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Trust in public institutions over the business cycle
Stevenson, Betsey; Wolfers, Justin - 2011
the most suffered the biggest loss in confidence in institutions, particularly in trust in government and the financial … sector. Finally, analysis of several repeated cross-sections of confidence within U.S. states yields similar qualitative …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010278438
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Do women prefer a co-operative work environment?
Kuhn, Peter J.; Villeval, Marie Claire - 2011
observed patterns in the team-entry gender gap: (1) a gender gap in confidence in others (i.e. women are less pessimistic about …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010280692
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Fading hope in the US
Ritzen, Jo; Zimmermann, Klaus F. - 2012
A substantial literature claims that the strong increase in inequality over the last decade in countries such as the US would lead to a collapse of society. Fading hopes in the population seem to confirm this. The paper rejects this interpretation since the decline in hopes cannot be traced back...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010282365
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What Predicts a Successful Life? A Life-Course Model of Well-Being
Layard, Richard; Clark, Andrew E.; Cornaglia, Francesca; … - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013
If policy-makers care about well-being, they need a recursive model of how adult life-satisfaction is predicted by childhood influences, acting both directly and (indirectly) through adult circumstances. We estimate such a model using the British Cohort Study (1970). The most powerful childhood...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010960126
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What Predicts a Successful Life? A Life-Course Model of Well-Being
Layard, Richard; Clark, Andrew E.; Cornaglia, Francesca; … - 2013
If policy-makers care about well-being, they need a recursive model of how adult life-satisfaction is predicted by childhood influences, acting both directly and (indirectly) through adult circumstances. We estimate such a model using the British Cohort Study (1970). The most powerful childhood...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010329089
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Do Male Managers Increase Risk-Taking of Female Teams? Evidence from the NCAA
Böheim, René; Freudenthaler, Christoph; Lackner, Mario - 2019
significantly positive effect on game success suggests that female coaches should be more risk-taking. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012005845
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Minority Groups and Success in Election Primaries
Epstein, Gil S.; Heizler (Cohen), Odelia - 2018
In this paper, we focus on the effect of belonging to one or more minority groups on the probability of success in … woman or a Muslim decreases the chances of electoral success, candidates who belong to two minority groups have an advantage … in the race. In some cases of candidates belonging to two minority groups, their chances of success are not only higher …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011816643
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Trust in Public Institutions over the Business Cycle
Stevenson, Betsey; Wolfers, Justin - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2011
the most suffered the biggest loss in confidence in institutions, particularly in trust in government and the financial … sector. Finally, analysis of several repeated cross-sections of confidence within U.S. states yields similar qualitative …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008868129
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Do Women Prefer a Co-operative Work Environment?
Kuhn, Peter J.; Villeval, Marie Claire - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2011
observed patterns in the team-entry gender gap: (1) a gender gap in confidence in others (i.e. women are less pessimistic about …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009323383
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Fading Hope in the US
Ritzen, Jo; Zimmermann, Klaus F. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012
A substantial literature claims that the strong increase in inequality over the last decade in countries such as the US would lead to a collapse of society. Fading hopes in the population seem to confirm this. The paper rejects this interpretation since the decline in hopes cannot be traced back...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009646298