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Too busy for school? : the effect of athletic participation on absenteeism
Cuffe, Harold E.; Waddell, Glen R.; Bignell, Wesley - 2014
While existing research supports that participation in high-school athletics is associated with better education and labour-market outcomes, the mechanisms through which these benefits accrue are not well established. We use data from a large public-school district to retrieve an estimate of the...
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Symbolic values, value formation and interpersonal relations
Corneo, Giacomo - 2009
nationalism and to have hostile relations with immigrants. Multiple equilibria are possible and better schooling may eliminate … theoretical model. -- Nationalism ; immigration ; interpersonal relations ; value systems …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003879349
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National champion versus foreign takeover
Südekum, Jens (contributor) - 2007
We analyze an oligopolistic market where a domestic and a foreign firm are engaged in a takeover battle for a domestic competitor. Any merger or acquisition (M&A) must be approved by a welfare maximizing domestic competition agency which may or may not be prone to "economic patriotism". A...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003597575
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What's in a name in a war
Jurajda, Štěpán; Kovač, Dejan - 2016
We propose a novel empirical strategy for identifying and studying nationalism using name choices. We first show that … use the universe of Croatian birth certificates and the information about nationalism conveyed by first names to contrast … the evolution of nationalism and its intergenerational transmission across locations affected by extreme war …
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We were the robots : automation and voting behavior in Western Europe
Anelli, Massimo; Colantone, Italo; Stanig, Piero - 2019
conditions andwell-being, lower satisfaction with the government and democracy, and a reduction in perceived political self-efficacy. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012037816
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Terrorism, political opinions, and election outcomes : evidence from Europe
Peri, Giovanni; Rees, Daniel I.; Smith, Brock - 2020
There is surprisingly little evidence on how terror attacks impact elections. With only a few exceptions, previous studies in this literature have focused on a particular country or attack, limiting their generalizability. Ours is the first comprehensive, multi-country examination of the effects...
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Jailer of freedom and enemy of growth? : the role of personal and social identities in educational choices
Autiero, Giuseppina; O'Higgins, Shane Niall - 2013
This paper develops a theoretical and empirical model on the influence of identity on educational choices which extends …
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Assimilation, criminality and ethnic conflict
Dasgupta, Indraneel; Mukherjee, Diganta - 2014
We examine the consequences, of integrating large minorities into productivity-relevant majority ethno-linguistic norms, for distribution, ethnic conflict and crime. We develop a two-community model where such assimilation generates social gains by: (a) facilitating economic interaction, and (b)...
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Modelling exposure to risk of experiencing discrimination in the context of endogenous ethnic identification
Hunter, Boyd H.; Howlett, Monica; Biddle, Nicholas - 2014
Gneezy et al. (2012) uses attribution theory from the psychology literature to argue that when the object of discrimination is a matter of choice (e.g. sexual orientation), observed discrimination may motivated by animus, which exacerbates or intensifies the emotional response to the object of...
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Economic well-being and anti-semitic, xenophobic, and racist attitudes in Germany
Mocan, Naci; Raschke, Christian - 2014
consistent with the model of Glaeser (2005) on hate, and with that of Akerlof and Kranton (2000, 2005) on identity in the utility …
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