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Wedded to prosperity? : Informal influence and regional favoritism
Bomprezzi, Pietro; Dreher, Axel; Fuchs, Andreas; … - 2024
We investigate the informal influence of political leaders’ spouses on the subnational allocation of foreign aid. Building new worldwide datasets on personal characteristics of political leaders and their spouses as well as on geocoded development aid projects (including new data on 19...
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Sibling spillovers
Black, Sandra E.; Breining, Sanni Nørgaard; Figlio, … - 2017
It is notoriously difficult to identify peer effects within the family, because of the common shocks and reflection problems. We make use of a novel identification strategy and unique data in order to gain some purchase on this problem. We employ data from the universe of children born in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011610897
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The healthy immigrant paradox and health convergence
Constant, Amelie - 2017
The health status of people is a precious commodity and central to economic, socio-political, and environmental … the portrait of immigrants and natives. In this paper we are concerned with international migration and health outcomes in … insights into the Healthy Immigrant Paradox and the health assimilation of immigrants as we also elucidate selection and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011735974
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Chinese aid and health at the country and local level
Cruzatti, John; Dreher, Axel; Matzat, Johannes - 2020
demographic and health surveys (DHS) for a maximum of 53 countries and almost 55,000 sub-national locations over the 2002 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012226847
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Higher order risk preferences : new experimental measures, determinants and field behavior
Schneider, Sebastian O.; Sutter, Matthias - 2020 - Version of August, 2020
, and health status, including addictive behavior. Most importantly, we show that dropping prudence and temperance from the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012270596
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Moral Nimby-ism? : understanding societal support for monetary compensation to plasma donors in Canada
Lacetera, Nicola; Macis, Mario - 2018
The growing demand for plasma, especially for the manufacture of therapeutic products, creates an urgent need for a careful discussion on the relative merits of different procurement and allocation systems in a way that addresses the increasing demand while abiding by the prevailing moral values...
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Welfare time limits in the United States : experiences with a new welfare-to-work approach
Ochel, Wolfgang - 2004
econometric evaluations. Time limits affect welfare recipients both before and after their limits are reached. Time limits reduce … of time-limit leavers, however, continues to receive Food Stamps, Medicaid, etc. The impact on employment is mixed …
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Welfare-to-work experiences with specific work-first programmes in selected countries
Ochel, Wolfgang - 2004
experimental and econometric evaluations. The effectiveness of specific programme elements in promoting the transition from welfare …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011402571
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Demographic, residential, and socioeconomic effects on the distribution of 19th century African-American Body Mass Index values
Carson, Scott Alan - 2011
Little research exists on the body mass index values of late 19th and early 20th century African-Americans. Using a new BMI data set and robust statistics, this paper demonstrates that late 19th and early 20th century black BMI variation by age increased in their mid-30s but declined at older...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009009594
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The relationship between economic preferences and psychological personality measures
Becker, Anke; Deckers, Thomas; Dohmen, Thomas; Falk, Armin - 2012
then regress life outcomes - such as labor market success, health status and life satisfaction - simultaneously on …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009522305