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FORECASTING: EXPECTATIONS, INTENTIONS, AND CONFIDENCE

Rothschild, David Michael - 2011

), aggregation method (average versus weighted by money, a proxy for confidence), and incentive (not incentive compatible versus … respondents to state their confidence, using my method, which induces the respondents to reveal confidence, there is a sizable and … statically significant positive relationship between confidence and the accuracy of individual-level expectations. This positive …

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The Effect of Adolescent Experience on Labor Market Outcomes: The Case of Height, Third Version

Persico, Nicola; Postlewaite, Andrew; Silverman, Dan - Department of Economics, University of Pennsylvania - 2001

Taller workers receive a wage premium. Net of differences in family background, the disparity is similar in magnitude to the race and gender gaps. We exploit variation in an individual’s height over time to explore how height affects wages. Controlling for teen height essentially eliminates...

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The Effect of Adolescent Experience on Labor Market Outcomes: The Case of Height

Persico, Nicola; Postlewaite, Andrew; Silverman, Dan - Department of Economics, University of Pennsylvania - 2003

Taller workers receive a wage premium, and the disparity in wages is similar in magnitude to the race and gender gaps. We exploit the variation in an individual’s height over time to explore the ways in which height affects wages. Specifically, we show that for white males the effect of adult...

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