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Locus of control and investment in risky assets
Salamanca, Nicolás; Grip, Andries de; Fouarge, Didier; … - 2016
this relation is driven by a link between internal economic locus of control and a lower perception of the risk of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011594548
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Heterogeneity in the production of human capital
Polachek, Solomon W.; Das, Tirthatanmoy; … - 2013
We derive a tractable nonlinear earnings function which we estimate separately for each individual in the NLSY79 data. These estimates yield five important parameters for each individual: three ability measures (two representing the ability to learn and one the ability to earn), a rate of skill...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009729709
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Wage dynamics and unobserved heterogeneity : time preference or learning ability?
Munasinghe, Lalith (contributor);  … - 2004
inherently unobservable sources of heterogeneity learning ability and workers' inter-temporal preferences (discounting) both of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10002529741
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Hedonic wage equilibrium : theory, evidence and policy
Kniesner, Thomas J.; Leeth, John D. - 2010
policy relevant outcomes and policy effects, that of the wage premia for fatal injury risk. Estimates of the overall hedonic …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008688722
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Partial identification of willingness-to-pay using shape restrictions with an application to the value of a statistical life
Sojourner, Aaron J. - 2010
in levels of fatal risk. The paper contrasts VSL estimates from conventional analysis with the bounds obtained under this …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008688857
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Accounting for wealth concentration in the US
Kaymak, Barıș; Leung, David; Poschke, Markus - 2020
The recent literature has argued for high concentration of earnings, differences in rates of return on assets and bequests as potential determinants of the high level of wealth concentration in the US. Analyzing the joint distribution of earnings, capital income and net worth, we find evidence...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012194632
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The provision of wage insurance by the firm : evidence from a longitudinal matched employer-employee dataset
Cardoso, Ana Rute (contributor); Portela, Miguel (contributor) - 2005
uncertainty ; wage shocks ; risk sharing ; wage insurance …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003212064
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Teacher quality and learning outcomes in kindergarten
Araujo, María Caridad; Carneiro, Pedro; Cruz Aguayo, … - 2016
We assigned two cohorts of kindergarten students, totaling more than 24,000 children, to teachers within schools with a rule that is as-good-as-random. We collected data on children at the beginning of the school year, and applied 12 tests of math, language and executive function (EF) at the end...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011454338
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Divorce: what does learning have to do with it?
Marinescu, Ioana E. - 2015
Learning about marriage quality has been proposed as a key mechanism for explaining how the probability of divorce … divorce, three of which include learning. I use data from the Survey of Income and Program Participation to test reduced form … implications of these models. The data is inconsistent with models including a substantial amount of learning. On the other hand …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010529488
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Maternal education and early child development : the roles of parental support for learning, learning materials, and father characteristics
Akgündüz, Yusuf Emre; Akyol, Şaziye Pelin; Aydemir, … - 2023
with them rises. In addition, learning materials at home, such as books, rise. Also, exploring father outcomes, we find …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014317853