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accounting for the correlation between genes and other circumstances. An empirical application in the US Health and Retirement …
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It is well understood that political participation is stratified by socio-economic characteristics. Yet it is an open question how this finding bears on the normative evaluation of the democratic process. In this paper we argue that the equality of opportunity (EOp) concept furnishes an...
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idea that effort deserves reward for it is costly. We show that luck can be introduced in two ways in the definition of … these principles, depending on whether the correlation between luck and circumstances should be nullified and whether the … correlation between luck and effort should be rewarded. In this regard, the timing of luck with respect to effort decisions is …
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market outcomes in the Health and Retirement Study (HRS). We demonstrate that the same genetic score that predicts education … is also associated with higher wages, but only among individuals with a college education. Moreover, the genetic gradient …
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market outcomes in the Health and Retirement Study (HRS). We demonstrate that the same genetic score that predicts education … is also associated with higher wages, but only among individuals with a college education. Moreover, the genetic gradient …
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in upper-secondary education in Hungary. Rejected and admitted students are compared who applied to the same school and …
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We present a theory explaining the impact of ability tracking on academic performance based on grading policies. Our model distinguishes between initial ability, which is mainly determined by parental background, and eagerness to extend knowledge. We show that achievements of low ability...
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