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Corruption and the Shadow Economy : A Structural Equation Model Approach
Buehn, Andreas - 2009
The relationship between corruption and the shadow economy is not clear. Theoretically, they either substitute or complement each other - exhibiting either a negative or positive relationship. This paper - using a structural equation model with two latent variables - extracts information on...
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Comparing IV with Structural Models : What Simple IV Can and Cannot Identify
Heckman, James J. - 2009
This paper compares the economic questions addressed by instrumental variables estimators with those addressed by structural approaches. We discuss Marschak's Maxim: estimators should be selected on the basis of their ability to answer well-posed economic problems with minimal assumptions. A key...
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Two-Way Causation in Life Satisfaction Research : Structural Equation Models with Granger-Causation
Headey, Bruce - 2014
, nationally representative panel surveys in Australia, Britain and Germany. The models are based on a modified concept of Granger … encompass two-way causation and panel survey data. It transpires that our Granger-style models have satisfactory fits to the … panel data and are stable. Alternative models fit the data much less well. Substantively, we find that two-way causation is …
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The Credibility Revolution in Empirical Economics : How Better Research Design is Taking the Con Out of Econometrics
Angrist, Joshua D. - 2010
This essay reviews progress in empirical economics since Leamer's (1983) critique. Leamer highlighted the benefits of sensitivity analysis, a procedure in which researchers show how their results change with changes in specification or functional form. Sensitivity analysis has had a salutary but...
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Financial Stress, Family Conflict, and Youths' Successful Transition to Adult Roles
Cobb-Clark, Deborah A. - 2011
We analyze the effect of mothers' and youths' reports of family financial stress and conflict on youths' transitions … associated with youth making later transitions. Overall, financial stress and conflict have independent effects on youths …
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Job Anxiety, Work-Related Psychological Illness and Workplace Performance
Jones, Melanie K. - 2011
This paper uses matched employee-employer data from the British Workplace Employment Relations Survey (WERS) 2004 to examine the determinants of employee job anxiety and work-related psychological illness. Job anxiety is found to be strongly related to the demands of the job as measured by...
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Extra Status and Extra Stress : Are Promotions Good for Us?
Johnston, David W. - 2012
-quality panel data we estimate pre- and post-promotion effects on job attributes, physical health, mental health and life … stress, income and hours worked. However, despite these large effects on job attributes, we find that promotions have … deterioration two years after receiving a promotion. Thus, it seems the additional stress involved with promotions eventually …
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Work Disability, Work, and Justification Bias in Europe and the U.S
Kapteyn, Arie - 2009
To analyze the effect of health on work, many studies use a simple self-assessed health measure based upon a question such as do you have an impairment or health problem limiting the kind or amount of work you can do? A possible drawback of such a measure is the possibility that different groups...
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Gender Differences in Performance in Competitive Environments : Evidence from Professional Tennis Players
Paserman, M. Daniele - 2007
This paper uses data from nine tennis Grand Slam tournaments played between 2005 and 2007 to assess whether men and women respond differently to competitive pressure in a setting with large monetary rewards. In particular, it asks whether the quality of the game deteriorates as the stakes become...
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Does Telework Stress Employees Out? A Study on Working at Home and Subjective Well-Being for Wage/Salary Workers
Song, Younghwan - 2018
effect of SWB varies by types of homeworking.In comparison with working in the workplace, telework increases stress in both …
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