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(University College Dublin. Institute for the Study of Social Change (Geary Institute), 2003-10-20)Empirical evidence strongly suggests that R&D increases a firm’s "absorptive capacity" (its ability to absorb spillovers from other firms) as well as contributing directly to profitability. We explore the theoretical ...
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(University College Dublin. Geary Institute, 2008)
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(University College Dublin. Geary Institute, 2008-12-15)This paper applies a unified methodology to multiple data sets to estimate both the levels and trends in U.S. high school graduation rates. We establish that (a) the true high school graduation rate is substantially lower ...
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(University College Dublin. School of EconomicsUniversity College Dublin. Geary Institute, 2007-08)To assess the impact of tax-benefit policy changes on income distribution over time, we suggest a methodology based on counterfactual simulations. We start by decomposing changes in inequality/poverty indices into three ...
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(University College Dublin. Geary Institute, 2007-11-09)
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(University College Dublin. Institute for the Study of Social Change (Geary Institute), 2003-05)Non-random item nonresponse makes identification of parameters problematic. Such nonresponse can occur with respect to both dependent and conditioning variables. A method often used to reduce nonresponse is that of adding ...
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(University College Dublin. Geary Institute, 2008-02-27)We adopt a structural approach to studying the effects of public transfers on consumption smoothing, risk sharing and welfare in small village economies. We calibrate the key parameters of a dynamic limited commitment model ...
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(University College Dublin. Institute for the Study of Social Change, 2002)
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(University College Dublin. Institute for the Study of Social Change (Geary Institute), 2003)
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(University College Dublin. Geary Institute, 2008-02-04)In a recent paper, Kanazawa and Kovar (2004) assert that given certain empirical regularities about assortative mating and the heritability of intelligence and beauty, that it logically follows that more intelligent people ...
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(University College Dublin. Geary Institute, 2007-01-31)This paper examines the results of single-equation regression models of the determinants of alcohol consumption patterns among college students modelling a rich variety of covariates including gender, family and peer ...
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(University College Dublin. Geary Institute, 2008-02-04)In a 2005 paper Kanezawa proposed a generalisation of the classic Trivers- Willard hypothesis. It was argued that as a result taller and heavier parents should have more sons relative to daughters. Using two British cohort ...
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Borders, states and nations. Contested boundaries and national identities in the Irish border area (University College Dublin. Geary Institute, 2005)Much scholarly writing on states and state boundaries assumes that these form or at least condition the bounds of identity. The 'institutionalisation' process is said to be one where the boundaries of the state become the ...
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(University College Dublin. Institute for the Study of Social Change (Geary Institute), 2004-09-13)This paper models the probability of 15-year-old children missing school or being late. The paper sets out to uncover the effects of family background and birth order on attendance. Looking at birth order effects allows ...
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(University College Dublin. Geary Institute, 2008)Objectives: To investigate the relationship between breastfeeding duration and cognitive development using longitudinal survey data. The World Health Organisation (WHO) and the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) recommend ...
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(University College Dublin; Institute for the Study of Social Change (Geary Institute), 2004-06)This paper uses cross section data to investigate whether education and ability are substitutes or complements in the determination of earnings. Using a measure of cognitive ability based on tests taken at ages 7 and 11 ...
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(UCD Geary Institute, 2012-07)Geographic diversification is fundamental to risk mitigation among investors and insurers of housing, mortgages, and mortgage-related derivatives. To characterize diversification potential, we provide estimates of integration, ...
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(University College Dublin. Institute for the Study of Social Change (Geary Institute), 2004-12)
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(University College Dublin. School of EconomicsUniversity College Dublin. Geary Institute, 2009-07)While …financial incentives usually have a signifi…cant effect on the labor supply of married women and single mothers, the evidence about the participation elasticity of childless singles, and single males especially, ...
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The causal effect of breastfeeding on children’s cognitive development : a quasi-experimental design (University College Dublin. School of EconomicsUniversity College Dublin. Geary Institute, 2010-03)Objective: To estimate the causal effect of breastfeeding on children’s cognitive skills as measured at ages 3, 5, 7 and 11. Design: An instrumental variable (IV) strategy which provides a correction method for dealing ...
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