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Who Gets Vaccinated? Cognitive and Non-cognitive Predictors of Individual Behavior in Pandemics

Andor, Mark A.; Bauer, Thomas K.; Eßer, Jana; Schmidt, … - 2023

This study investigates the different cognitive and non-cognitive characteristics associated with individuals' willingness to get vaccinated against Covid-19 and their actual vaccination status. Our empirical analysis is based on data obtained from three survey waves of about 2,000 individuals...

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Measuring Knowledge

Heckman, James J.; Zhou, Jin - 2022

Empirical studies in the economics of education, the measurement of skill gaps across demographic groups, and the impacts of interventions on skill formation rely on psychometrically validated test scores that record the proportion of items correctly answered. Test scores are sometimes taken as...

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Testing the Importance of Search Frictions, Matching, and Reservation Prestige Through Randomized Experiments in Jordan

Groh, Matthew; McKenzie, David; Shammout, Nour; … - 2014

Unemployment rates for tertiary-educated youth in Jordan are high, as is the duration of unemployment. Two randomized experiments in Jordan were used to test different theories that may explain this phenomenon. The first experiment tests the role of search and matching frictions by providing...

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Using Machine Learning and Qualitative Interviews to Design a Five-Question Women's Agency Index

Jayachandran, Seema; Biradavolu, Monica; Cooper, Jan - 2021

We propose a new method to design a short survey measure of a complex concept such as women's agency. The approach combines mixed-methods data collection and machine learning. We select the best survey questions based on how strongly correlated they are with a "gold standard" measure of the...

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Testing the Importance of Search Frictions, Matching, and Reservation Prestige Through Randomized Experiments in Jordan

Groh, Matthew; McKenzie, David; Shammout, Nour; … - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014

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Social Isolation, Health Dynamics, and Mortality: Evidence across 21 European Countries

Fawaz, Yarine; Mira, Pedro - 2022

We provide a comprehensive picture of the health effects of social isolation using longitudinal data over 21 European countries (SHARE). First, using Cox regressions, we find a significant, strong and robust association between our social isolation index and mortality, which is much stronger in...

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Gender, Loneliness and Happiness during COVID-19

Lepinteur, Anthony; Clark, Andrew E.; … - 2022

We analyse a measure of loneliness from a representative sample of German individuals interviewed in both 2017 and at … did in 2017. The pandemic more than doubled the gender loneliness gap: women were lonelier than men in 2017, and the 2017 …-2020 rise in loneliness was far larger for women. This rise is mirrored in life-satisfaction scores. Men's life satisfaction …

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Physical Isolation and Loneliness: Evidence from COVID Lockdowns in Australia

Kong, Nancy; Lam, Jack - 2022

paper investigates the causal link between physical isolation and loneliness. We exploit variations in the number of … significantly affect loneliness. Further, we use triple differences to examine heterogeneous effects. For income, age, personality … household characteristics on loneliness. Whereas many believe that 'being alone' and 'being lonely' are similar concepts, our …

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Ageing in a Long-term Regeneration Neighbourhood: A Disruptive Experience or Successful Ageing in Place?

Kleinhans, Reinout; Veldboer, Lex; Jansen, Sylvia; van … - 2014

the same area. Finally, we found no clear evidence of decreased social support or increased loneliness through …

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COVID-19, Lockdowns and Well-Being: Evidence from Google Trends

Brodeur, Abel; Clark, Andrew E.; Flèche, Sarah; … - 2020

search intensity for boredom in Europe and the US. We also found a significant increase in searches for loneliness, worry and …

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