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Technical Change, Inequality, and The Labor Market

by Daron Acemoglu - Journal of Economic Literature , 2002
"... This essay discusses the effect of technical change on wage inequality. I argue that the behavior of wages and returns to schooling indicates that technical change has been skill-biased during the past sixty years. Furthermore, the recent increase in inequality is most likely due to an acceleration ..."
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in skill bias. In contrast to twentiethcentury developments, much of thr technical change during the early nineteenth century appears to be skill-replacing. I suggest that this is because the increased supply of unskilled workers in the English cities made the introduction of these technologies profitable

Autobahn People: Distance Estimations Between German Cities Biased by Social Factors and the

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"... Abstract. Re-analyses of a study on distance estimations between German cities [1] revealed that conclusions drawn from aggregated data sets can also be found on the individuals ’ data level. It could be shown that mental barriers, here the former iron curtain which has been physically absent for 15 ..."
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Abstract. Re-analyses of a study on distance estimations between German cities [1] revealed that conclusions drawn from aggregated data sets can also be found on the individuals ’ data level. It could be shown that mental barriers, here the former iron curtain which has been physically absent

Sex Bias

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"... This document contains the following conference presentations and panel discussions: "What Went on at the 1990 CPAE [Commission of Professors of Adult Education] Meetings in Salt Lake City " (Michael Collins); "Reflections on the Commission of Professors ..."
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This document contains the following conference presentations and panel discussions: "What Went on at the 1990 CPAE [Commission of Professors of Adult Education] Meetings in Salt Lake City " (Michael Collins); "Reflections on the Commission of Professors

Cultural Biases in Economic Exchange",

by Luigi Guiso , Paola Sapienza , Luigi Zingales , Franklin Allen , Marianne Baxter , Patricia Ledesma , Mitchell Petersen , Andrei Shleifer , Rene Stulz , Samuel Thompson , 2004
"... Abstract How much do cultural biases affect economic exchange? We try to answer this question by using the relative trust European citizens have for citizens of other countries. First, we document that this trust is affected not only by objective characteristics of the country being trusted, but al ..."
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Abstract How much do cultural biases affect economic exchange? We try to answer this question by using the relative trust European citizens have for citizens of other countries. First, we document that this trust is affected not only by objective characteristics of the country being trusted

On Deficit Bias and Immigration

by Michael Ben-gad, Michael Ben-gad , 2012
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Bayesian Endogeneity Bias Modeling ∗

by Antonio Galvao, Gabriel Montes-rojas, Antonio F. Galvao , 2013
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Uncertainty and Bias in Crowdsourced Crisis

by Iain Dillingham , 2012
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A basis for bias in geographical judgments

by Alinda Friedman, Norman R. Brown, Aaron P. Mcgaffey - Psychonomic Bulletin & Review , 2002
"... To determine why North Americans tend to locate European cities south of North American cities at similar latitudes (Tversky, 1981), we had observers provide bearing estimates between cities in the U.S. and Europe. Earlier research using latitude estimates of these cities has indicated that each con ..."
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continent has several subjective regions (Friedman & Brown, 2000a). Participants judged cities from two subjectively northern regions (Milwaukee–Munich), two subjectively southern regions (Memphis–Lisbon), and the two “crossed ” regions (Albuquerque–Geneva; Minneapolis–Rome). Estimates were biased only

Cooperation and the In-Group-Out-Group Bias: A Field Test on Israeli Kibbutz Members and City Residents

by Bradley J. Ruffle, Richard Sosis א - Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization , 2006
"... The in-group-out-group bias is among the most well documented and widely observed phenomenon in the social sciences. Despite its role in hiring decisions and job discrimination, negotiations, and conflict and competition between groups, economists have paid little attention to the in-group-out-group ..."
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The in-group-out-group bias is among the most well documented and widely observed phenomenon in the social sciences. Despite its role in hiring decisions and job discrimination, negotiations, and conflict and competition between groups, economists have paid little attention to the in

CHILDREN GROWING UP WITH BIASES

by Brenda Brewer, Jill Stanton, Brewer Brenda L , 2000
"... Our nation’s schools are becoming very diverse, with estimates as high as onethird of our school’s population being labeled ethnic minority students in the year 2000. Changes need to be made in our society to help the students in our schools become more accepting of minority students. Parents and th ..."
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the level of racial and gender bias found in children ages five to six, who attended a public elementary school in Glenwood City, Wisconsin. In the Fall of 2000, acluster sample of 32 kindergartners were surveyed using a visual discrimination survey designed by the researcher. The researcher individually
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