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Bentham or Aristotle in the Development Process? An Empirical Investigation of Capabilities and Subjective Well-being

Graham, Carol Lee; Nikolova, Milena - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014

between opportunities and SWB dimensions, distinguishing between actual capabilities and means (education, employment, and … capabilities and SWB (particularly, life evaluations), which varies across world regions. Capabilities can also be associated with …

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Structural Change and Innovation as Exit Strategies from the Middle Income Trap

Vivarelli, Marco - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014

capabilities and knowledge, considered as key inputs to foster economic growth. Then, attention will be turned to structural change …

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The Developmental Approach to Child and Adult Health

Conti, Gabriella; Heckman, James J. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012

Pediatricians should consider the costs and benefits of preventing rather than treating childhood diseases. We present an integrated developmental approach to child and adult health that considers the costs and benefits of interventions over the life cycle. We suggest policies to promote child...

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The Economics and Psychology of Inequality and Human Development

Cunha, Flavio; Heckman, James J. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2009

environments and investments in children are substantial. They causally affect the development of capabilities. Both cognitive and … noncognitive capabilities determine success in life but to varying degrees for different outcomes. An empirically determined … technology of capability formation reveals that capabilities are self-productive and cross-fertilizing and can be enhanced by …

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On the Wage Growth of Immigrants: Israel, 1990-2000

Eckstein, Zvi; Weiss, Yoram - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2003

This paper develops a descriptive methodology for the analysis of wage growth of immigrants, based on human capital theory. The sources of the wage growth are: (i) the rise of the return to imported human capital; (ii) the impact of accumulated experience in the host country; and, (iii) the...

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Job Market Signaling and Employer Learning

Alós-Ferrer, Carlos; Prat, Julien - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2008

This paper extends the job market signaling model of Spence (1973) by allowing firms to learn the ability of their …

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Signaling in the Labor Market: New Evidence on Layoffs and Plant Closings

Rodriguez-Planas, Nuria - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2004

not have a positive signaling benefit. Analysis of the data from the January 1988-2000 Displaced Workers Supplements to …

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Charity as a Signal of Trustworthiness

Fehrler, Sebastian - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2010

Being perceived as trustworthy comes with substantial economic benefits in many situations. Making other people think you are a trustworthy person may, therefore, be an important motive for charity and other forms of prosocial behavior, provided these activities work as signals of...

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Can Contracts Signal Social Norms? Experimental Evidence

Danilov, Anastasia; Sliwka, Dirk - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013

We investigate whether incentive schemes signal social norms and thus affect behavior beyond their direct economic consequences. A principal-agent experiment is studied in which prior to contract choice principals are informed about past actions of other agents and thus have more information...

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Promotion Signals, Age and Education

Bognanno, Michael L.; Melero Martín, Eduardo - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012

younger workers, with less known about their abilities, should also result in strong signaling effects. We find results in …

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