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25 October, 2022

The normality assumption in coordination games with flexible information acquisition

Journal of Economic Theory, vol. 203, 2022. Abstract Many economic models assume that random variables follow normal (Gaussian) distributions. Yet, real-world variables may be non-normally distributed.

Type of publication: Journal articles | Rigos, Alexandros
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09 June, 2014

The Dynamics of Democracy, Development and Cultural Values

PLoS ONE 9(6): e97856. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0097856 http://www.plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0097856 A short summary: Over the past decades many countries have experienced r

Type of publication: Journal articles | Spaiser, Viktoria; Ranganathan, Shyam; Mann, Richard P.; Sumpter, David J.T.
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23 September, 2022

Experiences matter: A longitudinal study of individual-level sources of declining social trust in the United States.

Social Science Research 95 Abstract The US has experienced a substantial decline in social trust in recent decades. Surprisingly few studies analyze whether individual-level explanations can account for

Type of publication: Journal articles | Fairbrother, Malcolm , , Mewes, Jan, Giordano, Nicola Guiseppe, Wu, Cary & Rima Wilkes
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27 April, 2018

Ethnic variations in mental health among 10–15-year-olds living in England and Wales: The impact of neighbourhood characteristics and parental behaviour

Health & Place 51 (2018) pp.189–199, doi.org/10.1016/j.healthplace.2018.03.010. Abstract Several studies indicate that young people from certain ethnic minority groups in Britain have significant men

Type of publication: Journal articles | Vartanova, Irina , , Kenisha Russell Jonsson & Marita Södergren
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17 October, 2018

School Demands and Coping Resources−Associations with Multiple Measures of Stress in Mid-Adolescent Girls and Boys.

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 15(10), 2143, doi.org/10.3390/ijerph15102143  Abstract Stress, and stress-related health complaints, are common among young people, espe

Type of publication: Journal articles | Plenty, Stephanie , , Östberg, V., Låftman S. B., Modin, B. & Lindfors, P.
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11 March, 2019

Explaining Swedish Sibling Similarity in Fertility: Parental Fertility Behavior vs. Social Background

Demographic Research, 39(32): 884-893. DOI: 10.4054/DemRes.2018.39.32 Abstract Objective: The aim of this descriptive study is to determine which of the family-specific factors, parental fertility behav

Type of publication: Journal articles | Kolk, Martin , & Johan Dahlberg
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14 December, 2022

Global sex differences in hygiene norms and their relation to sex equality

Plos Gloal Public Health Abstract Strict norms about hygiene may sometimes have health benefits but may also be a burden. Based on research in the United States, it has been suggested that women traditi

Type of publication: Journal articles | Eriksson, Kimmo , & Thomas E. Dickins Strimling, Pontus , & Thomas E. Dickins
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17 October, 2023

Does your name impact your chances to get a job? Short answer: Yes

What significance does your name have for your chances of getting a job? We ask Moa Bursell, a sociologist and research leader at the Institute for Futures Studies, who has researched discrimination i

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