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No. Author(s) Title JEL Class.
10627 Subha Mani
Utteeyo Dasgupta
Smriti Sharma
Saurabh Singhal
Can Gender Differences in Distributional Preferences Explain Gender Gaps in Competition?
We design an experiment to examine whether egalitarian preferences, and in particular, behindness aversion as well as preference for favorable inequality affect competitive choices differently among ...
(published in: Journal of Economic Psychology, 2019, 70, 1-11)
C91, D03, D63, J16
10626 Jeffrey P. Carpenter
Rachel Frank
Emiliano Huet-Vaughn
Gender Differences in Interpersonal and Intrapersonal Competitive Behavior
Gender differences in competitive behavior have been well documented by economists and other social scientists; however, the bulk of the research addresses competition with others and excludes other ...
(published in: Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics, 2018, 77, 170 - 176)
C92, J16, M52
10625 Natalia Nollenberger
Núria Rodríguez-Planas
Let the Girls Learn! I It is not Only about Math... It’s about Gender Social Norm
Using PISA test scores from 11,527 second-generation immigrants coming from 35 different countries of ancestry and living in 9 host countries, we find that the positive effects of country-of-ancestry ...
(published in: Economics of Education Review, 2018, 62, 230-253)
I21, I24, J16, Z13
10624 Sor Tho Ng
Nai Peng Tey
Niaz Asadullah
What Matters for Life Satisfaction among the Oldest-Old? Evidence from China
This study investigates the determinants of life satisfaction among the oldest-old (i.e. individuals aged 80 or over) in China. We use the 2011/2012 Chinese Longitudinal Healthy Longevity Survey data ...
(published in: PLOS One, 2017, 12(2): e0171799)
O12, I30, I31
10620 Olaf Hübler
Health and Body Mass Index: No Simple Relationship
Many studies have shown that obesity is a serious health problem for our society. Empirical analyses often neglect a number of methodological issues and relevant influences on health. This paper ...
(revised version published as 'Health and weight - gender-specific linkages under heterogeneity, interdependence and resilience factors' in: Economic and Human Biology, 2017, 26, 96-111 )
D03, I12, J16, J24, J81
10619 Lisa A. Cameron
Manisha Shah
Scaling Up Sanitation: Evidence from an RCT in Indonesia
This paper evaluates the effectiveness of a widely used sanitation intervention, Community-Led Total Sanitation (CLTS), using a randomized controlled trial. The intervention was implemented at scale ...
(published in: Journal of Development Economics, 2019, 138, 1-16)
O12, I15
10618 Sonia R. Bhalotra
Alberto Diaz-Cayeros
Grant Miller
Alfonso Miranda
Atheendar Venkataramani
Urban Water Disinfection and Mortality Decline in Developing Countries
Historically, improvements in the quality of municipal drinking water made important contributions to mortality decline in wealthy countries. However, water disinfection often does not produce ...
(published in: American Economic Journal: Economic Policy, 2021, 13 (4), 490-520.)
I18, H41, J11
10617 Soohyung Lee
Chiara Orsini
Did the Great Recession Affect Sex Ratios at Birth for Groups with a Son Preference?
This paper examines the extent to which the Great Recession affected gender composition at birth. We focus on ethnic minorities in the US known for a son preference – Chinese, Indians, and Koreans. ...
(published in: Economics Letters, 2017, 154, 48 - 50)
J1, I1
10615 David McKenzie
Olga Susana Puerto
Growing Markets through Business Training for Female Entrepreneurs: A Market-Level Randomized Experiment in Kenya
A common concern with efforts to directly help some small businesses to grow is that their growth comes at the expense of their unassisted competitors. We test this possibility using a two-stage ...
(published in: American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, 2021 13 (2), 297-332)
O12, O17, J16, L26
10614 Guy Johnson
David C. Ribar
Anna Zhu
Women's Homelessness: International Evidence on Causes, Consequences, Coping and Policies
This paper reviews international evidence regarding women's homelessness. It discusses different definitions of homelessness and how women are frequently part of the "hidden homeless" population and ...
(published in: in Susan Averett, Laura Argys and Saul Hoffman (eds.), Oxford Handbook on the Economics of Women and the Economy, New York, Oxford University Press, 2018.)
I30, R31
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