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Happiness Inequality in the United States

Stevenson, Betsey; Wolfers, Justin - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2008

unwound. Juxtaposing these changes with large rises in income inequality suggests an important role for non-pecuniary factors …-2006. While there has been no increase in aggregate happiness, inequality in happiness has fallen substantially since the 1970s … eroded, and the gender happiness gap has disappeared entirely. Paralleling changes in the income distribution, differences in …

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The Demographic Transition: Causes and Consequences

Galor, Oded - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2011

This paper develops the theoretical foundations and the testable implications of the various mechanisms that have been proposed as possible triggers for the demographic transition. Moreover, it examines the empirical validity of each of the theories and their significance for the understanding...

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Reason, Emotion and Information Processing in the Brain

Brocas, Isabelle; Carrillo, Juan D - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2007

Building on evidence from neurobiology and neuroscience, we model the physiological limitations faced by individuals in the process of decision-making that starts with sensory perception and ends in action selection. The brain sets a neuronal threshold, observes whether the neuronal cell firing...

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Penalty Shoot-Outs: Before or After Extra Time?

Carrillo, Juan D - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2006

This paper proposes a rule to determine the winner of a soccer match which is different from the traditional penalty shoot-outs at the end of extra time. We show that games can be more attractive if penalties are shot before extra time and the outcome counts only if the tie is preserved during...

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The Brain as a Hierarchical Organization

Brocas, Isabelle; Carrillo, Juan D - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2005

We model the brain as a multi-agent organization. Based on recent neuroscience evidence, we assume that different systems of the brain have different time-horizons and different access to information. Introducing asymmetric information as a restriction on optimal choices generates endogenous...

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Equilibrium Allele Distribution in Trading Populations

Saint-Paul, Gilles - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2006

This paper derives the conditions under which fitness-reducing alleles can survive in a long-run stationary equilibrium for a trading population, extending the results in Saint-Paul (2002) for arbitrary systems of sexual reproduction.

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From Farmers to Merchants, Voluntary Conversions and Diaspora: A Human Capital Interpretation of Jewish History

Botticini, Maristella; Eckstein, Zvi - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2006

From the end of the second century C.E., Judaism enforced a religious norm requiring any Jewish father to educate his children. We present evidence supporting our thesis that this exogenous change in the religious and social norm had a major influence on Jewish economic and demographic history....

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Can Anyone be 'The One'? Evidence on Mate Selection from Speed Dating

Belot, Michèle; Francesconi, Marco - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2006

Marriage data show a strong degree of positive assortative mating along a variety of attributes. But since marriage is an equilibrium outcome, it is unclear whether positive sorting is the result of preferences rather than opportunities. We assess the relative importance of preferences and...

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Social Change

Greenwood, Jeremy; Guner, Nezih - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2007

Society is characterized by the common attitudes and behaviour of its members. Such behaviour reflects purposive decision making by individuals, given the environment they live in. Thus, as technology changes, so might social norms. There were big changes in social norms during the 20th Century,...

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The Output Cost of Gender Discrimination: A Model-Based Macroeconomic Estimate

Cavalcanti, Tiago; Tavares, José - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2007

percent increase in the gender wage gap leads to a decrease in income per capita of a quarter of the original output. We then … capita between the U.S. and the different economies is due to gender inequality. For countries such as Ireland and Saudi …

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