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published as 'The Creativity Premium: Exploring the Link between Childhood Creativity and Life Outcomes' in: Journal of Political Economy Microeconomics, 2024, 2 (3), 495–526

IZA Discussion Paper No. 14257

Evaluating the Sunk Cost Effect

David Ronayne, Daniel Sgroi, Anthony Tuckwell

published in: Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 2021, 186, 318 - 327

IZA Discussion Paper No. 14257

Evaluating the Sunk Cost Effect

David Ronayne, Daniel Sgroi, Anthony Tuckwell

published in: Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 2021, 186, 318 - 327

IZA Discussion Paper No. 13901

Cognitive Skills, Strategic Sophistication, and Life Outcomes

Eduardo Fe, David Gill, Victoria L. Prowse

published in: Journal of Political Economy, 2022, 130 (10), 2643–2704

IZA Discussion Paper No. 13725

Are Older People Aware of Their Cognitive Decline? Misperception and Financial Decision Making

Fabrizio Mazzonna, Franco Peracchi

published in: Journal of Political Economy, 2024, 132 (6), 1793-1830

IZA Discussion Paper No. 12873

Health Inequality among Chinese Older Adults: The Role of Childhood Circumstances

Binjian Yan, Xi Chen, Thomas M. Gill

published in: Journal of The Economics of Ageing, 2020, 17, 100237

IZA Discussion Paper No. 12700

Cognitive and Non-Cognitive Abilities of Immigrants: New Perspectives on Migrant Quality from a Selective Immigration Country

Maryam Naghsh Nejad, Stefanie Schurer

published in: Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 2022, 203, 107-124

IZA Discussion Paper No. 12700

Cognitive and Non-Cognitive Abilities of Immigrants: New Perspectives on Migrant Quality from a Selective Immigration Country

Maryam Naghsh Nejad, Stefanie Schurer

published in: Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 2022, 203, 107-124

IZA Discussion Paper No. 12521

Labor Demand Shocks at Birth and Cognitive Achievement during Childhood

Krishna Regmi, Daniel J. Henderson

published in: Economics of Education Review, 2019, 73, 101917

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11550

Early Life Determinants of Cognitive Ability: A Comparative Study on Madagascar and Senegal

Heidi Kaila, David E. Sahn, Naveen Sunder

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11537

Locus of Control and Consistent Investment Choices

Pia Pinger, Sebastian Schäfer, Heiner Schumacher

published in: Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics, 2018, 75, 66-75

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11449

Survey Item-Response Behavior as an Imperfect Proxy for Unobserved Ability: Theory and Application

Sonja C. de New, Stefanie Schurer

published in: Journal of Business & Economic Statistics, 2023, 41 (1), 197-212

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11447

The Effects of Day Care on Health During Childhood: Evidence by Age

Gerard J. van den Berg, Bettina M. Siflinger

published as 'The effects of a daycare reform on health in childhood - Evidence from Sweden ' in: Journal of Health Economics, 2022, 81, 102577

IZA Discussion Paper No. 11326

Cognitive Skills and the Development of Strategic Sophistication

Eduardo Fe, David Gill

published as `Cognitive Skills, Strategic Sophistication, and Life Outcomes' in: Journal of Political Economy, 2022, 130 (10), 2643–2704

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10664

Egalitarianism under Pressure: Toward Lower Economic Mobility in the Knowledge Economy?

Simen Markussen, Knut Røed

revised version published as 'Economic Mobility under Pressure' in: Journal of the European Economic Association, 2020, 18 (4), 1844–1885,

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10518

Using Response Times to Measure Strategic Complexity and the Value of Thinking in Games

David Gill, Victoria L. Prowse

published as 'Strategic Complexity and the Value of Thinking' in: Economic Journal, 2023, 133 (650), 761–786,

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10137

Education, Cognitive Ability and Cause-Specific Mortality: A Structural Approach

Govert Bijwaard, Mikko Myrskylä, Per Tynelius, Finn Rasmussen

published in: Population Studies, 2019, 73, 217-232

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9860

Clever Enough to Tell the Truth

Bradley Ruffle, Yossef Tobol

published in: Experimental Economics, 2017, 20, 130-155

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9082

Is Ability Tracking (Really) Responsible for Educational Inequalities in Achievement? A Comparison between the Country States Bavaria and Hesse in Germany

Hartmut Esser, Ilona Relikowski

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8874

Testing the Validity of Item Non-Response as a Proxy for Cognitive and Non-Cognitive Skills

Sonja C. de New, Stefanie Schurer, Felix Leung

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8346

Skill Disparities and Unequal Family Outcomes

Shelly Lundberg

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8236

Cognitive Ability, Character Skills, and Learning to Play Equilibrium: A Level-k Analysis

David Gill, Victoria L. Prowse

published in: Journal of Political Economy, 2016, 124 (6), 1619-1676

IZA Discussion Paper No. 7648

Education and Health: The Role of Cognitive Ability

Govert Bijwaard, Hans van Kippersluis, Justus Veenman

published in: Journal of Health Economics, 2015, 42, 29–43

IZA Discussion Paper No. 7605

Economic Conditions at Birth, Birth Weight, Ability, and the Causal Path to Cardiovascular Mortality

Gerard J. van den Berg, Bitte Modin

IZA Discussion Paper No. 7382

The Value of Hiring through Referrals

Stephen V. Burks, Bo Cowgill, Mitchell Hoffman, Michael Housman

revised version published as 'The Value of Hiring through Employee Referrals' in: Quarterly Journal of Economics, 2015, 130(2), 805-839

IZA Discussion Paper No. 7382

The Value of Hiring through Referrals

Stephen V. Burks, Bo Cowgill, Mitchell Hoffman, Michael Housman

revised version published as 'The Value of Hiring through Employee Referrals' in: Quarterly Journal of Economics, 2015, 130(2), 805-839

IZA Discussion Paper No. 7237

A Structural Model of Educational Attainment in Canada

Jörgen Hansen, Xingfei Liu

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6997

Cognitive Skills, Gender and Risk Preferences

Alison L. Booth, Pamela Katic

published in: Economic Record, 2013, 89 (284),19-30

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6868

Self Investments of Adolescents and their Cognitive Development

Daniela Del Boca, Chiara Monfardini, Cheti Nicoletti

published as 'Parental and child time and cognitive development of adolescents' in: Journal of Labor Economics, 2017, 35 (2), 565-608

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6400

Salience, Risky Choices and Gender

Alison L. Booth, Patrick J. Nolen

published in: Economics Letters, 2012, 117 (2), 517 - 520

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6375

What Are Over-the-Road Truckers Paid For? Evidence from an Exogenous Regulatory Change on the Role of Social Comparisons and Work Organization in Wage Determination

Stephen V. Burks, Frederick Guy

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6133

Gender Differences in Risk Aversion: Do Single-Sex Environments Affect their Development?

Alison L. Booth, Lina Marcela Cardona Sosa, Patrick J. Nolen

published in: Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 2014, 99, 126-154

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5153

Intra-household Resource Allocation: Do Parents Reduce or Reinforce Child Cognitive Ability Gaps?

Paul Frijters, David W. Johnston, Manisha Shah, Michael A. Shields

published in: Demography, 2013, 50 (6), 2187-2208

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5144

Micro-Level Determinants of Lecture Attendance and Additional Study-Hours

Martin Ryan, Liam Delaney, Colm P. Harmon

published as "The Role of Noncognitive Traits in Undergraduate Study Behaviours" in: Economics of Education Review, 2013, 32, 181-195

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4775

No Country for Fat Men? Obesity, Earnings, Skills, and Health among 450,000 Swedish Men

Petter Lundborg, Paul Nystedt, Dan-Olof Rooth

published as 'Body Size, Skills, and Income: Evidence From 150,000 Teenage Siblings' in: Demography, 2014, 51, 1573-1596

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4775

No Country for Fat Men? Obesity, Earnings, Skills, and Health among 450,000 Swedish Men

Petter Lundborg, Paul Nystedt, Dan-Olof Rooth

published as 'Body Size, Skills, and Income: Evidence From 150,000 Teenage Siblings' in: Demography, 2014, 51, 1573-1596

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2735

Are Risk Aversion and Impatience Related to Cognitive Ability?

Thomas Dohmen, Armin Falk, David B. Huffman, Uwe Sunde

revised version published in: American Economic Review, 2010, 100 (3), 1238–1260

IZA Discussion Paper No. 609

Cognitive Ability and Paternalism

Gilles Saint-Paul

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