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Urbanization, Natural Amenities, and Subjective Well-Being: Evidence from U.S. Counties

Winters, John V.; Li, Yu - 2015

This paper examines the effects of county-level urbanization and natural amenities on subjective well-being (SWB) in the U.S. SWB is measured using individual-level data from the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) which asks respondents to rate their overall life satisfaction....

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Urbanization, Natural Amenities, and Subjective Well-Being: Evidence from U.S. Counties

Winters, John V.; Li, Yu - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2015

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Genetic, cultural and geographical distances

Giuliano, Paola; Spilimbergo, Antonio; Tonon, Giovanni - 2006

This paper investigates how the measures of genetic distance between populations, which have been used in anthropology and historical linguistics, can be used in economics. What does the correlation between genetic distance and economic variables mean? Using the measure of genetic distance, a...

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Mental Health, Schooling Attainment and Polygenic Scores: Are There Significant Gene-Environment Associations?

Amin, Vikesh; Behrman, Jere R.; Fletcher, Jason M.; … - 2019

It is well-established that (1) there is a large genetic component to mental health, and (2) higher schooling attainment is associated with better mental health. Given these two observations, we test the hypothesis that schooling may attenuate the genetic predisposition to poor mental health....

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Nonmarital and Teen Fertility

Fletcher, Jason M.; Polos, Jessica - 2017

This chapter explores trends, causes and consequences of nonmarital and teen fertility in the United States and in selected European countries. First, we describe some key factors, including changes in economic institutions and family planning technologies, that likely contribute to the large...

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Investigating the Genetic Architecture of Non-Cognitive Skills Using GWAS-By-Subtraction

Demange, Perline A.; Malanchini, Margherita; Mallard, … - 2020

loci and a polygenic architecture accounting for 57% of genetic variance in EA. Non-cognitive genetics were as strongly … genetics were further related to openness to experience and other personality traits, less risky behavior, and increased risk … for psychiatric disorders. Non-cognitive genetics were enriched in the same brain tissues and cell types as cognitive …

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Gene-Environment Effects on Female Fertility

Barban, Nicola; De Cao, Elisabetta; Francesconi, Marco - 2021

Fertility has a strong biological component generally ignored by economists. Using the UK Biobank, we analyze the extent to which genes, proxied by polygenic scores, and the environment, proxied by early exposure to the contraceptive pill diffusion, affect age at first sexual intercourse, age at...

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Moral Hazard Heterogeneity: Genes and Health Insurance Influence Smoking after a Health Shock

Biroli, Pietro; Zwyssig, Laura - 2021

Decision-making in the realm of health behaviors, such as smoking or drinking, is influenced both by biological factors, such as genetic predispositions, as well as environmental factors, such as financial liquidity and health insurance status. We show how the choice of smoking after a...

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The Heritability of Trust and Trustworthiness Depends on the Measure of Trust

Kettlewell, Nathan; Tymula, Agnieszka - 2021

Using a large sample of 1,120 twins, we estimated the heritability of trust using four distinct measures of trust – domain-specific political trust, general self-reported trust, and incentivized behavioral trust and trustworthiness. Our results highlight the importance of measuring trust in a...

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Genetic and Socioeconomic Achievement Gaps in Elementary School

Houmark, Mikkel Aagaard; Ronda, Victor; Agerbo, Esben; … - 2022

Socioeconomic (SES) gaps in academic achievement are well documented. We show that a very similar gap exists with respect to genetic differences measured by a polygenic score (PGS) for educational attainment. The genetic gap increases during elementary school, but only among the low SES...

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