1.
Luck Versus Skill in the Cross Section of Mutual Fund Returns
Tuck School of Business Working Paper No. 2009-56
, Chicago Booth School of Business Research Paper, Journal of Finance, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 43
Posted: 10 Mar 2009
Last Revised: 08 Feb 2010
Accepted Paper Series
University of Chicago - Finance and Dartmouth College - Tuck School of Business
Downloads
23,035
2.
The Role of Education in Economic Development: A Theoretical Perspective
Number of pages: 7
Posted: 28 May 2008
Working Paper Series
Cag University
Downloads
15,889
3.
Women in STEM: A Gender Gap to Innovation
Economics and Statistics Administration Issue Brief No. 04-11
Number of pages: 11
Posted: 26 Nov 2011
Working Paper Series
Office of the Chief Economist, Economics and Statistics Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, Government of the United States of America - Bureau of the Census, affiliation not provided to SSRN, affiliation not provided to SSRN, National Science Foundation and Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco
Downloads
15,561
4.
The Role of Education Quality for Economic Growth
World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 4122
Number of pages: 96
Posted: 20 Apr 2016
Working Paper Series
Stanford University - Hoover Institution on War, Revolution and Peace and Ifo Institute for Economic Research
Downloads
13,518
5.
Anatomy of an Entrepreneur: Family Background and Motivation
Kauffman Foundation Small Research Projects Research
Number of pages: 24
Posted: 09 Jul 2009
Working Paper Series
Center for Entrepreneurship and Research Commercialization, Pratt School of Engineering, University of Southern California, University of Akron and Duke University - Pratt School of Engineering
Downloads
10,004
6.
How Computer Automation Affects Occupations: Technology, Jobs, and Skills
Boston Univ. School of Law, Law and Economics Research Paper No. 15-49
Number of pages: 46
Posted: 15 Nov 2015
Last Revised: 04 Oct 2016
Working Paper Series
Technology & Policy Research Initiative, BU School of Law
Downloads
8,772
7.
Financial Literacy, Financial Education and Downstream Financial Behaviors (full paper and web appendix)
Forthcoming in Management Science
Number of pages: 103
Posted: 02 Oct 2013
Last Revised: 09 Jan 2014
Accepted Paper Series
Catholic University of Portugal, University of Colorado-Boulder, Leeds School of Business - Center for Research on Consumer Financial Decision Making and University of Virginia - McIntire School of Commerce
Downloads
7,565
8.
The Impact of Training and Motivation on Performance of Employees
Business Review, Volume 7, Number 2, July - December 2012, 84-95
Number of pages: 13
Posted: 26 Jan 2013
Last Revised: 19 Oct 2014
Accepted Paper Series
UBL Fund Managers Limited
Downloads
7,288
9.
The Economic Lives of the Poor
MIT Department of Economics Working Paper No. 06-29
Number of pages: 43
Posted: 03 Nov 2006
Working Paper Series
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Department of Economics and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Department of Economics
There are 2 versions of this paper
The Economic Lives of the Poor
MIT Department of Economics Working Paper No. 06-29
Number of pages: 43
Posted: 03 Nov 2006
Downloads
6,472
The Economic Lives of the Poor
CEPR Discussion Paper No. 5968
Number of pages: 44
Posted: 05 Jan 2007
Downloads
59
Downloads
6,472
10.
Asymmetric Information and Entrepreneurship
Number of pages: 77
Posted: 21 Apr 2015
Last Revised: 14 Oct 2018
Working Paper Series
New York University (NYU) - Leonard N. Stern School of Business and Loughborough University
Downloads
5,433
11.
Generating Skilled Self-Employment in Developing Countries: Experimental Evidence from Uganda
Quarterly Journal of Economics, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 88
Posted: 23 May 2013
Last Revised: 30 Apr 2014
Accepted Paper Series
University of Chicago, Harris School of Public Policy, University of Connecticut - Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics and Inter-American Development Bank (IDB)
There are 2 versions of this paper
Generating Skilled Self-Employment in Developing Countries: Experimental Evidence from Uganda
Quarterly Journal of Economics, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 88
Posted: 23 May 2013
Last Revised: 30 Apr 2014
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5,369
Employment Generation in Rural Africa: Mid-Term Results from an Experimental Evaluation of the Youth Opportunities Program in Northern Uganda
DIW Berlin Discussion Paper No. 1201
Number of pages: 76
Posted: 01 Apr 2012
Last Revised: 24 May 2013
Downloads
421
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5,369
12.
The Price of 'Man' and 'Woman': A Hedonic Pricing Model of Avatar Attributes in a Synthethic World
CESifo Working Paper Series No. 957
Number of pages: 45
Posted: 17 Jun 2003
Working Paper Series
Indiana University
Downloads
5,133
13.
America's Loss is the World's Gain: America's New Immigrant Entrepreneurs, Part 4
Number of pages: 24
Posted: 25 Feb 2009
Last Revised: 22 Dec 2013
Working Paper Series
Center for Entrepreneurship and Research Commercialization, Pratt School of Engineering, University of California, Berkeley - School of Information, National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) and Duke University - Department of Sociology - Director, Center on Globalization, Governance & Competitiveness
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5,062
14.
Are We Selling Results or Résumés?: The Underexplored Linkage between Human Resource Strategies and Firm-Specific Capital
Indiana Legal Studies Research Paper No. 105
Number of pages: 28
Posted: 16 Apr 2008
Last Revised: 20 Aug 2008
Working Paper Series
Indiana University Maurer School of Law
Downloads
4,835
15.
Do the Benefits of College Still Outweigh the Costs?
Current Issues in Economics and Finance, Vol. 20, No. 3, 2014
Number of pages: 12
Posted: 10 Aug 2014
Accepted Paper Series
Federal Reserve Bank of New York and Federal Reserve Bank of New York - Research Group
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4,748
16.
Misery and Myopia: Understanding the Failures of U.S. Efforts to Stop Human Trafficking
Fordham Law Review, Vol. 74, p. 2977, May 2006, UC Davis Legal Studies Research Paper No. 79, UC Irvine School of Law Research Paper No. 2009-31, Criminal Justice, Borders and Citizenship Research Paper No. 931448
Number of pages: 52
Posted: 20 Sep 2006
Accepted Paper Series
University of California, Irvine School of Law
Downloads
4,450
17.
Implications of Globalization on Education
Romanian Journal for Multidimensional Education, Romania, Vol-4, No-2, Aug 2012 Pg;69-82 ISSN 2066-7329
Number of pages: 17
Posted: 02 Apr 2011
Last Revised: 12 Dec 2014
Accepted Paper Series
Integral University
Downloads
4,309
18.
Are Recent College Graduates Finding Good Jobs?
Current Issues in Economics and Finance, Vol. 20, No. 1, 2014
Number of pages: 8
Posted: 13 Jan 2014
Accepted Paper Series
Federal Reserve Bank of New York, Federal Reserve Bank of New York - Research Group and Federal Reserve Bank of New York
Downloads
4,302
19.
The Role of Human Resource Management in Cross-Border Mergers and Acquisitions
International Journal of Human Resource Management, Vol. 15, No. 8, pp. 1357-1372, December 2004
Number of pages: 16
Posted: 21 Sep 2004
Accepted Paper Series
Northeastern University - Department of International Business and Strategy and Northeastern University - D'Amore-McKim
Downloads
4,247
20.
Diversity in Economics: An Analysis of Journal Quality Perceptions
Number of pages: 31
Posted: 26 Feb 2003
Working Paper Series
ALBA Graduate Business School and ALBA Graduate Business School
Downloads
4,169
21.
Challenges Faced by the Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) in Malaysia: An Intellectual Capital Perspective
International Journal of Current Research, Vol. 3, No. 6, p. 398, June 2011
Number of pages: 4
Posted: 22 Jul 2011
Accepted Paper Series
Universiti Malaysia Sarawak, Universiti Malaysia Sarawak (UNIMAS), Universiti Malaysia Sarawak (UNIMAS) and Universiti Malaysia Sarawak (UNIMAS)
Downloads
4,047
22.
Globalization Effect on Education and Culture: An Analysis
Number of pages: 5
Posted: 28 May 2012
Working Paper Series
Government Engineering College, Bikaner
Downloads
4,003
23.
Are Successful Women Entrepreneurs Different from Men?
Number of pages: 16
Posted: 12 May 2010
Working Paper Series
University of Virginia, Center for Entrepreneurship and Research Commercialization, Pratt School of Engineering and Techstars
Downloads
3,895
24.
Competency Mapping
National Conference on Emerging Trends in Business Research, March 2006
Number of pages: 15
Posted: 19 Feb 2012
Accepted Paper Series
Vivin Consultants
Downloads
3,861
25.
Measuring Skill in the Mutual Fund Industry
Number of pages: 44
Posted: 11 Apr 2012
Last Revised: 05 Sep 2014
Working Paper Series
Stanford Graduate School of Business and University of Pennsylvania - The Wharton School
There are 2 versions of this paper
Measuring Skill in the Mutual Fund Industry
Number of pages: 44
Posted: 11 Apr 2012
Last Revised: 05 Sep 2014
Downloads
3,826
Measuring Managerial Skill in the Mutual Fund Industry
NBER Working Paper No. w18184
Number of pages: 39
Posted: 22 Jun 2012
Downloads
76
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3,826
26.
Getting the Numbers Right: International Engineering Education in the United States, China, and India
Journal of Engineering Education, Vol. 97, No. 1, pp. 13-25, 2008
Number of pages: 13
Posted: 09 Jan 2008
Last Revised: 05 Jun 2008
Accepted Paper Series
Duke University - Department of Sociology - Director, Center on Globalization, Governance & Competitiveness, Center for Entrepreneurship and Research Commercialization, Pratt School of Engineering, Cornell University - School of Industrial and Labor Relations and Duke University - Department of Sociology
Downloads
3,822
27.
Catching Up Is Hard to Do: Undergraduate Prestige, Elite Graduate Programs, and the Earnings Premium
Vanderbilt Law and Economics Research Paper No. 14-23, Vanderbilt Public Law Research Paper No. 16-17
Number of pages: 49
Posted: 30 Jul 2014
Last Revised: 30 Apr 2016
Working Paper Series
Vanderbilt University - Law School
Downloads
3,811
28.
Human Resource Management Practices in an Airline Industry: The British Airways Global Perspective
Number of pages: 14
Posted: 29 Jul 2013
Last Revised: 30 Sep 2013
Working Paper Series
Arab Open University - Bahrain Branch and Oman College of Management and Technology
Downloads
3,771
29.
How the Disciple Became the Guru
Number of pages: 81
Posted: 23 Jul 2008
Last Revised: 19 Aug 2008
Working Paper Series
Center for Entrepreneurship and Research Commercialization, Pratt School of Engineering, Harvard University and Duke University - Department of Sociology - Director, Center on Globalization, Governance & Competitiveness
Downloads
3,733
30.
Employment of Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs) and its Implications on the Academic Performance of Their Children
Number of pages: 43
Posted: 16 Apr 2009
Working Paper Series
affiliation not provided to SSRN, affiliation not provided to SSRN and Lyceum of the Philippines University - Graduate Studies
Downloads
3,508
31.
Scale and Skill in Active Management
Number of pages: 51
Posted: 01 Sep 2013
Last Revised: 01 Aug 2014
Working Paper Series
University of Chicago - Booth School of Business, University of Pennsylvania - The Wharton School and University of Pennsylvania - The Wharton School
There are 5 versions of this paper
Scale and Skill in Active Management
Number of pages: 51
Posted: 01 Sep 2013
Last Revised: 01 Aug 2014
Downloads
3,452
Scale and Skill in Active Management
Becker Friedman Institute for Research in Economics Working Paper No. 2014-03
Number of pages: 51
Posted: 05 Feb 2014
Downloads
374
Scale and Skill in Active Management
Chicago Booth Research Paper No. 14-20
Number of pages: 52
Posted: 15 Jul 2014
Downloads
136
Scale and Skill in Active Management
NBER Working Paper No. w19891
Number of pages: 51
Posted: 11 Feb 2014
Downloads
36
Scale and Skill in Active Management
CEPR Discussion Paper No. DP9854
Number of pages: 53
Posted: 02 Jun 2014
Downloads
2
Downloads
3,452
32.
Social Animal House: The Economic and Academic Consequences of Fraternity Membership
Number of pages: 31
Posted: 14 Apr 2016
Last Revised: 19 May 2017
Working Paper Series
10 Thoughts, Union College - Department of Economics and Union College - Department of Economics
There are 2 versions of this paper
Social Animal House: The Economic and Academic Consequences of Fraternity Membership
Number of pages: 31
Posted: 14 Apr 2016
Last Revised: 19 May 2017
Downloads
3,440
Social Animal House: The Economic and Academic Consequences of Fraternity Membership
Contemporary Economic Policy, Vol. 36, Issue 2, pp. 263-276, 2018
Number of pages: 14
Posted: 22 Feb 2018
Downloads
1
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3,440
33.
Financial Literacy Around the World: An Overview of the Evidence with Practical Suggestions for the Way Forward
World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 6107
Number of pages: 58
Posted: 20 Apr 2016
Working Paper Series
Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS) and World Bank - Development Research Group (DECRG)
Downloads
3,413
34.
Human Capital, Asset Allocation, and Life Insurance
Yale ICF Working Paper No. 05-11
Number of pages: 21
Posted: 13 May 2005
Working Paper Series
Yale School of Management, Ibbotson Associates, York University - Schulich School of Business and Ibbotson Associates
There are 2 versions of this paper
Human Capital, Asset Allocation, and Life Insurance
Yale ICF Working Paper No. 05-11
Number of pages: 21
Posted: 13 May 2005
Downloads
3,399
Human Capital, Asset Allocation, and Life Insurance
Financial Analysts Journal, Vol. 62, No. 1, pp. 97-109, January/February 2006
Posted: 03 May 2006
Downloads
3,399
35.
Returns to Investment in Education: A Further Update
World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 2881
Number of pages: 29
Posted: 06 Mar 2003
Working Paper Series
Georgetown University and World Bank
There are 3 versions of this paper
Returns to Investment in Education: A Further Update
World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 2881
Number of pages: 29
Posted: 06 Mar 2003
Downloads
3,362
Returns to Investment in Education: A Further Update
World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 2881
Number of pages: 36
Posted: 20 Apr 2016
Downloads
804
Returns to Investment in Education: A Further Update
Education Economics, Vol. 12, No. 2, pp. 111-134, August 2004
Posted: 08 Oct 2004
Downloads
3,362
36.
Old Age and the Decline in Financial Literacy
Forthcoming in Management Science
Number of pages: 40
Posted: 24 Oct 2011
Last Revised: 30 Oct 2015
Working Paper Series
The American College, University of Missouri at Columbia - Department of Finance and Texas Tech University
Downloads
3,024
37.
Human Resource Management Practices in Bangladeshi Organizations: A Case Study on Bangladesh Centre for Communication Program
Number of pages: 30
Posted: 19 Mar 2010
Working Paper Series
Bangladesh Institute of Bank Management (BIBM)
Downloads
2,973
38.
Gender Discrimination and Growth: Theory and Evidence from India
LSE STICERD Research Paper No. DEDPS42
Number of pages: 70
Posted: 30 Apr 2008
Working Paper Series
York University - Department of Economics
Downloads
2,934
39.
Survive then Thrive: Talent, Research Motivation, and Completing the Economics Ph.D.
Number of pages: 40
Posted: 22 Jan 2007
Working Paper Series
Le Moyne College - Department of Economics, Department of Economics, Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs, Syracuse University and East Carolina University - Department of Economics
Downloads
2,913
40.
Education, Entrepreneurship and Immigration: America's New Immigrant Entrepreneurs, Part II
Number of pages: 32
Posted: 11 Jun 2007
Working Paper Series
Center for Entrepreneurship and Research Commercialization, Pratt School of Engineering, Cornell University - School of Industrial and Labor Relations, University of California, Berkeley - School of Information and Duke University - Department of Sociology - Director, Center on Globalization, Governance & Competitiveness
Downloads
2,898
41.
The Effectiveness of Youth Financial Education: A Review of the Literature
Journal of Financial Counseling and Planning, Vol. 20, No. 1, 2009
Number of pages: 14
Posted: 27 Feb 2013
Accepted Paper Series
Indiana State University - Networks Financial Institute
Downloads
2,778
42.
Economists (and Economics) in Tech Companies
Harvard Business School NOM Unit Working Paper No. 19-027, Stanford University Graduate School of Business Research Paper No. 18-44
Number of pages: 28
Posted: 11 Sep 2018
Working Paper Series
Stanford Graduate School of Business and Harvard Business School
There are 2 versions of this paper
Economists (and Economics) in Tech Companies
Harvard Business School NOM Unit Working Paper No. 19-027, Stanford University Graduate School of Business Research Paper No. 18-44
Number of pages: 28
Posted: 11 Sep 2018
Downloads
2,756
Economists (and Economics) in Tech Companies
NBER Working Paper No. w25064
Number of pages: 27
Posted: 24 Sep 2018
Downloads
34
Downloads
2,756
43.
High Performance Workplace Practices and Job Satisfaction: Evidence from Europe
IZA Discussion Paper No. 1265
Number of pages: 36
Posted: 25 Aug 2004
Working Paper Series
Rhine-Westphalia Institute for Economic Research (RWI-Essen)
Downloads
2,747
44.
Managerial Capital and the Market for CEOs
Number of pages: 50
Posted: 08 May 2007
Working Paper Series
University of Southern California - Marshall School of Business and Queen's University - Department of Economics
Downloads
2,693
45.
Does a Better Education Make for Better Managers? An Empirical Examination of CEO Educational Quality and Firm Performance
Number of pages: 28
Posted: 14 Jul 2004
Working Paper Series
Pace University - Lubin School of Business - Department of Finance and Economics and Pace University - Lubin School of Business - Department of Finance and Economics
Downloads
2,677
46.
Measuring Education Inequality: Gini Coefficients of Education
World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 2525
Number of pages: 37
Posted: 29 Jan 2001
Working Paper Series
World Bank - Brazil, Cornell University and The World Bank
Downloads
2,659
47.
Reducing Crime and Violence: Experimental Evidence from Cognitive Behavioral Therapy in Liberia
Number of pages: 119
Posted: 18 Apr 2015
Last Revised: 25 Oct 2016
Working Paper Series
University of Chicago, Harris School of Public Policy, University of Exeter Business School - Department of Economics and Harvard Medical School/Boston Children's Hospital
There are 3 versions of this paper
Reducing Crime and Violence: Experimental Evidence from Cognitive Behavioral Therapy in Liberia
Number of pages: 119
Posted: 18 Apr 2015
Last Revised: 25 Oct 2016
Downloads
2,634
Reducing Crime and Violence: Experimental Evidence on Adult Noncognitive Investments in Liberia
World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 7648
Number of pages: 108
Posted: 22 Apr 2016
Downloads
35
Reducing Crime and Violence: Experimental Evidence from Cognitive Behavioral Therapy in Liberia
NBER Working Paper No. w21204
Number of pages: 50
Posted: 26 May 2015
Downloads
7
Downloads
2,634
48.
Risk-Based Student Loans
Washington and Lee Law Review, Vol. 70, No. 1, p. 527, 2013
Number of pages: 122
Posted: 08 Dec 2011
Last Revised: 05 May 2013
Accepted Paper Series
University of Southern California Gould School of Law
There are 2 versions of this paper
Risk-Based Student Loans
Washington and Lee Law Review, Vol. 70, No. 1, p. 527, 2013
Number of pages: 122
Posted: 08 Dec 2011
Last Revised: 05 May 2013
Downloads
2,631
Risk Based Student Loans -- Powerpoint Presentation
Number of pages: 36
Posted: 01 Aug 2012
Last Revised: 15 Apr 2013
Downloads
484
Downloads
2,631
49.
From Physical to Human Capital Accumulation: Inequality in the Process of Development
Brown University Working Paper No. 99-27
Number of pages: 37
Posted: 14 Nov 2000
Working Paper Series
Brown University - Department of Economics and University of Warwick - Department of Economics
Downloads
2,472
50.
Theories of Diversity within Organisation Studies: Debates and Future Trajectories
FEEM Working Paper No. 14.2003
Number of pages: 33
Posted: 25 Mar 2003
Working Paper Series
Catholic University of Leuven (KUL) and University of St. Gallen - SEPS: Economics and Political Sciences
Downloads
2,408
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