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Healthy Habits : The Connection between Diet, Exercise, and Locus of Control

Cobb-Clark, Deborah A. - 2012

This paper analyzes the relationship between individuals' locus of control and their decisions to exercise regularly, eat well, drink moderately, and avoid tobacco. Our primary goal is to assess the relative importance of the alternative pathways that potentially link locus of control to healthy...

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The Effect of Non-Cognitive Traits on Health Behaviours in Adolescence

Mendolia, Silvia - 2013

This paper investigates the relationship between personality traits in adolescence and health behaviours using a large and recent cohort study. In particular, we investigate the impact of locus of control, self-esteem and conscientiousness at age 15-16, on the incidence of health behaviours such...

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Behavioral Foundations of Microcredit : Experimental and Survey Evidence from Rural India

Bauer, Michal - 2014

Microcredit is an innovative financial tool designed to reduce poverty and fix credit market imperfections. We use experimental measures of time discounting and risk aversion for villagers in south India to highlight behavioral features of microcredit. Conditional on borrowing from any source,...

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Impact of Educational and Religious Homogamy on Marital Stability

Kraft, Kornelius - 2009

Using a rich panel data set from the German Socio-Economic Panel, we test whether spouses who are similar to each other in certain respects have a lower probability of divorce than dissimilar spouses. We focus on the effect of homogamy with respect to education and church attendance. Gary...

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HIV and Fertility in Africa : First Evidence from Population Based Surveys

Juhn, Chinhui - 2009

The historical pattern of the demographic transition suggests that fertility declines follow mortality declines, followed by a rise in human capital accumulation and economic growth. The HIV/AIDS epidemic threatens to reverse this path. A recent paper by Young (2005), however, suggests that...

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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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Smoking and Social Interaction

Poutvaara, Panu - 2007

psychology and experimental economics into an economic model. Social norms affect human behavior such that non-smokers do not ask …

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Nature and Nurture in the Intergenerational Transmission of Socioeconomic Status : Evidence from Swedish Children and Their Biological and Rearing Parents

Bjorklund, Anders - 2007

This study uses an extraordinary Swedish data set to explore the sources of the intergenerational transmission of socioeconomic status. Merging data from administrative sources and censuses, we investigate the association between sons' and daughters' socioeconomic outcomes and those of their...

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Born to Lead? The Effect of Birth Order on Non-Cognitive Abilities

Black, Sandra E. - 2017

We study the effect of birth order on personality traits among men using population data on enlistment records and occupations for Sweden. We find that earlier born men are more emotionally stable, persistent, socially outgoing, willing to assume responsibility, and able to take initiative than...

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Unethical Behavior and Group Identity in Contests

Benistant, Julien - 2019

Using a real-effort experiment, we study whether group identity affects unethical behavior in a contest game. We vary … affected neither by the competitor's group identity nor by the individual's beliefs about others' misreporting behavior. This … suggests that in competitive settings, unethical behavior is mainly driven by an unconditional desire to win …

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