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Cognitive Economics
Kimball, Miles S. - 2015
Welfare Economics. A key theme of Cognitive Economics is finite cognition (often misleadingly called “bounded rationality …
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Cognition and Ses Relationships Among the Mid-Aged and Elderly : A Comparison of China and Indonesia
Strauss, John - 2018
cognition for respondents in two developing countries: China and Indonesia, both with very low educated elderly populations … cognition, more so in China. Other SES characteristics such as height, are also positively related to the cognition measures …, again more strongly so in China. Rural respondents have substantially lower levels of cognition measures, with a …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012919329
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Maternal Education, Parental Investment and Non-Cognitive Skills in Rural China
Leight, Jessica - 2016
Gansu province, China, employing a household fixed effects specification; non-cognitive skills are defined as the inverse of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012992648
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The Long-Term Cognitive and Schooling Effects of Childhood Vaccinations in China
Oskorouchi, Hamid - 2020
By exploiting rich retrospective data on childhood immunization, socioeconomics, and health status in China (the China …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012833122
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Social Trust and Differential Reactions of Local and Foreign Investors to Public News
Jia, Chunxin - 2015
This paper uses the segmented dual-class shares issued by several dozen Chinese firms---A shares to local Chinese investors and H shares to foreign investors---to compare reactions of local and foreign investors to the same public news. We find that local investors react more strongly to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013024501
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Microinsurance, Trust and Economic Development : Evidence from a Randomized Natural Field Experiment
Cai, Hongbin - 2010
We report results from a large randomized natural field experiment conducted in southwestern China in the context of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013150736
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More Trusting, Less Trust? An Investigation of Early E-Commerce in China
Cai, Hongbin - 2013
large transaction-level data set from the early years of Eachnet.com (an eBay equivalent in China), we find evidence that is …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013083391
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The Economics and Psychology of Inequality and Human Development
Cunha, Flavio - 2010
Recent research on the economics of human development deepens understanding of the origins of inequality and excellence. It draws on and contributes to personality psychology and the psychology of human development. Inequalities in family environments and investments in children are substantial....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012757918
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Do Better Schools Lead to More Growth? Cognitive Skills, Economic Outcomes, and Causation
Hanushek, Eric A. - 2010
We provide evidence that the robust association between cognitive skills and economic growth reflects a causal effect of cognitive skills and supports the economic benefits of effective school policy. We develop a new common metric that allows tracking student achievement across countries, over...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012758020
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Can You Recognize an Effective Teacher When You Recruit One?
Rockoff, Jonah E. - 2010
Research on the relationship between teachers' characteristics and teacher effectiveness has been underway for over a century, yet little progress has been made in linking teacher quality with factors observable at the time of hire. However, most research has examined a relatively small set of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012758154