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We propose that false beliefs about the own current economic status are an important factor for explaining populist attitudes. Along with the subjects' receptiveness to right-wing populism, we elicit their perceived relative income positions in a representative survey of German households. We...
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of the UK. The magnitude is inconsistent with exponential time preference, but compatible with quasi …
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(SUD). Using rich linked administrative information from Norway, we study the impact of waiting time on health … consultations within a treatment episode, respectively. Waiting time also has spill-over effects, reducing employment after entering …
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teams to score in the last minute – including stoppage time. However, for Germans this comes at a cost. Germany is more …
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This paper analyses whether individuals are influenced by the day of the week when reporting subjective well-being. By using a large panel data set and controlling for observed and unobserved individual characteristics, we find a large day-of the-week effect. Overall, we find a 'blue' Sunday...
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This paper reviews the recent literature on the production of skills of young persons. The literature features the multiplicity of skills that explain success in a variety of life outcomes. Noncognitive skills play a fundamental role in successful lives. The dynamics of skill formation reveal...
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Using the 2006-07 American Time Use Survey and its Eating and Health Module, I show that over half of adult Americans … report grazing (secondary eating/drinking) on a typical day, with grazing time almost equaling primary eating/drinking time …. An economic model predicts that higher wage rates (price of time) will lead to substitution of grazing for primary eating …
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effect of shocks using generalised spatio-temporal impulse responses. These highlight the diffusion of shocks both over time …
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children's well-being: time and money. We document trends in parental employment, from the perspective of children, and show … typical two-parent family but not for those in lone-parent households. Time use data from 1975 and 2003-2008 reveal that … working parents spend less time engaged in primary childcare than their counterparts without jobs but more than employed peers …
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