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Odermatt, Reto; Stutzer, Alois - 2017

Measures of subjective well-being have gained substantial attention in economics as quantitative approximations of individual welfare. They allow researchers to study relevant determinants of welfare on an individual as well as on a societal level. These determinants might not to be easily...

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Cognitive skills, strategic sophistication, and life outcomes

Fe, Eduardo; Gill, David; Prowse, Victoria - 2020

emphasize the importance of childhood theory-of-mind as a cognitive skill. We collected experimental data from more than seven … hundred children in a variety of strategic interactions. First, we find that theory-of-mind ability and cognitive ability both … provides support for the emergence of a sophisticated strategic theory-of-mind. Third, theory-of-mind and age strongly predict …

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Econometric explorations on bounded rationality : the case of job changing behavior

Contini, Bruno (contributor); Morini, Matteo (contributor) - 2007

"In this paper we question the hypothesis of full rationality in the context of job changing behavior, via simple econometric explorations on microdata drawn from WHIP (Worker Histories Italian Panel). A rational outcome of the job matching process implies a positive tradeoff between future...

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Offshoring and labor markets

Hummels, David; Munch, Jakob Roland; Chong, Xiang - 2016

its strength and weakness, discuss its connections with theory, and draw out potential policy implications of its findings …

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A review of estimates of the schooling/earnings relationship, with tests for publication bias

Ashenfelter, Orley; Harmon, Colm; Oosterbeek, Hessel - In: Labour economics : official journal of the European … 6 (1999) 4, pp. 453-470

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Potential, prizes and performance : testing tournament theory with professional tennis data

Sunde, Uwe (contributor) - 2003 - [Elektronische Ressource]

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How outsourcing affects bilateral political relations

Polachek, Solomon W. (contributor) - 2004 - [Elektronische Ressource]

One issue the literature neglects is how outsourcing stimulates trade (imports, exports and foreign direct investment), thereby affecting political relations. However, at least as far back as 1750, economic philosophers such as Baron de Montesquieu in his L'Esprit des Lois, argued, peace is the...

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Should easier access to international credit replace foreign aid?

Bandyopadhyay, Subhayu; Lahiri, Sajal; Younas, Javed - 2011

We examine the interaction between foreign aid and binding borrowing constraint for a recipient country. We also analyze how these two instruments affect economic growth via non-linear relationships. First of all, we develop a two-country, two-period trade-theoretic model to develop testable...

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Declining fertility and economic well-being : do education and health ride to the rescue?

Prettner, Klaus; Bloom, David E.; Strulik, Holger - 2012

It is widely argued that declining fertility slows the pace of economic growth in industrialized countries through its negative effect on labor supply. There are, however, theoretical arguments suggesting that the effect of falling fertility on effective labor supply can be offset by associated...

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Volatility and growth : governments are key

Jetter, Michael - 2013

There exists a persistent disagreement in the literature over the effect of business cycles on economic growth. This paper offers a solution to this disagreement, suggesting that volatility carries a positive direct effect, but also a negative indirect effect, operating through the insurance...

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