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Jenseits von Beitragssätzen und Risikoausgleich

Potratz, Wolfgang; Hilbert, Josef - 2003

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Socio-Economic Status and Child Behaviour: Evidencefrom a contemporary UK cohort

Propper, Carol; Rigg, John - London School of Economics and Political Science - 2007

dimensions of child behaviour at age 7. We examine whether theseinequalities are associated with characteristics of the child …’s early home environmentand parental behaviours. These include the material quality of the child’s home,maternal mental health …

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International Comparisons in Health Economics:Evidence from Aging Studies

Banks, James; Smith, James P. - Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit <Bonn> - 2012

health outcomes, and their link to socioeconomic factors, at olderages. Since the data are at a comparatively young stage … measures utilize doctor diagnosed conditions or biomarker-basedindicators of disease and poor health. But one key finding … emerges – the US ranks poorly onall indicators with the exception of self-reported subjective health status.... …

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Institutions as Determinants of Preference Change– A One Way Relation?

Binder, Martin; Niederle, Uta-Maria - Max-Planck-Institut für Ökonomik <Jena> / Abteilung … - 2006

In recent economic literature, there has been an increasing interest in modellingpreferences as endogenous. Some arguments go along the lines that institutions shapepreferences. This paper suggests that adopting a more substantive concept ofpreferences furthers our understanding of how they...

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Economists on Darwin’s theory ofsocial evolution and human behaviour

Marciano, Alain - Max-Planck-Institut für Ökonomik <Jena> / Abteilung … - 2005

The purpose of this article is to analyse the way economists interested in social andeconomic evolution cite, mention or refer to Darwin. We focus on the attitude ofeconomists towards Darwin’s theory of social evolution – an issue he considered ascentral to his theory. We show that...

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Why Multilevel Selection Matters

Field, Alexander J. - Max-Planck-Institut für Ökonomik <Jena> / Abteilung … - 2004

In spite of its checkered intellectual history, and in spite of the myriad proposals ofalternative models that claim to account for the broad range of human behavior and todispense with the need for selection above the organism level, a multilevel selectionframework remains the only coherent...

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In Search of Charismatic Leadersor: You get what you ask for

Endrissat, Nada; Müller, Werner R.; Jaeger Fontana, Andreas - Wirtschaftswissenschaftliches Zentrum <Basel> - 2006

The Global Leadership and Organizational Behavior Effectiveness (GLOBE) study is currentlythe most comprehensive research endeavor that set out to answer – amongst others – whether ornot charismatic/value-based leadership is universally seen to contribute to effective leadership.The results...

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Is Volunteering Rewarding in Itself?

Meier, Stephan; Stutzer, Alois - Wirtschaftswissenschaftliches Zentrum <Basel> - 2006

Volunteering constitutes one of the most important pro-social activities. FollowingAristotle, helping others is the way to higher individual well-being. This view contrasts with theselfish utility maximizer who avoids costs from helping others. The two rival views are studiedempirically. We find...

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Prop Ups During Lockups

Martin, Jens - Swiss National Centre of Competence in Research North … - 2008

The end of the lockup period of initial public offerings generally constitutes the first time corporateinsiders sell significant numbers of shares on the market. I test the hypothesis that shareholderspressure analysts to support the share price until the end of the lockup period.[...]

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THE GEOMETRY OF THE COMPARATIVE STATICS

Muller, Christophe - University <Nottingham> / Department of Economics - 2002

...In this paper, we tackle all these difficulties by conducting a full geomatrical analysis of the comparative statics of general models...

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