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The Wider Benefits of Adult Learning : Work-Related Training and Social Capital

Ruhose, Jens - 2019

We propose a regression-adjusted matched difference-in-differences framework to estimate non-pecuniary returns to adult education. This approach combines kernel matching with entropy balancing to account for selection bias and sorting on gains. Using data from the German SOEP, we evaluate the...

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Medieval Anti-Semitism, Weimar Social Capital, and the Rise of the Nazi Party : A Reconsideration

Guinnane, Timothy; Hoffman, Philip - 2022

The persistence literature in economics and related disciplines connects recent outcomes to events long ago. This influential literature marks a promising development but has drawn criticism. We discuss two prominent examples that ground the rise of the Nazi Party in distant historical roots....

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What Do Lost Wallets Tell Us About Survey Measures of Social Capital?

Tannenbaum, David - 2020

We validate survey measures of social capital with a new data set that examines whether citizens report a lost wallet to its owner. Using data from more than 17,000 lost wallets across 40 countries, we find that survey measures of social capital - especially questions concerning generalized...

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Social Capital and the Spread of Covid-19 : Insights from European Countries

Bartscher, Alina K. - 2020

We explore the role of social capital in the spread of the recent Covid-19 pandemic in independent analyses for Austria, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Sweden, Switzerland and the UK. Exploiting within-country variation, we show that a one standard deviation increase in social capital leads to...

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Does Social Capital Matter? A Study of Hit-and-Run in US Counties

Castriota, Stefano; Rondinella, Sandro; Tonin, Mirco - 2022

We investigate the relationship between social capital and the decision to flee after a fatal road accident. This event is unplanned, and the decision is taken under great emotional distress and time pressure, thus providing a test of whether social capital matters for behaviour in extreme...

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The Impact of Forced Migration on In-Group and Out-Group Social Capital

Hager, Anselm; Valasek, Justin - 2022

In this paper, we study how forced migration impacts the in-group and out-group social capital of Syrian refugees and the host population in Northern Lebanon by administering a novel survey experiment in which we manipulate the salience of the migration experience (for refugees) and the refugee...

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Response to Guinnane and Hoffman : Medieval Anti-Semitism, Weimar Social Capital, and the Rise of the Nazi Party: A Reconsideration

Voigtländer, Nico; Voth, Hans-Joachim - 2023

Guinnane and Hoffman (subsequently GH) comment on two of our papers: Voigtländer and Voth: “Persecution Perpetuated” (2012, subsequently PP) and Satyanath, Voigtländer and Voth: Bowling for Fascism (2017, subsequently BF). They allege that our econometric results are fragile and depend on...

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The Effects of Gender Integration on Men: Evidence from the U.S. Military

Greenberg, Kyle; Wasserman, Melanie; Weber, E. Anna - 2024

Do men negatively respond when women first enter an occupation? We answer this question by studying the end of one of … the final explicit occupational barriers to women in the U.S.: in 2016, the U.S. military opened all positions to women …, including historically male-only combat occupations. We exploit the staggered integration of women into combat units to estimate …

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Do Male Managers Increase Risk-Taking of Female Teams? Evidence from the NCAA

Böheim, René - 2019

We analyze the effect of the coach’s gender on risk-taking in women sports teams using data taken from National …

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Women’s Labor Market Responses to Their Partners’ Unemployment and Low-Pay Employment

Keldenich, Carina - 2019

Socio-Economic Panel we show that women respond to their partners’ unemployment with an increase in labor market …-effects separately, revealing differences in the relationships between women’s labor market statuses and their partners’ unemployment in …-effect). Furthermore, we demonstrate that partners’ employment in low-paid jobs has an effect on women’s labor market choices and outcomes …

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