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Economic History or History of Economics? A Review Essay on Sylvia Nasar's Grand Pursuit: The Story of Economic Genius

Ashenfelter, Orley - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2011

In this essay I review Sylvia Nasar's long awaited new history of economics, Grand Pursuit. I describe how the book is an economic history of the period from 1850-1950, with distinguished economists' stories inserted in appropriate places. Nasar's goal is to show how economists work, but also to...

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Is It Money or Brains? The Determinants of Intra-Family Decision Power

Bertocchi, Graziella; Brunetti, Marianna; Torricelli, … - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012

variables. We find that the probability that the wife is in charge is affected by household characteristics such as family size …'s characteristics in terms of age, education, and income. The main conclusion is that decision-making power over family economics is not …

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Lessons from the Ottoman Harem (On Ethnicity, Religion and War)

Iyigun, Murat - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2008

The Ottoman Empire had a profound impact in Europe, the Middle East and North Africa at the apogee of its power, covering the era between 1453 C. E. and 1699 C. E. In this paper, I exploit the empire’s unique culture and institutions to examine the roles of ethnicity and religion in conflict...

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Gender Based Taxation and the Division of Family Chores

Alesina, Alberto; Karabarbounis, Loukas; Ichino, Andrea - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2007

market work, social welfare improves by taxing conditional on gender. When income sharing within the family is substantial …

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Affect as a Source of Motivation in the Workplace: A New Model of Labor Supply, and New Field Evidence on Income Targeting and the Goal Gradient

Goette, Lorenz; Huffman, David - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2005

In this chapter we propose a new, dual-process model of labor supply, which incorporates both cognitive and affective aspects of decision-making. Consistent with evidence from neuroscience, the worker may experience conflicting cognitive and affective motivations during the workday. In...

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"One Muslim is Enough!" - Evidence from a Field Experiment in France

Adida, Claire L.; Laitin, David D.; Valfort, Marie-Anne - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2011

Anti-Muslim prejudice is widespread in Western countries. Yet, Muslims are expected to constitute a growing share of the total population in Western countries over the next decades. This paper predicts that this demographic trend will increase anti-Muslim prejudice. Relying on experimental games...

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Determinants of Bilingualism among Children

Chiswick, Barry R.; Gindelsky, Marina - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014

This paper analyzes the determinants of bilingualism (i.e., speaks a language other than English at home) among children age 5 to 18 years in the American Community Survey, 2005-2011. Two groups of children are considered: those born in the US (native born) and foreign-born children who...

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Social Mobility and the Importance of Networks: Evidence for Britain

Marcenaro Gutierrez, Oscar; Micklewright, John; … - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014

Cohort Study. We consider help given to people from all family backgrounds and not just to graduates and those in higher …

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Spousal Employment and Intra-Household Bargaining Power

Antman, Francisca M. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014

This paper considers the relationship between work status and decision-making power of the head of household and his spouse. I use household fixed effects models to address the possibility that spousal work status may be correlated with unobserved factors that also affect bargaining power within...

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Skill Disparities and Unequal Family Outcomes

Lundberg, Shelly - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014

converged. Family change has not been uniform, however, and the widening gaps in marital status, relationship stability, and …-Oaxaca decompositions of differences in key family outcomes across education groups show that, though individual non-cognitive traits are … percent of differences in these outcomes by family background (measured by mother's education), but this effect disappears …

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