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Religious participation versus shopping : what makes people happier?

Cohen-Zada, Danny; Sander, William - 2010

In this paper, we first explore how an exogenous increase in the opportunity cost of religious participation affects individuals' religious participation and reported happiness using data from the General Social Survey. The exogenous shift in the cost of religious participation is a result of...

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Are children "normal"?

Black, Dan A.; Kolesnikova, Natalia; Sanders, Seth; … - 2011

We examine Becker's (1960) contention that children are "normal." For the cross section of non-Hispanic white married couples in the U.S., we show that when we restrict comparisons to similarly-educated women living in similarly-expensive locations, completed fertility is positively correlated...

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Labor market developments in China : a neoclassical view

Ge, Suqin; Yang, Dennis Tao - 2010

This paper assesses the applicability of two alternative theories in understanding labor market developments in China: the classical view featuring a Lewis turning point in wage growth versus a neoclassical framework emphasizing rational choices of individuals and equilibrating forces of the...

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Youth employment in Europe : institutions and social capital explain better than mainstream economics

Contini, Bruno - 2010

Why did employment growth – high in the last decade – take place at the expense of young workers in the countries of Central and Southern Europe? This is the question addressed in this paper. Youth unemployment has approached or exceeded 20% despite a variety of factors, common to most EU...

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Are labor supply decisions consistent with neoclassical preferences? : evidence from Indian boat owners

Gine, Xavier; Martinez-Bravo, Monica; Vidal-Fernandez, … - 2016

This paper studies the labor supply of South Indian boat owners using daily labor participation decisions of 249 boat owners during seven years. We test the standard neoclassical model of labor supply and find that boat owners' labor participation depends positively on expected earnings but also...

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The rapid evolution of homo economicus : brief exposure to neoclassical assumptions increases self-interested behavior

Ifcher, John; Zarghamee, Homa S. - 2016

show that the lesson reduces efficiency and increases inequity in the UG. The results demonstrate that even brief exposure …

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Internal adjustment costs of firm-specific factors and the neoclassical theory of the firm

Chetty, V. Karuppan; Heckman, James J. - 2022

of static inefficiency in the presence of dynamic efficiency. …

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Hope, noise, and the efficiency of perfect meritocracy

Beltrametti, Luca F.; Cardullo, Gabriele - 2024

This paper explores the economic effects of imperfect meritocracy in recruitment and career advancement. We compare two career promotion mechanisms: a fully meritocratic system and a "noisy" one, that allows less productive workers to advance. Our model shows that imperfect meritocracy in...

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Intangible investment and technical efficiency : the case of software-intensive manufacturing firms in Turkey

Findik, Derya; Tansel, Aysıt - 2015

This chapter analyzes the effect of intangible investment on firm efficiency with an emphasis on its software component … technical efficiency in the software intensive manufacturing firms in Turkey for the period 2003-2007. Firms are classified … differentials in their firm efficiency. The results show that the effect of software investment on firm efficiency is larger in high …

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Does performance information affect job seekers in selecting private providers in voucher-based ALMP programs?

Gerdes, Christer - 2015

there is a tradeoff as to efficiency and inequality with respect to services that are contracted to private companies in a …

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