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Hassler, John; Mora, Rodríguez; Vicente, José - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1998

depends on the relative award the market assigns to intelligence versus other individual merits, which will also influence … equilibrium in the labour market implies that the reward to entrepreneurs depends more on social assets than on intelligence. This …

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Defense R&D in the Anti-Terrorist Era

Trajtenberg, Manuel - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2004

prominently, commanding 30% of current defense R&D spending, versus just about 13% for intelligence and anti-terrorism. The second … security. Intelligence emerges as the key aspect of the war against terrorism and, accordingly, R&D aimed at providing advanced … technological means for intelligence is viewed as the cornerstone of defense R&D. This entails developing computerized sensory …

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Older and Wiser? Birth Order and IQ of Young Men

Black, Sandra; Devereux, Paul J.; Salvanes, Kjell G - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2007

While recent research finds strong evidence that birth order affects children’s outcomes such as education and earnings, the evidence on the effects of birth order on IQ is decidedly mixed. This paper uses a large dataset on the population of Norway that allows us to precisely measure birth...

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Cognitive Ability and Paternalism

Saint-Paul, Gilles - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2002

sufficient intelligence by people with limited intelligence may dominate government regulation. …

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Small Family, Smart Family? Family Size and the IQ Scores of Young Men

Black, Sandra; Devereux, Paul J.; Salvanes, Kjell G - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2007

How do families influence the ability of children? Cognitive skills have been shown to be a strong predictor of educational attainment and future labor market success; as a result, understanding the determinants of cognitive skills can lead to a better understanding of children’s long run...

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Interpreting the 'One Big Wave' in US Long-Term Productivity Growth

Gordon, Robert J - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2000

mysterious doubling in the ratio of output to capital input when the postwar era is compared with 1870-1929. Measurement … the measurement of capital. A new MFP series taking account of all these adjustments grows more slowly throughout, and the …

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The Mirage of Convergence: Why Poor Countries May Only Seem to Be Closing the Income Gap

Filer, Randall K; Hajkova, Dana; Hanousek, Jan - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2004

Replication of two recent studies of growth determinants shows that results are sensitive to the choice of data from which growth rates are calculated, especially with respect to whether economic convergence has occurred. Previous warnings against using data that has been adjusted to increase...

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On the Measurement of Trade Costs: Direct vs. Indirect Approaches to Quantifying Standards and Technical Regulations

Chen, Natalie; Novy, Dennis - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2012

In this article, we review the literature on the measurement of trade costs in international trade with a special …

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New Estimates of British Unemployment, 1870-1913

Boyer, George; Hatton, Timothy J. - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2001

Existing estimates of the annual unemployment rate from 1870 to 1913 were constructed by the Board of Trade, initially in 1888, and updated thereafter. This is still the series which is widely used and cited. It is based on records of the number unemployed in various trade unions and it has a...

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