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Handedness predicts social preferences : evidence connecting the lab to the field
Buser, Thomas - 2010
Netherlands and the US covering altruistic behaviour and reciprocity outside the lab. The results largely carry over. We argue …
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Maternal Employment and Adolescent Risky Behavior
Aughinbaugh, Alison; Gittleman, Maury - 2011
This paper examines the impact of maternal employment during a child's first three years and during adolescence on his or her decisions to engage in a range of risky behaviors: smoking cigarettes, drinking alcohol, using marijuana and other drugs, engaging in sex and committing crimes. Using...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014088654
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Understanding sibling correlations in education : molecular genetics and family background
Fletcher, Jason; Lu, Qiongshi; Mazumder, Bhashkar; Song, Jie - 2023
combined effects of shared sibling background and experiences, including genetics and family environments. The UK Biobank … allows us to specifically control for sibling and parental genetics (polygenic scores, PGS) in order to gauge their relative …%) contributions of molecular genetics to the similarity of sibling outcomes, suggesting a large amount of the observed similarity in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013499421
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The natural selection of infectious disease resistance and its effect on contemporary health
Cook, C. Justin - In: The review of economics and statistics 97 (2015) 4, pp. 742-757
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Schooling, family background, and adoption : is it nature or is it nurture?
Plug, Erik J. S.; Vijverberg, Wim P. M. - 2001
When parents are more educated, their children tend to receive more schooling as well. Does this occur because parental ability is passed on genetically or because more educated parents provide a better environment for children to flourish? Using an intergenerational sample of families, we...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011339672
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The effect of weight on labor market outcomes : an application of genetic instrumental variables
Böckerman, Petri; Cawley, John H.; Viinikainen, Jutta; … - 2016
indicate that genetic risk score is a powerful instrument, and the available evidence from the genetics literature is …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011458875
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The effect of weight on labor market outcomes : an application of genetic instrumental variables
Böckerman, Petri; Cawley, John H.; Viinikainen, Jutta; … - 2016
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011484044
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The impact of late-career job loss and genotype on Body Mass Index
Schmitz, Lauren L.; Conley, Dalton - 2016
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011514743
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The effect of Vietnam-era conscription and genetic potential for educational attainment on schooling outcomes
Schmitz, Lauren L.; Conley, Dalton - 2016
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011518744
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Schooling, family background, and adoption: is it nature or is it nurture?
Plug, Erik J. S.; Vijverberg, Wim P. M. - 2001
When parents are more educated, their children tend to receive more schooling as well. Does this occur because parental ability is passed on genetically or because more educated parents provide a better environment for children to flourish? Using an intergenerational sample of families, we...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10001579862