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Some Evidence on the Importance of Sticky Wages
Barattieri, Alessandro - 2010
The main results of the analysis are as follows. 1) After correcting for measurement error, wages appear to be very …
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Unpacking Social Capital
Durante, Ruben; Mastrorocco, Nicola; Minale, Luigi; … - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2023
We use novel and unique survey data from Italy to shed light on key questions regarding the measurement of social …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014248001
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Greater Than the Sum of Its Parts : Aggregate vs. Aggregated Inflation Expectations
Dietrich, Alexander M.; Knotek, Edward S.; Myrseth, … - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2023
conventional and aggregated inflation expectations. Our results chart a new course for designing measurement of inflation …
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Adjusting for Scale-Use Heterogeneity in Self-Reported Well-Being
Benjamin, Daniel J.; Cooper, Kristen B; Heffetz, Ori; … - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2023
Analyses of self-reported-well-being (SWB) survey data may be confounded if people use response scales differently. We use calibration questions, designed to have the same objective answer across respondents, to measure dimensional (i.e., specific to an SWB dimension) and general (i.e., common...
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Making Property Productive : Reorganizing Rights to Real and Equitable Estates in Britain, 1660 to 1830
Bogart, Dan - 2008
Between 1660 and 1830, Parliament passed thousands of acts restructuring rights to real and equitable estates. These estate acts enabled individuals and families to sell, mortgage, lease, exchange, and improve land previously bound by inheritance rules and other legal legacies. The loosening of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012464538
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Geography and Agricultural Productivity : Cross-Country Evidence from Micro Plot-Level Data
Adamopoulos, Tasso - 2018
Why is agricultural productivity so low in poor countries relative to the rest of the world? Is it due to geography or … constrained economic choices? We assess the quantitative role of geography and land quality for agricultural productivity … geographic regions, we find that low agricultural productivity in poor countries is not due to poor land endowments. If countries …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012453184
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The Effects of Land Markets on Resource Allocation and Agricultural Productivity
Chen, Chaoran - 2017
productivity. These effects are nonlinear across farms--impacting more those farms farther away from their efficient operational … scale. The effect of land rentals on productivity is 70 percent larger when controlling for non-market rentals--those with a …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012453679
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Survey Experiments on Economic Expectations
Fuster, Andreas - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2022
In this chapter, we discuss field experiments in surveys that are conducted with the purpose of learning about expectation formation and the link between expectations and behavior. We begin by reviewing the rationale for conducting experiments within surveys, rather than just relying on...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012938719
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Missing Top Income Recipients
Ravallion, Martin - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2021
choice will depend on the question to be addressed, and country-specific circumstances. These measurement issues warrant …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012585374
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What Leads to Measurement Errors? Evidence from Reports of Program Participation in Three Surveys
Celhay, Pablo A.; Meyer, Bruce D.; Mittag, Nikolas - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2022
Measurement errors are often a large source of bias in survey data. Lack of knowledge of the determinants of such …
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