market. We propose a simple learning model where agents can invest in the acquisition of financial knowledge. Differential …

to either learn from him (if children act as teachers then adults' cost of learning the skill falls) or lean on him (if … children's human capital substitutes for that of adults in household production then adults' benefit of learning the skill … also of adults living in the same household ("learning" outweighs "leaning"). Conversely, the 1998 introduction of English …

Recent medical research shows that health is highly influential for learning and the ability to think laterally …; however, past economic studies have failed to empirically examine the influence of health on learning, schooling, and ideas …

asset, his peers may also want to purchase it, both because they learn from his choice ("social learning") and because his …

voting and social learning, we illustrate that sequential elections place too much weight on the preferences and information …

learning between the first and the nth attempt while controlling for selection into retaking in terms of observed and … unobserved characteristics. We find large learning gains measured in terms of improvements in the exam scores, especially among …

-term measures of learning and achievement and attempt to test them empirically; the evidence and related literature, while limited …

social learning in which the consumption decisions of individuals depend on information they receive from their peers. The … pieces of evidence are consistent with social learning. First, sales of movies with positive surprise and negative surprise …, social learning appears to be an important determinant of sales in the movie industry, accounting for 38% of sales for the …