marriage as important factors in determining longevity. For example, a one-log point increase in real household monthly income … by testing if more satisfied people live longer. Our results clearly confirm the importance of income, education and …

The public finance literature demonstrates the equivalence between consumption and labor-income (wage) taxes. We … introduce an experimental paradigm in which individuals make real labor-leisure choices and spend their earned income on real … goods. We use this paradigm to test whether a labor-income tax and an equivalent consumption tax lead to identical labor …

individual level, people in high sex ratio countries are found to be more hostile against homosexuality and the homosexuals than … (decriminalization) of homosexuality. …

minority. It also expands income inequality within the minority community. This incentivizes decentralized attempts to … expropriate producers which, through cumulative causation, both immiserize and criminalize the minority. An underclass thus … results, with disproportionate minority presence. …

the relative size of a minority in a given region. In particular, I argue that inter-ethnic social distance disadvantages … smaller ethnic groups in human capital acquisition and that these efficiency differentials systematically expose minority and … majority individuals to different incentives as concerns their choice of skills. As a result, minority and majority individuals …

the relative size of a minority in a given region. In particular, I argue that inter-ethnic social distance disadvantages … smaller ethnic groups in human capital acquisition and that these efficiency differentials systematically expose minority and … majority individuals to different incentives as concerns their choice of skills. As a result, minority and majority individuals …

We utilize individual panel data from the 1996 and 2001 Survey of Income and Program Participation (SIPP) to analyze …