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Felfe, Christina; Lechner, Michael; Steinmayr, Andreas - CESifo - 2011

Despite the relevance of cognitive and non-cognitive skills for professional success, their formation is not yet fully understood. This study fills part of this gap by analyzing the effect of sports club participation, one of the most popular extra-curricular activities, on children’s skill...

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Preferences for Consistency

Falk, Armin - 2011

experiment underlines the crucial role of early commitment for consistency preferences. Finally we show how preferences for …

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Correlation Neglect in Belief Formation

Enke, Benjamin - 2013

Many information structures generate correlated rather than mutually independent signals, the news media being a prime example. This paper shows experimentally that in such contexts many people neglect these correlations in the updating process and treat correlated information as independent. In...

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Determinants of Trust : the Role of Personal Experiences

Schwerter, Frederik; Zimmermann, Florian - 2021

Social interactions pervade daily life and thereby create an abundance of social experiences. Such personal experiences likely shape what we believe and who we are. In this paper, we ask if and how personal experiences from social interactions determine individuals’ inclination to trust...

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Preferences for Consistency

Falk, Armin; Zimmermann, Florian - CESifo - 2011

experiment underlines the crucial role of early commitment for consistency preferences. Finally we show how preferences for …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009228620

Beliefs and Utility : Experimental Evidence on Preferences for Information

Falk, Armin - 2016

consumption have direct utility consequences. This gives rise to informational preferences, i.e., preferences over the timing and … structure of information. Using a novel and purposefully simple set-up, we experimentally analyze preferences for information …. Variations in prior distributions do not seem to affect information preferences …

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Sports, exercise, and labor market outcomes

Lechner, Michael - In: IZA World of Labor (2015)

A productive workforce is a key objective of public economic policy. Recent empirical work suggests that increasing individual participation in sports and exercise can be a major force for achieving this goal. The productivity gains and related increase in earnings come on top of the already...

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Sports and Child Development

Felfe, Andrea Christina - 2011

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Labor Market Effects of Sports and Exercise : Evidence from Canadian Panel Data

Lechner, Michael - 2014

Based on the Canadian National Population Health Survey we estimate the effects of individual sports and exercise on individual labor market outcomes. The data covers the period from 1994 to 2008. It is longitudinal and rich in life-style, health, and physical activity information. Exploiting...

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Heterogeneous Sports Participation and Labour Market Outcomes in England

Lechner, Michael; Downward, Paul M. - 2021

Based on a unique composite dataset measuring heterogeneous sports participation, labour market outcomes and local facilities provision, this paper examines for the first time the association between different types of sports participation on employment and earnings in England. Clear...

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