Personality, Affects, and Forgiving Behavior in Games
Explores how to combine two economic games to construct a behavioral measure of forgiveness.
Publications
The publications below were produced through research projects in the RAND Center for the Study of Aging.
2012
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Budget Constraints and Son Preference in Educational Investment in Taiwan
Examines the educational effects of sibship sex composition using data from the 2002 and 2007 Taiwan Social Change Survey.
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Measuring Total Household Spending in a Monthly Internet Survey: Evidence from the American Life Panel
Reports on the outcomes of a monthly Internet survey designed to measure total household spending as the aggregate of about 40 spending components.
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Stock Price Expectations and Stock Trading
Analyzes the relationships between actual stock market price changes and the subjective probability of price changes, and between the subjective probability of price changes and the likelihood of engaging in stock trading.
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Financial Literacy, Social Perception and Strategic Default
Uses survey data to examine the role of social expectations, financial literacy and knowledge of default consequences.
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The Impact of Insecurity on Democracy and Trust in Institutions in Mexico
Analyses the impact of insecurity and crime victimization on support and satisfaction with democracy and trust in institutions in Mexico.
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Point and Set Identification in Linear Panel Data Models with Measurement Error
Identifies moment conditions in linear panel data models with measurement error.
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The Impact of Reform on the Criminal Justice System in Mexico
Studies the impact of judicial reform in Mexico by using a survey about crime victimization and perceptions of insecurity in eleven Mexican cities, three of which implemented the reform.
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What Will My Account Really Be Worth? An Experiment on Exponential Growth Bias and Retirement Saving
Uses a large-scale field experiment to measure the effect of interventions designed to inform subjects about the mapping between current contributions and income in retirement on saving behavior.
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Empirical Evidence for Decreasing Returns to Scale in a Health Capital Model
Estimates a health investment equation, derived from a health capital model with particular emphasis on whether the health production function has constant returns to scale, or decreasing returns to scale.
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Impacts of Conditional Cash Transfer Programs on Educational Outcomes in Developing Countries: A Meta-analysis
Meta-analyzes enrollment, attendance and dropout effect estimates from forty two references of conditional cash transfer program evaluations in fifteen developing countries.
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Male Labor Force Participation and Social Security in Mexico
Seeks to explain the decline in male labor force participation of males 60 to 64 years old in Mexico and the effect on the social security system.
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Harmonization of Cross-National Studies of Aging to the Health and Retirement Study: Expectations
Summarizes and compares measures of subjective economic and health expectations in the Health and Retirement Study (HRS) and its sister surveys from other countries.
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Harmonization of Cross-National Studies of Aging to the Health and Retirement Study: Chronic Medical Conditions
Summarizes and compares measures of chronic diseases and medical conditions in the Health and Retirement Study (HRS) and its sister surveys from other countries.
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Harmonization of Cross-National Studies of Aging to the Health and Retirement Study: Wealth Measures
Summarizes and compares measures of household and individual wealth in the Health and Retirement Study (HRS) and its sister surveys from other countries.
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Harmonization of Cross-National Studies of Aging to the Health and Retirement Study: Cognition
Summarizes and compares measures of cognitive health and decline in the Health and Retirement Study (HRS) and its sister surveys from other countries.
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Harmonization of Cross-National Studies of Aging to the Health and Retirement Study: Employment and Retirement Measures
Summarizes and compares measures of employment and retirement status in the Health and Retirement Study (HRS) and its sister surveys from other countries.
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Harmonization of Cross-National Studies of Aging to the Health and Retirement Study: Income Measures
Summarizes and compares measures of household and individual income in the Health and Retirement Study (HRS) and its sister surveys from other countries.
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Harmonization of Cross-National Studies of Aging to the Health and Retirement Study: Financial Transfer
Summarizes and compares measures of financial transfers in the Health and Retirement Study (HRS) and its sister surveys from other countries.
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The Effects of World War II on Economic and Health Outcomes across Europe
Investigates the long-run effects of World War II on socio-economic status and health of older individuals in Europe.
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The Los Angeles Family and Neighborhood Survey, Wave 2: User's Guide and Codebook
This codebook covers the second wave of L.A.FANS. Fieldwork for the second wave took place between August 2006 and December 2008.
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The Los Angeles Family and Neighborhood Survey, Wave 2: Telephone Questionnaires
Telephone questionnaires that were used during Wave 2 of the Los Angeles Family and Neighborhood Survey conducted between August 2006 and December 2008.
2011
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Age Differences in Daily Social Activities
Examines the extent to which older and younger people do different activities when they are with others and when they are alone.
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Why Farmers Sometimes Love Risks: Evidence from India
Using a unique dataset collected among farmers in India's semi-arid tropics, this paper documents the surprising prevalence of risk-taking behavior in the face of high-stakes gambles.
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Firing Costs and Flexibility: Evidence from Firms' Employment Responses to Shocks in India
Tests the theory that industrial employment is more sensitive to shocks in areas where labor regulations are less restrictive.