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No.
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Author(s)
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Title
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JEL Class.
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9253
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Stephane
Mahuteau
Rong
Zhu
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Crime Victimisation and Subjective Well-Being: Panel Evidence from Australia
This paper estimates the effect of physical violence and property crimes on subjective well-being in Australia. Our methodology improves on previous contributions by (i) controlling for the ...
(published in: Health Economics, 2016, 25, 1448–1463)
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C21, I31
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9252
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Reto
Odermatt
Alois
Stutzer
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(Mis-)Predicted Subjective Well-Being Following Life Events
The correct prediction of how alternative states of the world affect our lives is a cornerstone of economics. We study how accurate people are in predicting their future well-being when facing major ...
(revised version published in: Journal of the European Economic Association, 2019, 17 (1), 245–283)
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D03, D12, D60, I31
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9251
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Gabriel
Burdin
Simon
Halliday
Fabio
Landini
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Third-Party vs. Second-Party Control: Disentangling the Role of Autonomy and Reciprocity
This paper studies the role of autonomy and reciprocity in explaining control averse responses in principal-agents interactions. While most of the social psychology literature emphasizes the role of ...
(revised version published as 'The hidden benefits of abstaining from control' in: Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 2018, 147, 1-12.)
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C72, C91, D23, M54
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9250
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Deborah
A.
Cobb-Clark
Anna
Zhu
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Childhood Homelessness and Adult Employment: The Role of Education, Incarceration, and Welfare Receipt
This paper analyzes the long-term consequences of children experiencing homelessness. Our primary goal is to assess the importance of the potential pathways linking childhood homelessness to adult ...
(published in: Journal of Population Economics, 2017, 30 (3), 893-924)
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J1, J2, I2
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9249
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Gianluigi
Coppola
Niall
O'Higgins
Claudio
Pinto
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Smoking, Drinking, Never Thinking of Tomorrow: Income and Risky Choices amongst Young Adults in the UK
In this paper we look at the relationship between health and income as mediated by “lifestyle” choices; that is, a set of behaviours which are thought to influence health and are generally considered ...
(published in: O’Higgins, N. and G. Coppola (eds), Youth unemployment and the crisis: Unemployment, education and health in Europe, Routledge , Abdingdon, 2016)
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D11, D12, I12, J13
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9247
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Gabriella
Conti
James
J.
Heckman
Rodrigo
Pinto
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The Effects of Two Influential Early Childhood Interventions on Health and Healthy Behaviors
This paper examines the long-term impacts on health and healthy behaviors of two of the oldest and most widely cited U.S. early childhood interventions evaluated by the method of randomization with ...
(Published in: Economic Journal, 2016, 126 (596), F28-F65.)
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C12, C93, I12, I13, J13, J24
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9246
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Alberto
Alesina
Paola
Giuliano
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Culture and Institutions
A growing body of empirical work measuring different types of cultural traits has shown that culture matters for a variety of economic outcomes. This paper focuses on one specific aspect of the ...
(published in: Journal of Economic Literature, 2015, 53 (4). 898-944)
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P16, Z1
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9245
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Andreas
Lichter
Max
Löffler
Sebastian
Siegloch
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The Economic Costs of Mass Surveillance: Insights from Stasi Spying in East Germany
Based on official records from the former East German Ministry for State Security, we quantify the long-term costs of state surveillance on social capital and economic performance. Using county-level ...
(substantially revised version published in: Journal of the European Economic Association, 2021, 19 (2), 741 - 789)
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H11, N34, N44, P26
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9243
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Alberto
Bayo-Moriones
Jose
Enrique
Galdon-Sanchez
Sara
Martinez-de-Morentin
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Performance Measurement and Incentive Intensity
This study addresses the factors that determine the intensity of pay for performance schemes. The results indicate that the use of individual and group incentives boost intensity, whereas plant or ...
(published in: Journal of Labor Research, 2017, 38, 496–546)
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J30, M52, M12
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9242
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Christopher
Dawson
David
Emmanuel
de Meza
Andrew
Henley
Reza
Arabsheibani
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The Power of (Non) Positive Thinking: Self-Employed Pessimists Earn More than Optimists
Developing further the accumulating evidence that self-employment attracts optimists, this paper investigates the relationship between earnings and prior optimism. It finds that self-employed ...
(published as 'Curb your enthusiasm: Optimistic entrepreneurs earn less' in: European Economic Review, 2019, 111, 53 - 69)
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D84, M13
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