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This paper is the first to estimate the impact of exposure to deceptive advertising on consumption of the advertised product and its substitutes. We study the market for over-the-counter (OTC) weight-loss products, a market in which deceptive advertising is rampant and products are generally...
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There is continuing debate about what explains cooperation and self-sacrifice in nature and in particular in humans. This paper suggests a new way to think about this famous problem. I argue that, for an evolutionary biologist as well as a quantitative social scientist, the triangle of two...
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frequently than predicted by their proportion among authors. Using a measure of homophily for individual papers, we find that … greater homophily is associated with publication in lower impact journals and with fewer citations, even holding fixed the …
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policies. Hence, an important question is to what extent these policies affect the housing situation, social support networks … regeneration-induced disruption of social networks. …
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women in 1990 underestimated the true, selection-corrected gap, i.e., the gap we would have expected to see had all of these … increased substantially between 1990 and 2011, as did the selection-corrected gap. These increases are explained to a …
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We study the earnings of Mexican immigrants in their traditional and newer destinations in the US. Analysis based on longitudinal data suggests that during 2001-2009, the real wage of Mexican immigrants increased 1-2% a year at the traditional destinations, but remained mostly statistically...
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This overview describes the development of methods for empirical research in the field of labor economics during the past four decades. This period is characterized by the use of micro data to answer policy relevant research question. Prominent in the literature is the search for exogenous...
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In this paper, we examine the determinants of self-selection into a vocational training program in India. To do this we … sufficient to fully explain selection into the program. Participants' behavioral traits are also crucial in influencing take up …
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the causes of self-selection, we turn in this paper to the consequences. Using a combination of non …-parametric econometrics and calibrated simulation, we quantify the impact of migrant self-selection on per-capita GDP in both sending and … migration from Mexico to the US in the 2000s. We first estimate the degree of selection, and show that Norwegians were …
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because they command higher wages. We test for negative selection into differently-aged couples using three measures: average … Health). The point estimates indicate negative selection on all of these characteristics, although statistical significance …
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