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education in China appear to be zero. We estimate an instrumental variables fixed effects model where share of college graduates … is instrumented by the number of universities with special status and find positive external returns to education of … rural, men, and low-educated workers. This finding provides the motivation for increasing education investment in rural …
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We use the repeated random assignment of external examiners to school institutes in Italy to investigate whether the effect of external monitoring on test score manipulation persists over time. We find that this effect is still present in the tests taken one year after exposure to the examiners,...
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externalities of renewable energy plants using wellbeing data. We focus on the example of biogas, one of the most frequently … negative externalities: impacts are moderate in size and spatially confined to a radius of 2,000 metres around plants. We …
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externalities. Using instrumental variables based on changing wind directions, we show increased levels of contemporaneous pollution …
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-term externalities of binge drinking. We find that these externalities are on average £4.9 billion per year ($7 billion), about £80 for …
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where other firms are subsidized. These negative externalities depend on the share of firms that receive subsidies in the … subsidization, in a competitive environment of firms, may potentially harm non-subsidized firms. …
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In this paper it is argued that subjective well-being of the individual depends on two types of variables. The first type consists of characteristics of the individual himself, such as age, health, income, etc. The second type of variables consists of the characteristics of the individuals...
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Using a unique dataset we study both the actual and self-perceived relationship between subjective well-being and income comparisons against a wide range of potential comparison groups, enabling us to investigate a broader range of questions than in previous studies. In questions inserted into a...
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This paper examines the effect of religion on positional concerns using survey experiments. We focus on two of the dimensions of religion - degree of religiosity and religious festivals. By conducting the experiments during both the most important day of Ramadan (the Night of Power) and a day...
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externalities (social returns to education) there exists a range of microloan amounts that are growth depressing and welfare … divert investment away from human capital: by failing to internalize the social returns to education, households …
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