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Why Does Height Matter for Educational Attainment? Evidence from German Pre-Teen Children [PDF]
Several studies have shown that body height is positively associated with educational attainment. In this paper, we investigate the mechanisms behind this relationship using data on German pre-teen students.
Francesco Cinnirella +2 more
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Eco-labeling, rents, sales prices and occupancy rates: do LEED and Energy Star labeled offices obtain multiple premiums? [PDF]
, 2010 Drawing upon an updated and expanded dataset of Energy Star and LEED labeled commercial offices, this paper investigates the effect of eco-labeling on rental rates, sale prices and occupancy rates.
Fuerst, Franz +2 more
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Misconduct complaints and agents’ incentives: Evidence from housing transactions
Real Estate Economics, EarlyView.Abstract This article investigates the impact of misconduct complaints against agents on their self‐interested incentives and examines how agents attempt to shield themselves from the associated adverse effects on their reputations and career prospects.
Lawrence Kryzanowski, Yanting Wu
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Hurricane‐induced risk contagion in commercial real estate: Evidence from Hurricane Sandy
Real Estate Economics, EarlyView.Abstract This study examines how hurricane‐induced destruction affects the prices of nearby undamaged commercial real estate properties, using Hurricane Sandy as a natural experiment. Using Real Capital Analytics transaction records spatially merged with Federal Emergency Management Agency building‐level damage data, we empirically employ a difference ...
Lu Fang +3 more
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Criminology, EarlyView.Abstract Three‐quarters of US prisons offer vocational training programs, which aim to place trainees in middle‐skills jobs in specific occupational sectors post‐release. These middle‐skills jobs may more effectively reduce recidivism than the jobs that normally characterize the labor market experience of the formerly incarcerated, yet whether ...
Britte van Tiem
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Stature and Status: Height, Ability, and Labor Market Outcomes [PDF]
It has long been recognized that taller adults hold jobs of higher status and, on average, earn more than other workers. A large number of hypotheses have been put forward to explain the association between height and earnings.
Anne Case, Christina Paxson
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Industrija, 2013 In current business conditions, insurance market in the Republic of Serbia notes positive but relatively slow growing trend. During the last few years, life insurance market in Serbia has an upward trend, however, it still significantly falls back in ...
Olja Munitlak Ivanović +3 more
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A call on art investments [PDF]
, 2010 The art market has seen boom and bust during the last years and, despite the downturn, has received more attention from investors given the low interest environment following the financial crisis.
Kraeussl, Roman, Wiehenkamp, Christian
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Nonclassical Measurement Error in Farmland Markets with Implications for Ricardian Analysis
American Journal of Agricultural Economics, EarlyView.Abstract Nonclassical measurement error threatens the validity of empirical economic models. We examine the extent to which land value measures that are commonly used in studies of the US farmland market are subject to nonclassical measurement error. We consider differences in county‐level land values from two popular data sources: (1) self‐reported ...
Daniel P. Bigelow, Margaret Jodlowski
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ESTIMATING THE IMPORTANCE OF SHELF SPACE CONFIGURATION ON RETAILER'S PROFIT [PDF]
Retail shelf space allocation remains a central issue in grocery retailing. A literature review produced many studies on retail shelf space allocation, but none which evaluated shelf space allocation using three major factors at once: space, vertical ...
Bobby MARTENS +2 more
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