family ties, pensions systems were introduced to act as a safety net, while in societies with strong ties they replicate...

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Culture, Policies and Labor Market Outcomes

Giavazzi, Francesco; Schiantarelli, Fabio; Serafinelli, … - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2009

analysis improves upon existing studies of the role of "culture" for labor market outcomes by dealing explicitly with the … do all this we find that culture still matters for women employment rates and for hours worked. However, policies and …

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Cultural and Institutional Bifurcation: China and Europe Compared

Greif, Avner; Tabellini, Guido - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2010

. How do culture and institutions interact in generating different evolutionary trajectories of societal organizations? Do …

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