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No. Author(s) Title JEL Class.
11881 Lucia Mangiavacchi
Luca Piccoli
Chiara Rapallini
Personality Traits and Household Consumption Choices
In this paper, we test whether consumption choices are affected by personality traits and whether this impact is different for singles and individuals living in couples. To fulfill this aim, we test ...
(published in: B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis and Policy 2021, 21 (2), 433-468 )
D12, J16, I31
11880 Alexander Konon
Alexander S. Kritikos
Prediction Based on Entrepreneurship-Prone Personality Profiles: Sometimes Worse Than the Toss of a Coin
The human personality predicts a wide range of activities and occupational choices—from musical sophistication to entrepreneurial careers. However, which method should be applied if information on ...
(published in: Small Business Economics, 2019, 53 (1), 1-20)
C15, D81, L26
11879 Seonghoon Kim
Kanghyock Koh
Does Health Insurance Make People Happier? Evidence from Massachusetts' Healthcare Reform
We study the effects of Massachusetts' healthcare reform on individuals' subjective well-being. Using data from the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System, we find that the reform significantly ...
(published as 'Health insurance and subjective well-being: Evidence from two healthcare reforms in the United States' in: Health Economics, 2022, 31 (1), 233-249)
I13, I18, I31
11878 Sonia R. Bhalotra
Damian Clarke
The Twin Instrument: Fertility and Human Capital Investment
Twin births are often used to instrument fertility to address (negative) selection of women into fertility. However recent work shows positive selection of women into twin birth. Thus, while OLS ...
(published in: Journal of the European Economic Association, 2020, 18 (6), 3090-3139)
J12, J13, C13, D13, I12
11876 Lucía Del Carpio
Maria Guadalupe
More Women in Tech? Evidence from a Field Experiment Addressing Social Identity
This paper investigates whether social identity considerations-through beliefs and normsdrive women's occupational choices. We implement two field experiments with potential applicants to a ...
(published in: Management Science, 2024, 68 (5), 3196–3218)
J16, J24, D91
11874 Zahra Siddique
Violence and Female Labor Supply
This paper explores whether fear and safety concerns have an impact on behavior such as female labor supply in a developing country context. The effect of media reported physical and sexual assaults ...
(published as 'Media reported violence and female labor supply' in: Economic Development and Cultural Change, 2022, 70 (4), 1337-1365.)
J16, J22
11873 Marcus Tamm
Fathers' Parental Leave-Taking, Childcare Involvement and Mothers' Labor Market Participation
This study analyzes the effect of fathers' parental leave-taking on the time fathers spend with their children and on mothers' and fathers' labor supply. Fathers' leave-taking is highly selective and ...
(revised version published as 'Fathers' parental leave-taking, childcare involvement and labor market participation' in: Labour Economics, 2019, 59, 184 - 197)
H31, J13, J22
11872 Warn N. Lekfuangfu
Grace Lordan
Cross Cohort Evidence on Gendered Sorting Patterns in the UK: The Importance of Societal Movements versus Childhood Variables
We consider the extent to which societal shifts have been responsible for an increased tendency for females to sort into traditional male roles over time, versus childhood factors. Drawing on three ...
(published as 'Documenting Occupational Sorting by Gender in the UK across Three Cohorts: Does a Grand Convergence Rely on Societal Movements? in: Empirical Economics, 2023, 65, 2215–2256)
J16, J4
11871 Lutz Bellmann
Olaf Hübler
Ute Leber
Works Councils, Training and Employee Satisfaction
This paper investigates the role of works councils in job satisfaction. Using the recently developed Linked Personnel Panel, we consider both the direct and indirect impact via further training. ...
(revised version published as 'Works council and training effects on satisfaction' in: Applied Economics Letters, 2019, 26(14), 1177-1181)
J24, J28, J53
11870 Massimiliano Bratti
Corinna Ghirelli
Enkelejda Havari
Giulia Santangelo
Vocational Training for Unemployed Youth in Latvia: Evidence from a Regression Discontinuity Design
This paper evaluates the impact of a vocational training programme on the labour market outcomes of unemployed youth in Latvia. The programme is part of the Youth Guarantee scheme for the period ...
(revised version published as 'Vocational training for unemployed youth in Latvia' in: Journal of Population Economics, 2022, 35, 677 - 717 )
J01, J08, J18, J24
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