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A probabilistic forecast of the immigrant population of Norway
Keilman, Nico - 2023
We present a probabilistic forecast for the immigrant population of Norway and their Norwegian-born children ("second generation") broken down by age, sex, and three types of country background: 1. West European countries plus the United States, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand; 2. East...
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The predictive power of self-control for life outcomes
Cobb-Clark, Deborah A.; Dahmann, Sarah Christina; … - 2021
predictive of their life outcomes. Higher self-control is associated with better health, education, and employment outcomes as …
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The predictive power of self-control for life outcomes
Cobb-Clark, Deborah A.; Dahmann, Sarah Christina; … - In: Journal of economic behavior & organization : JEBO 197 (2022), pp. 725-744
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Does Native Country Turmoil Predict Immigrant Workers’ Honesty in Markets?
Shohfi, Thomas; White, Roger M. - 2022
Does the onset of violent turmoil in an immigrant’s country of origin affect their honesty in economic exchange? We test this question using Egyptian cab drivers in NYC. Native country turmoil could increase demand for remittances or spur anger or anxiety, which could boost cheating, as both...
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Do Attitudes About Immigration Predict Willingness to Admit Individual Immigrants? A Cross-National Test of the Person-Positivity Bias
Iyengar, Shanto - 2016
This paper demonstrates that citizens in seven advanced industrialized democracies generally oppose more open immigration policies, but stand ready to admit individual immigrants. Using an experimental design, we demonstrate the applicability of the “person-positivity bias” to immigration...
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Self-rated and changes in self-rated health as predictors of mortality : first evidence from german panel data
Schwarze, Johannes; Andersen, Hanfried H.; Anger, Silke - 2002
Background: Studies from several countries have shown that self-rated health is an independent predictor of mortality …. However, no empirical evidence exists for Germany so far. We investigate the effectiveness of (i) self-ratings of health by … individuals and (ii) changes in self-rated health, as predictors of mortality for Germany. Methods: A sub-sample of 3 …
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Self-rated health and changes in self-rated health as predictors of mortality : first evidence from German panel data
Schwarze, Johannes; Andersen, Hanfried H.; Anger, Silke - 2002
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10001697793
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Does Early Life Health Predict Schooling within Twin Pairs?
Lundborg, Petter - 2011
information on their health status at the age of 18 and later educational attainment, we investigate whether educational … attainment is related to early health status within monozygotic twin pairs. In general, we obtain no indication of this being so …. As a result, we find little evidence that early health differences between twins would bias the estimates of the returns …
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Forecasting health expenses using a functional data model
Piontkowski, Jens - In: Annals of actuarial science : publ. by the Institute of … 14 (2020) 1, pp. 72-82
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Predicting stock returns in the presence of COVID-19 pandemic : the role of health news
Salisu, Afees A.; Xuan Vinh Vo - In: International review of financial analysis 71 (2020), pp. 1-10
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