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We study paternalistic preferences in two large-scale experiments with participants from the general population in the United States. Spectators decide whether to intervene to prevent a stakeholder, who is mistaken about the choice set, from making a choice that is not aligned with the...
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because of disincentives to acquire education arising from the redistributional policies that increase income mobility. …
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period, first the post-World War baby boom and then the substantial increase in education led to higher economic growth than … otherwise expected. As the pace of increase in education slowed and the workforce aged toward the end of the period, human …
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have advocated increasing the time that elementary school children spend in physical education (PE) classes. However … spillovers to achievement test scores. -- obesity ; physical activity ; physical education ; children ; health …
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rules in the 1920s. -- Education ; migrations ; economic history ; economic development research …
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Public opinion influences politicians, and therefore influences public policy decisions. What are the roles of self-interest, knowledge, and ideology in public opinion formation? And how do people learn about economic issues? Using a new, specially-designed survey, we find that most respondents...
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In contrast to the popularity of financial education interventions worldwide, studies on the economic effects of those … between the concepts of, and the relationships between, financial education, financial literacy and financial behavior to … identify the true effects of financial education. The review addresses possible biases caused by third factors such as numeracy …
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We develop a simple search equilibrium model of workplace training and education based on two features. First …, investment in education improves job-related learning skills and reduces training costs burdened by firms. Second, firms with …
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partial or captured democracy. We provide as well econometric support showing that even when de facto is modelled as a …
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We develop a model to understand the trade-offs faced by an elected representative in supporting an amnesty when a restrictive immigration policy is in place. We show that an amnesty is more desirable the more restricted are the occupational opportunities of undocumented immigrants and the less...
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