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A suggested method for the measurement of world leading research: (illustrated with data on economics)
Oswald, Andrew J. - 2009
method, and illustrate it with modern data on economics. Of 450 genuinely world-leading journal articles, the UK produced 10 … well spent. Is there an objective way to assess the quality of a nation's world-leading science? I attempt to suggest a …
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A different look at Lenin's legacy: Trust, risk, fairness and cooperativeness in the two Germanies
Heineck, Guido; Süssmuth, Bernd - 2010
What are the long-term effects of Communism on economically relevant notions such as social trust? To answer this question, we use the reunification of Germany as a natural experiment and study the post-reunification trajectory of convergence with regard to individuals' trust and risk, as well...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010274630
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Cultural diversity, geographical isolation, and the origin of the wealth of nations
Ashraf, Quamrul; Galor, Oded - 2012
accumulation of society-specific human capital. Thus, they operated more efficiently with respect to their production …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010282579
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Exploring the Economic and Social Determinants of Psychological and Psychosocial Health
Shields, Michael A.; Wheatley Price, Stephen - 2001
This paper explores the determinants of individuals? psychological and psychosocial health using recent Health Survey for England data. We find evidence that our dependent variables, defined, respectively, from the GHQ12 and Perceived Social Support scores, are negatively related to household...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010262599
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From shame to game in one hundred years: an economic model of the rise in premarital sex and its de-stigmatization
Fernández-Villaverde, Jesús; Greenwood, Jeremy; … - 2010
Societies socialize children about many things, including sex. Socialization is costly. It uses scarce resources, such as time and effort. Parents weigh the marginal gains from socialization against its costs. Those at the lower end of the socioeconomic scale indoctrinate their daughters less...
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Recent advances in the economics of individual subjective well-being
Stutzer, Alois; Frey, Bruno S. - 2010
stimulus to the discourse on individual happiness. Recently this research has also been linked to economics where reported … provides a new possibility for the complementary testing of theories across fields in economics. Third, we inquire how the … insights gained from the study of individual happiness in economics affect public policy. …
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A decade of editing the European economic review
Eckstein, Zvi; Gal-Or, Esther; Gylfason, Thorvaldur; … - 2011
This story describes the circumstances that led to all five of us starting as editors at the same time, the unexpected things we have found, the unanticipated reactions we have encountered, how we worked as an editorial team, the central role of the editorial office manager, how we managed to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010280668
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International migration, transfers of norms and home country fertility
Beine, Michel; Docquier, Frédéric; Schiff, Maurice - 2008
This paper examines the relationship between international migration and source country fertility. The impact of international migration on source country fertility may have a number of causes, including a transfer of destination countries' fertility norms and an incentive to acquire more...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010269132
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Family values and the regulation of labor
Alesina, Alberto; Algan, Yann; Cahuc, Pierre; Giuliano, … - 2010
first century and family values prevailing before World War II, which suggests that labor market regulations have deep …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010269386
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Asabiyya: re-interpreting value change in globalized societies
Tausch, Arno; Heshmati, Almas - 2009
is whether modernization without spiritual values in a globalized world economy and world society possible in the long … current world crisis is far more connected with these dimensions. We conclude that not a society based on fear is needed in …This article reflects the renewed interest of economics and the social science discipline in value systems and religion …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010271305