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1“...Some firms say they care about the well-being and “happiness” of their employees. But are such claims hype or scientific good sense? We provide evidence, for a...”
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2“...This article studies a famous unsolved puzzle in quantitative social science. Why do some nations report such high levels of mental well‐being? Denmark, for...”
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3by Proto, Eugenio Rustichini, Aldo Sofianos, Andis Published in The Journal of political economy (01.06.2019)“...We study how intelligence and personality affect the outcomes of groups, focusing on repeated interactions that provide the opportunity for profitable...”
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4“...•How income variations affect life satisfaction depends on personality.•Neuroticism increases the concavity of the relation between income and life...”
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5“...Anger is an important driver in shaping economic activities, particularly in instances that involve strategic interactions between individuals. Here we test...”
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6“...We use the UK Household Longitudinal Study and compare pre- (2017-2019) and post- COVID-19 data (April 2020) for the same group of individuals to assess and...”
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7by Grimalda, Gianluca Grimalda, Gianluca Kar, Anirban Kar, Anirban Proto, Eugenio Proto, Eugenio Published in Experimental Economics (01.12.2016)“...We extend the study of procedural fairness in three new directions. Firstly, we focus on lotteries determining the initial roles in a two-person game. One of...”
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8by Patrick Legros Andrew F. Newman Eugenio Proto Published in The review of economics and statistics (01.12.2014)“...We model technological progress as an external effect of organizational design, focusing on how factories, based on labor division, could spawn the Industrial...”
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9by Hills, Thomas T Proto, Eugenio Sgroi, Daniel Seresinhe, Chanuki Illushka Published in Nature human behaviour (01.12.2019)“...An amendment to this paper has been published and can be accessed via a link at the top of the paper...”
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10by Hills, Thomas T Proto, Eugenio Sgroi, Daniel Seresinhe, Chanuki Illushka Published in Nature human behaviour (01.12.2019)“...In addition to improving quality of life, higher subjective wellbeing leads to fewer health problems and higher productivity, making subjective wellbeing a...”
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11“...A large literature in behavioral economics has emphasized in the last decades the role of individual differences in social preferences (such as trust and...”
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12by Proto, Eugenio Published in Journal of development economics (2007)“...Tenurial contracts in agriculture can be an initial source of wealth accumulation for dynasties of poor, credit-constrained individuals. The income from such...”
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13“...We use the UK Household Longitudinal Study and compare pre-COVID-19 pandemic (2017-2019) and during-COVID-19 pandemic data (April 2020) for the same group of...”
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14“...The scientific debate on the relation between Gross Domestic Product (GDP) and self reported indices of life satisfaction is still open. In a well-known...”
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15“...We describe a two-sector, general-equilibrium model of productive sorting under output risk and incomplete information. Risk-neutral (entrepreneurial)...”
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16by Becker, Christoph Melkonyan, Tigran A Proto, Eugenio Sofianos, Andis Trautmann, Stefan T“...Bayesian Updating is the dominant theory of learning in economics. The theory is silent about how individuals react to events that were previously...”
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17by Proto, Eugenio Sgroi, Daniel Oswald, Andrew J Published in Experimental economics : a journal of the Economic Science Association (2012)“...High rates of divorce in western society have prompted much research on the repercussions for well-being and the economy. Yet little is known about the...”
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18“...Existing research supports two opposing mechanisms through which positive mood might affect cooperation. Some studies have suggested that positive mood...”
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19“...On 23 June 2016, the United Kingdom voted to leave the European Union (so-called 'Brexit'). This paper uses newly released information, from the Understanding...”
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20by Proto, Eugenio Sgroi, Daniel Published in Journal of economic behavior & organization (01.04.2017)“...•We test the accuracy of beliefs about differently observable characteristics.•We find a powerful and ubiquitous bias in perceptions that is...”