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Olivetti, Claudia; Patacchini, Eleonora; Zenou, Yves - 2019

We study whether a woman's labor supply as a young adult is shaped by the work behavior of her adolescent peers' mothers. Using detailed information on a sample of U.S. teenagers who are followed over time, we find that labor force participation of high school peers' mothers affects adult...

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Self-control and peer groups : an empirical analysis

Battaglini, Marco; Díaz, Carlos; Patacchini, Eleonora - In: Journal of economic behavior & organization : JEBO 134 (2017), pp. 240-254

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Peer effects on risk behaviour : the importance of group identity

Gioia, Francesca - In: Experimental economics : a journal of the Economic … 20 (2017) 1, pp. 100-129

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The effect of teammate personality on team production

Hancock, Stacey A.; Hill, Andrew J. - In: Labour economics : official journal of the European … 78 (2022), pp. 1-15

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Overconfident boys : the gender gap in mathematics self-assessment

Adamecz-Völgyi, Anna; Jerrim, John Peter; Pingault, … - 2023

It is well established that boys perceive themselves to be better in mathematics than girls, even when their ability is the same. We examine the drivers of this male overconfidence in self-assessed mathematics ability using a longitudinal study of twins. This allows us to control for family...

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The Asia financial crises and exchange rates: Had there been volatility shifts for Asian currencies?

Oga, Takashi; Polasek, Wolfgang - 2010

We analyse the volatility structure of Asian currencies against the U.S. dollar (USD) for the Thai Baht THB, the Philippine Peso PHP, the Indonesian Rupiah IDR and the South Korean Won KRW. Our goal is to check if the characteristics of the volatility dynamics have changed in a K-state switching...

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Smoking within the household : spousal peer effects and children's health implications

Canta, Chiara; Dubois, Pierre - In: The B.E. journal of economic analysis & policy 15 (2015) 4, pp. 1939-1973

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Does job loss make you smoke and gain weight?

Marcus, Jan - 2012

This paper estimates the effect of involuntary job loss on smoking behavior and body weight using German Socio …-Economic Panel Study data. Baseline nonsmokers are more likely to start smoking due to job loss, while smokers do not intensify their … smoking. Job loss increases body weight slightly, but significantly. In particular, single individuals as well as those with …

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Health insurance coverage and risky health behaviors among young adults

Yörük, Barış K. - 2015

drinking, especially for males, but does not have any significant impact on smoking or marijuana use habits of young adults …

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Seasonality in smoking behaviour : re-evaluating the effects of the 2005 public smoking ban in Italy

Del Bono, Emilia; Grünberger, Klaus; Vuri, Daniela - 2013

This paper investigates the impact of the public smoking ban which came into effect in Italy on January 2005 on … individual smoking behaviour. Current empirical evidence supports the existence of a negative effect of the Italian ban on … smoking prevalence and consumption in the general population. This is in contrast to what has been found in some other …

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