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Measurement of Individual Time Preferences Using A Laboratory Approach [PDF]

open access: yesفصلنامه پژوهش‌های اقتصادی ایران, 2023
The precise measurement of individual time preferences in assessing the economic plans that individuals are involved in, in the estimation of social time preferences, in the assessment of environmental and health plans is very crucial.
Mohammad Amin Zandi
doaj   +1 more source

Individual preferences, social mobility and electoral outcomes [PDF]

open access: yes, 1990
This paper models data for the Netherlands in the 1970s on prestige of male's occupation, occupational prestige of the father and ‘left/right’ score of the political party he prefers.
Graaf, Nan Dirk de, Ultee, Wout
core   +2 more sources

Should the Government Provide Jobs for Everyone? Societal Expectations and Their Impact on Labour Market Institutions and Outcomes

open access: yesGospodarka Narodowa. The Polish Journal of Economics, 2018
This study explores whether and to what extent voters expect the government to provide jobs for everyone who wants to work. It examines the link between voter expectations and the labour market situation. It finds that the stronger the expectation of the
Michał Pilc
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A Path Recommendation Method Considering Individual Driving Preferences

open access: yesApplied Sciences, 2023
The issue of congestion on urban roads stems from an imbalance between transport demand and supply. It has become imperative to address the problem from the traffic demand side.
Yetao Li, Min Huang
doaj   +1 more source

To move or not to move? The relationship between career management and preferred career moves [PDF]

open access: yes, 2008
The purpose of this paper is to explore professional employees' career move preferences and the impact of both individual and organizational career management. Departing from theoretical work on the “new career”, different types of career moves employees
Buyens, Dirk   +2 more
core   +1 more source

Weak individual preferences stabilize culture. [PDF]

open access: yesProc Natl Acad Sci U S A
Outcomes in the cultural arena are due to many factors but are there general rules that can suggest what makes some cultural traits successful and others not? Research in cultural evolution theory distinguishes factors related to social influence (such as copying from the majority, or from certain individuals) from factors related to individual ...
Acerbi A, de Courson B.
europepmc   +4 more sources

Environmental protection or economic growth? The effects of preferences for individual freedoms

open access: yesFrontiers in Environmental Science, 2023
Environmental protection is often seen in conflict with individual freedom and economic growth. The proponents of environmental protection suggest that the environment is a global resource that must be protected for future generations, even at the ...
Inna Čábelková   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Preferences for Decision Control among a High-Risk Cohort Offered Lung Cancer Screening: A Brief Report of Secondary Analyses from the Lung Screen Uptake Trial (LSUT)

open access: yesMDM Policy & Practice, 2023
Background. Personal autonomy in lung cancer screening is advocated internationally, but health systems diverge in their approach, mandating either shared decision making (with a health care professional) or individual decision making.
Stefanie Bonfield   +5 more
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Individual Preferences for Giving [PDF]

open access: yesSSRN Electronic Journal, 2005
We utilize graphical representations of Dictator Games which generate rich individual-level data. Our baseline experiment employs budget sets over feasible payoff-pairs. We test these data for consistency with utility maximization, and we recover the underlying preferences for giving (trade-offs between own payoffs and the payoffs of others).
Fisman, Raymond J   +2 more
openaire   +5 more sources

Preference-Informed Fairness [PDF]

open access: yes, 2019
We study notions of fairness in decision-making systems when individuals have diverse preferences over the possible outcomes of the decisions. Our starting point is the seminal work of Dwork et al.
Kim, Michael P.   +3 more
core   +2 more sources

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