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Broadband internet : an information superhighway to sex crime?
Bhuller, Manudeep; Havnes, Tarjei; Leuven, Edwin; … - 2012
Does internet use trigger sex crime? We use unique Norwegian data on crime and internet adoption to shed light on this … exogenous variation in internet use. Our instrumental variables estimates show that internet use is associated with a … highlights three mechanisms for how internet use may affect reported sex crime, namely a reporting effect, a matching effect on …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009571218
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Internet and politics : evidence from U.K. local elections and local government policies
Gavazza, Alessandro; Nardotto, Mattia; Valletti, Tommaso M. - 2017
We empirically study the effects of broadband internet diffusion on local election outcomes and on local government … policies using rich data from the U.K. Our analysis suggests that the internet has displaced other media with greater news …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011721751
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Nineteenth century white physical activity and calories : socioeconomic status and diets
Carson, Scott Alan - 2014
Using data from late 19th and early 20th century US prisons, this study estimates the basal metabolic rates and calories for Americans of European descent. Throughout the 19th century, white basal metabolic rates (BMRs) and calories declined across their respective distributions, and much of the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010375168
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Heterogeneous sports participation and labour market outcomes in England
Lechner, Michael; Downward, Paul - 2013 - This version: October 2013
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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010199753
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Optimal taxation, child care and models of the household
Apps, Patricia; Rees, Ray - 2014
This paper presents the properties of optimal piecewise linear tax systems for two-earner households, based on joint and individual incomes respectively. A key contribution is the analysis of the interaction between second earner wage differences, variation in the price of child care and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010229858
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The summer drop in female employment
Price, Brendan M.; Wasserman, Melanie - 2022
We provide the first systematic account of summer declines in women's labor market activity. From May to July, the employment-to-population ratio among prime-age US women declines by 1.1 percentage points, whereas male employment rises; women's total hours worked fall by 11 percent, twice the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013255840
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Time use, unemployment, and well-being : an empirical analysis using British time-use data
Hoang, Thi Truong An; Knabe, Andreas - 2019
We use nationally representative data from the UK Time-Use Survey 2014/2015 to investigate how a person's employment status is related to time use and cognitive and affective dimensions of subjective well-being. We find that unemployed persons report substantially lower levels of life...
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Temperature and the timing of work
Cosaert, Sam; Nieto, Adrián; Tatsiramos, Konstantinos - 2023
We leverage U.S. county-day temperature variation combined with daily time use data to examine the effect of temperature on the timing of work. We find that warmer (colder) temperatures increase (decrease) working time during the night and decrease (increase) working time in the morning. These...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014382937
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Social contacts, unemployment, and experienced well-being : evidence from tim-use data
Thi Truong An Hoang; Knabe, Andreas - 2022
We use the UK Time-Use Survey 2014/15 to analyze how differences in the frequency and intensity of social contacts contribute to the gap in experienced well-being between employed and unemployed persons. We observe that people generally enjoy being with others more than being alone. The...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013380473
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Household vulnerability on the frontline of climate change : the pacific atoll nation of Tuvalu
Taupo, Tauisi; Cuffe, Harold; Noy, Ilan - 2016
This paper investigates the vulnerability of households to climatic disasters in the low-lying atoll nation of Tuvalu. Small Island Developing States, particularly the atoll islands, are considered to be the most vulnerable to climatic change, and in particular to sea-level rise and its...
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