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No. Author(s) Title JEL Class.
14987 Deborah A. Cobb-Clark
Sarah C. Dahmann
Daniel A. Kamhöfer
Hannah Schildberg-Hörisch
Self-Control and Unhealthy Body Weight: The Role of Impulsivity and Restraint
We examine the relationship between trait self-control and body weight. Data from a population representative household survey reveal that limited self-control is strongly associated with both ...
(published in: Economics & Human Biology, 2023, 50, 101263)
D91, I12
14986 Anders Frederiksen
Daniel Baltzer Schjødt Hansen
Colleen Flaherty Manchester
Does Group-Based Incentive Pay Lead To Higher Productivity? Evidence from a Complex and Interdependent Industrial Production Process
Group-based incentive pay is attractive in contexts where production is complex and interdependent, yet freeriding is a paramount concern. We assess the introduction of group-based performance pay in ...
(published as ' Group-based incentives and individual performance: Unpacking the effort response' in: ILR Review, 2024, 77 (2), 273-293.)
M5, J33, L23
14985 Timothy F. Harris
Aaron Yelowitz
Jeffery Talbert
Alison Davis
Adverse Selection in the Group Life Insurance Market
The employer-sponsored life insurance (ESLI) market is particularly susceptible to adverse selection due to community-rated premiums, guaranteed issue coverage, and the existence of a ...
(published in: Economic Inquiry, 2023, 61 (5), 911-941)
D82, G22, J33
14984 Andre Kurmann
Etienne Lalé
School Closures and Effective In-Person Learning during COVID-19: When, Where, and for Whom
We match cell phone data to administrative school records and combine it with information on school learning modes to study effective in-person learning (EIPL) in the U.S. during the pandemic. We ...
(published in: Economics of Education Review, 2023, 95 (C), 102422)
E24, I24
14983 Michela Ponzo
Vincenzo Scoppa
Human Capital Investments and Family Size in Italy: IV Estimates Using Twin Births as an Instrument
Human capital investments at an early age appear crucial for individual outcomes. Family size might affect these investments influencing parental time and economic resources invested in children's ...
(published in: B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis and Policy, 2024, 24 (2), 425-461.)
J13, J24, I21, C36
14982 Oriana Bandiera
Ahmed Elsayed
Andrea Smurra
Celine Zipfel
Young Adults and Labor Markets in Africa
Every year millions of young adults join the labor market in Africa. This paper uses the Jobs of the World Database to compare their job prospects to those of their counterparts in other low-income ...
(published in: Journal of Economic Perspectives, 2022, 36 (1), 81-100)
J01, J08, J21, J24
14981 Thushyanthan Baskaran
Zohal Hessami
The Gender Recontest Gap in Elections
This paper documents an important but mostly overlooked reason for female underrepresentation in politics: gender gaps in the recontest likelihood of candidates. Using hand-collected data on 116,185 ...
(published in: European Economic Review, 2022, 145, 104111)
D72, D78, J16
14980 Francesco Sarracino
Kelsey J. O'Connor
Neo-Humanism and COVID-19: Opportunities for a Socially and Environmentally Sustainable World
A series of crises, culminating with COVID-19, shows that going "Beyond GDP" is urgently necessary. Social and environmental degradation are consequences of emphasizing GDP as a measure of progress. ...
(published in: Applied Research in Quality of Life Studies, 2023, 18, 9 - 41)
I31, I10, P00, O10, Q50
14978 Felix Koenig
Technical Change and Superstar Effects: Evidence from the Rollout of Television
Technical change that extends market scale can generate winner-take-all dynamics, with large income growth among top earners. I test this "superstar model" in the entertainer labor market, where the ...
(published in: European Economic Review, 2024, 167, 104799)
J31, J23, O33, D31
14976 Deborah A. Cobb-Clark
Nancy Kong
Hannah Schildberg-Hörisch
The Stability of Self-Control in a Population Representative Study
We investigate the stability of self-control at the population level. Analyzing repeated Brief Self-Control Scale scores, we demonstrate that self-control exhibits a high degree of mean-level, ...
(published in: Journal of Economic Psychology, 2023, 95, 102599.)
D91, D01
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