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Does Schooling Improve Cognitive Functioning at Older Ages?

Schneeweis, Nicole; Skirbekk, Vegard; Winter-Ebmer, Rudolf - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012

, numeracy, orientation and dementia. We find a positive impact of schooling on memory. One year of education increases the … education reduces the risk of dementia. …

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Economic Conditions at the Time of Birth and Cognitive Abilities Late in Life: Evidence from Eleven European Countries

Doblhammer, Gabriele; den Berg, Gerard J. van; Fritze, … - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2011

With ageing populations and a stronger reliance on individual financial decision-making concerning asset portfolios, retirement schemes, pensions and insurances, it becomes increasingly important to understand the determinants of cognitive ability among the elderly. Macro-economic recession and...

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The Role of Early-Life Conditions in the Cognitive Decline due to Adverse Events Later in Life

den Berg, Gerard J. van; Deeg, Dorly J. H.; Lindeboom, … - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2010

Cognitive functioning of elderly individuals may be affected by events such as the loss of a (grand)child or partner or the onset of a serious chronic condition, and by negative economic shocks such as job loss or the reduction of pension benefits. It is conceivable that the impact of such...

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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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The Effect of Intragroup Communication on Preference Shifts in Groups

Brady, Michael P.; Wu, Steven Y. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2008

We use a laboratory gift-exchange game to examine decisions made by groups under three different procedures that dictate how group members interact and reach decisions in comparison to individuals acting alone. We find that group decisions do deviate from those of individuals, but the direction...

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Who Remits? The Case of Nicaragua

Naufal, George S. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2007

In this paper I use a unique data set from Nicaragua to asses the behavior of persons who send money back home. I estimate a heteroskedastic Tobit with a known form of variance to estimate the correlation of the remitting decisions of migrants. Working, residing in a developed country and...

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A Reason for Unreason: Returns-Based Beliefs in Game Theory

Velu, Chander; Iyer, Sriya; Gair, Jonathan R. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012

Players cooperate in experiments more than game theory would predict. In order to explain this, we introduce the 'returns-based beliefs' approach: the expected returns of a particular strategy in proportion to the total expected returns of all strategies. Using a decision analytic solution...

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The Impact of Adult Child Emigration on the Mental Health of Older Parents

Mosca, Irene; Barrett, Alan - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014

A growing literature within economics has sought to examine the impacts of emigration on sending countries. Some of the studies have looked within families and have investigated how emigration affects those family members who are left behind. In this paper, we explore whether older parents of...

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Pappa Ante Portas: The Retired Husband Syndrome in Japan

Bertoni, Marco; Brunello, Giorgio - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014

The "Retired Husband Syndrome", that affects the mental health of wives of retired men around the world, has been anecdotally documented but never formally investigated. We use Japanese micro data and the exogenous variation generated by the 2006 revision of the Japanese Elderly Employment...

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Youth Depression and Future Criminal Behavior

Anderson, D. Mark; Cesur, Resul; Tekin, Erdal - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012

literature, the long-term consequences of such problems, depression in particular, have received much less attention. In this … paper, we examine the effect of depression during adolescence on the probability of engaging in a number of criminal … childhood depression and adult criminality. One novelty in our approach is the estimation of school and sibling fixed effects …

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