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Competition vs. Monopoly in the Religious Marketplace : Judaism in the United States and Israel

Chiswick, Carmel Ullman - 2013

. Judaism in Israel illustrates the outcome in a monopoly experiencing potential competition, possibly leading to an oligopoly … ideas. The "Sacred Canopy" paradigm views it necessary for social stability to grant monopoly power to an official state … religion. The "New Paradigm" views separation of Church and State, leading to competition in the religious marketplace, as …

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Alcohol Consumption Among Adults in Vietnam : Prevalence, Patterns, and its Determinants

Kumar, Santosh; Gundi, Mukta; Atre, Sagar; Ngoc, Luu; … - 2022

higher in rural areas and among low-income households. Targeted policy efforts are needed to reduce the health risk of …

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Recent Advances in the Economics of Individual Subjective Well-Being

Stutzer, Alois - 2010

insights gained from the study of individual happiness in economics affect public policy …

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Trends in Economic Research : An International Perspective

Cardoso, Ana Rute - 2010

Given the recent efforts in several countries to reorganize the research institutional setting to improve research productivity, our analysis addresses the following questions: To which extent has the recent awareness over international quality standards in economics around the world been...

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The Cost of Being Too Patient

Giuliano, Paola - 2020

We study the cost of being too patient on happiness. We find that the relationship between patience and various measures of subjective well-being is hump-shaped: it exists an optimal amount of patience that maximizes happiness. Beyond this optimal level, higher levels of patience have a negative...

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A Happy Choice : Wellbeing as the Goal of Government

Frijters, Paul - 2019

In this article, we lay out the basic case for wellbeing as the goal of government. We briefly review the history of this idea, which goes back to the ancient Greeks and was the acknowledged ideal of the Enlightenment. We then discuss possible measures on which a wellbeing orientation could be...

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Comparing the Early Research Performance of PhD Graduates in Labor Economics in Europe and the USA

Cardoso, Ana Rute - 2009

This paper analyzes the early research performance of PhD graduates in labor economics, addressing the following questions: Are there major productivity differences between graduates from American and European institutions? If so, how relevant is the quality of the training received (i.e....

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Inequality Indices as Tests of Fairness

Kanbur, Ravi - 2017

Standard income inequality indices can be interpreted as a measure of welfare loss entailed in departures from equality of outcomes, for egalitarian social welfare functions defined on the distribution of outcomes. But such a welfare interpretation has been criticized for a long time on the...

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Oaxaca-Blinder Meets Kitagawa : What is the Link?

Oaxaca, Ronald L.; Sierminska, Eva - 2023

Recently, papers have started combining the naming of two popular decomposition methods: the Oaxaca-Blinder method and the Kitagawa method, a popular method in demographics and sociology. Although the two approaches have the same objective in terms of decomposing outcome differences in some...

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The Economics of Replication

Müller-Langer, Frank - 2017

Replication studies are considered a hallmark of good scientific practice. Yet they are treated among researchers as an ideal to be professed but not practiced. To provide incentives and favorable boundary conditions for replication practice, the main stakeholders need to be aware of what drives...

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