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Cognitive consequences of the timing of puberty
(Elsevier, 2018)
In this paper, we use British cohort data to study the degree to which children at different stages of pubertal development at age 11 and 16 differ in their cognitive and behavioral outcomes at age 16 as well as in their ...
Relative age effects in political selection
(Elsevier, 2019)
We exploit a regression discontinuity design to provide causal evidence of the relative age effect (RAE) on a long-run adult age outcome: Political selection. We find strong evidence of the RAE in politics in Finland. ...
Shocking news and cognitive performance
(Elsevier, 2018)
We study how shocking news affects cognitive performance. Identifying these effects makes societies more resilient by helping to adjust policy responses to reduce indirect costs of future atrocities. Our analysis is based ...
The timing of puberty and gender differences in educational achievement
(Valtion taloudellinen tutkimuskeskus, 2017-10-11)
In this paper, we study the effect of the timing of puberty on educational achievement and examine to what extent the gender differences in the timing of puberty can explain gender differences in achievement. We use British ...
Job Tasks and Gender Wage Gaps within Occupations
(Valtion taloudellinen tutkimuskeskus, 2019-10-09)
I provide evidence that task use at work by men and women in the same occupations is significantly different. The observed difference can account for the within-occupational gender-wage gap that is prevalent in many developed ...