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Treisman, Daniel - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2011

Whether the danger invoked is nuclear war or genetically modified foods, far more people in some countries than in others say they are afraid. Using data from six surveys, I show that the levels of reported fear of different dangers correlate strongly across both individuals and countries. I...

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The Nature of Conflict

Galor, Oded; Arbatli, Cemal Eren; Ashraf, Quamrul H. - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2015

This research establishes that the emergence, prevalence, recurrence, and severity of intrastate conflicts in the modern era reflect the long shadow of prehistory. Exploiting variations across national populations, it demonstrates that genetic diversity, as determined predominantly during the...

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Empirics on the Origins of Preferences: The Case of College Major and Religiosity

Kimball, Miles Spencer; Mitchell, Colter M.; Thornton, … - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2009

Early life experiences are likely to be important for the formation of preferences. Religiosity is a key dimension of … preferences, affecting many economic outcomes. This paper examines the effect of college major on religiosity, and the converse … effect of religiosity on college major, using panel data from the Monitoring the Future survey as a way of gauging the extent …

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"Unfinished Business": Ethnic Complementarities and the Political Contagion of Peace and Conflict in Gujarat

Jha, Saumitra - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2013

I examine how the historical legacies of inter-ethnic complementarity and competition influence contemporary electoral competition and its effects on patterns of ethnic violence. Using local comparisons within Gujarat, a single Indian state known for its non-violent local traditions yet also for...

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Health and the Economy in the United States, from 1750 to the Present

Costa, Dora L. - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2013

I discuss the health transition in the United States, bringing new data to bear on health indicators, and investigating the changing relationship between health, income, and the environment. I argue that scientific advances played an outsize role and that health improvements were largest among...

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Understanding and Improving the Social Context of Well-Being

Helliwell, John F. - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2012

The paper first attempts to demonstrate the fundamental importance of the social context. The related evidence is drawn from recent theoretical and empirical advances in the study of subjective well-being. Treating people's self-assessments of the quality of their lives as valid measures of...

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Under the Thumb of History? Political Institutions and the Scope for Action

Duflo, Esther; Banerjee, Abhijit - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2014

This paper discusses the two leading views of history and political institutions. For some scholars, institutions are mainly products of historical logic, while for others, accidents, leaders, and decisions have a significant impact. We argue that while there is clear evidence that history...

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Making the Most of Capital in the 21st Century

Lindert, Peter H. - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2014

Thomas Piketty's monumental Capital in the Twenty-First Century has transported us to a higher understanding of historical movements in inequality. This essay ranks the promise of different paths that scholars can usefully follow from the point to which his book has guided us. The main path to...

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The Biocultural Origins of Human Capital Formation

Galor, Oded; Klemp, Marc - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2014

This research explores the biocultural origins of human capital formation. It presents the first evidence that moderate fecundity and thus predisposition towards investment in child quality was conducive for long-run reproductive success within the human species. Using an extensive genealogical...

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Education and Military Rivalry

Persson, Torsten; Aghion, Philippe; Rouzet, Dorothee - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2012

Using data from the last 150 years in a small set of countries, and from the postwar period in a large set of countries, we show that large investments in state primary education systems tend to occur when countries face military rivals or threats from their neighbors. By contrast, we find that...

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