-interest, knowledge, and ideology in public opinion formation? And how do people learn about economic issues? Using a new, specially … important. Knowledge about the economy ranks somewhere in between. …

direct impact on knowledge and use of contraception. We investigate this issue using information on women in Mexico. In order … females' schooling beyond 6th grade increases their knowledge of contraception during their reproductive years and increases …

the complexity of pensions systems and degrees of myopia. In this paper, we assess levels of knowledge of pensions using a …

the employer's knowledge (information) regarding the employees' productivity levels on the total time spent by the workers …

occupation it may harm some workers while benefitting others; and it may either reduce or increase the proportion of knowledge … workers in employment. In my model, knowledge (in a broad sense) is an input into the production function of human capital …-quality one. People differ in their exogenous ability and ability is complementary with the quality of the knowledge input in the …

-strategic uncertainty and for beliefs on others' competitiveness and ability. Social image matters, as evidenced by the fact that seniors …

speculation that a gender difference in competitiveness contributes to the gender wage gap. Using data from the NLSY79 and NLSY97 … – suggesting an increasing role for competitiveness in explaining the gender wage gap. …

competitiveness and risk, this paper investigates whether these behavioral biases and preferences explain gender differences in … college major choices and expected future earnings. In a sample of high ability undergraduates, we find that competitiveness … in overconfidence and competitiveness explain about 18% of the gender gap in earnings expectations. These experimental …

stagnant export shares. The limited export competitiveness has hampered external demand, growth and employment. Applying, for … fast growing emerging markets could also raise countries' external competitiveness. …