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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
Eugene F. Fama and Kenneth R. French
University of Chicago - Finance and Dartmouth College - Tuck School of Business
Downloads 23,364
2.

The Role of Education in Economic Development: A Theoretical Perspective

Number of pages: 7 Posted: 28 May 2008
Working Paper Series
Ilhan Ozturk
Cag University
Downloads 21,475
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
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David N. Beede, Tiffany A. Julian, David Langdon, George McKittrick, Beethika Khan and Mark E. Doms
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 17,963
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
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Eric A. Hanushek and Ludger Woessmann
Stanford University - Hoover Institution on War, Revolution and Peace and Ifo Institute for Economic Research
Downloads 13,674
5.

Anatomy of an Entrepreneur: Family Background and Motivation

Kauffman Foundation Small Research Projects Research
Number of pages: 24 Posted: 09 Jul 2009
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Vivek Wadhwa, Krisztina Holly, Raj Aggarwal and Alex Salkever
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 10,245
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
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James E. Bessen
Technology & Policy Research Initiative, BU School of Law
Downloads 10,189
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
Daniel Fernandes, John G. Lynch and Richard G. Netemeyer
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 8,278
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
Muhammad Khan
UBL Fund Managers Limited
Downloads 8,133
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
Abhijit V. Banerjee and Esther Duflo
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Department of Economics and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Department of Economics

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Downloads 6,660
10.

Asymmetric Information and Entrepreneurship

Number of pages: 77 Posted: 21 Apr 2015 Last Revised: 24 Dec 2019
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Deepak Hegde and Justin Tumlinson
New York University (NYU) - Leonard N. Stern School of Business and Loughborough University
Downloads 6,229
11.

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
Jaison R. Abel and Richard Deitz
Federal Reserve Bank of New York and Federal Reserve Bank of New York - Research Group
Downloads 5,620
12.

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
Christopher Blattman, Nathan Fiala and Sebastian Martinez
University of Chicago, Harris School of Public Policy, University of Connecticut - Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics and Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) - Office of Strategic Planning and Development Effectiveness

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Downloads 5,443
13.

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
Edward Castronova
Indiana University
Downloads 5,161
14.

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
Vivek Wadhwa, AnnaLee Saxenian, Richard B. Freeman and G. Gereffi
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
Downloads 5,101
15.

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
Srikant Misra
Integral University
Downloads 5,060
16.

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
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Jaison R. Abel, Richard Deitz and Yaqin Su
Federal Reserve Bank of New York, Federal Reserve Bank of New York - Research Group and Federal Reserve Bank of New York
Downloads 4,928
17.

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
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William D. Henderson
Indiana University Maurer School of Law
Downloads 4,912
18.

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
Jennifer M. Chacón
University of California, Irvine School of Law
Downloads 4,469
19.

Globalization Effect on Education and Culture: An Analysis

Number of pages: 5 Posted: 28 May 2012
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Naveen Sharma
Government Engineering College, Bikaner
Downloads 4,406
20.

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
Muhammad Khalique, Abu Hassan Bin Md. Isa, Jamal Abdul Nassir Shaari and Adel Ageel
Universiti Malaysia Sarawak, Universiti Malaysia Sarawak (UNIMAS), Universiti Malaysia Sarawak (UNIMAS) and Universiti Malaysia Sarawak (UNIMAS)
Downloads 4,364
21.

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
Ruth V. Aguilera and John Dencker
Northeastern University - Department of International Business and Strategy and Northeastern University - D'Amore-McKim
Downloads 4,299
22.

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
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Dr. Julius B. Bertillo and Dr. Josefina Salando
Arab Open University - Bahrain Branch and Oman College of Management and Technology
Downloads 4,269
23.

Diversity in Economics: An Analysis of Journal Quality Perceptions

Number of pages: 31 Posted: 26 Feb 2003
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Kostas Axarloglou and Vasilis Theoharakis
ALBA Graduate Business School and ALBA Graduate Business School
Downloads 4,175
24.

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, Journal of Benefit-Cost Analysis, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 62 Posted: 20 Jul 2019 Last Revised: 14 Nov 2019
Accepted Paper Series
Joni Hersch
Vanderbilt University - Law School

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Downloads 4,108
25.

Measuring Skill in the Mutual Fund Industry

Number of pages: 44 Posted: 11 Apr 2012 Last Revised: 05 Sep 2014
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Jonathan Berk and Jules H. van Binsbergen
Stanford Graduate School of Business and University of Pennsylvania - The Wharton School

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Downloads 4,090
26.

Competency Mapping

National Conference on Emerging Trends in Business Research, March 2006
Number of pages: 15 Posted: 19 Feb 2012
Accepted Paper Series
Dr. Ramakrishnan
Vivin Consultants
Downloads 4,081
27.

Employment of Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs) and its Implications on the Academic Performance of Their Children

Number of pages: 43 Posted: 16 Apr 2009
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Nemesia Karen E. Arlan, Yasmina G. Wingo and Joeti Shrestha
affiliation not provided to SSRN, affiliation not provided to SSRN and Lyceum of the Philippines University - Graduate Studies
Downloads 4,077
28.

Are Successful Women Entrepreneurs Different from Men?

Number of pages: 16 Posted: 12 May 2010
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J. McGrath Cohoon, Vivek Wadhwa and Lesa Mitchell
University of Virginia, Center for Entrepreneurship and Research Commercialization, Pratt School of Engineering and Techstars
Downloads 4,033
29.

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
G. Gereffi, Vivek Wadhwa, Ben A. Rissing and Ryan Ong
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
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30.

How the Disciple Became the Guru

Number of pages: 81 Posted: 23 Jul 2008 Last Revised: 19 Aug 2008
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Vivek Wadhwa, Una Kim de Vitton and G. Gereffi
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 3,743
31.

Social Animal House: The Economic and Academic Consequences of Fraternity Membership

Number of pages: 31 Posted: 14 Apr 2016 Last Revised: 19 May 2017
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Jack Mara, Lewis Davis and Stephen Schmidt
10 Thoughts, Union College - Department of Economics and Union College - Department of Economics

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Downloads 3,552
32.

Scale and Skill in Active Management

Number of pages: 51 Posted: 01 Sep 2013 Last Revised: 01 Aug 2014
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Lubos Pastor, Robert F. Stambaugh and Lucian Taylor
University of Chicago - Booth School of Business, University of Pennsylvania - The Wharton School and University of Pennsylvania - The Wharton School

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Downloads 3,550
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
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Lisa Xu and Bilal Zia
Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS) and World Bank - Development Research Group (DECRG)
Downloads 3,506
34.

Human Capital, Asset Allocation, and Life Insurance

Yale ICF Working Paper No. 05-11
Number of pages: 21 Posted: 13 May 2005
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Roger G. Ibbotson, Peng Chen, Moshe A. Milevsky and Xingnong Zhu
Yale School of Management, Ibbotson Associates, York University - Schulich School of Business and Ibbotson Associates

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Downloads 3,463
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
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George Psacharopoulos and Harry A. Patrinos
Georgetown University and World Bank

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Downloads 3,411
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
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Michael S. Finke, John S. Howe and Sandra J. Huston
The American College, University of Missouri at Columbia - Department of Finance and Texas Tech University
Downloads 3,265
37.

Gender Discrimination and Growth: Theory and Evidence from India

LSE STICERD Research Paper No. DEDPS42
Number of pages: 70 Posted: 30 Apr 2008
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Berta Esteve-Volart
York University - Department of Economics
Downloads 3,253
38.

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
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Martha Henn McCormick
Indiana State University - Networks Financial Institute
Downloads 3,236
39.

The Impact of Training and Development on Employees Performance and Productivity

International Journal of Management Sciences and Business Research, Vol. 5, Issue 7, July 2016
Number of pages: 35 Posted: 10 Oct 2016
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Mohammed Raja Abdulraheem Sal
Al-Balqa Applied University - Administrative and Financial Department
Downloads 3,235
40.

Human Resource Management Practices in Bangladeshi Organizations: A Case Study on Bangladesh Centre for Communication Program

Number of pages: 30 Posted: 19 Mar 2010
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Khan Atiqur Rahman
Bangladesh Institute of Bank Management (BIBM)
Downloads 3,096
41.

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
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Susan Athey and Michael Luca
Stanford Graduate School of Business and Harvard University - Business School (HBS)

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Downloads 3,088
42.

Education, Entrepreneurship and Immigration: America's New Immigrant Entrepreneurs, Part II

Number of pages: 32 Posted: 11 Jun 2007
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Vivek Wadhwa, Ben A. Rissing, AnnaLee Saxenian and G. Gereffi
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 2,941
43.

Survive then Thrive: Talent, Research Motivation, and Completing the Economics Ph.D.

Number of pages: 40 Posted: 22 Jan 2007
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Wayne A. Grove, Donald H. Dutkowsky and Andrew Grodner
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 2,931
44.

High Performance Workplace Practices and Job Satisfaction: Evidence from Europe

IZA Discussion Paper No. 1265
Number of pages: 36 Posted: 25 Aug 2004
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Thomas K. Bauer
Rhine-Westphalia Institute for Economic Research (RWI-Essen)
Downloads 2,841
45.

Managerial Capital and the Market for CEOs

Number of pages: 50 Posted: 08 May 2007
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Kevin J. Murphy and Jan Zabojnik
University of Southern California - Marshall School of Business and Queen's University - Department of Economics
Downloads 2,803
46.

Does a Better Education Make for Better Managers? An Empirical Examination of CEO Educational Quality and Firm Performance

Pace University Finance Research Paper No. 2004/03
Number of pages: 28 Posted: 14 Jul 2004
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Aron A. Gottesman and Matthew R. Morey
Pace University - Lubin School of Business - Department of Finance and Economics and Pace University - Lubin School of Business - Department of Finance and Economics
Downloads 2,772
47.

Measuring Education Inequality: Gini Coefficients of Education

World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 2525
Number of pages: 37 Posted: 29 Jan 2001
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Vinod Thomas, Yan Wang and Xibo Fan
World Bank - Brazil, Cornell University and The World Bank
Downloads 2,753
48.

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
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Christopher Blattman, Julian C. Jamison and Margaret Sheridan
University of Chicago, Harris School of Public Policy, University of Exeter Business School - Department of Economics and Harvard Medical School/Boston Children's Hospital

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Downloads 2,752
49.

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
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Michael Simkovic
University of Southern California Gould School of Law

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Downloads 2,697
50.

The Role of Vocational and Technical Education in Manpower Development and Job Creation in Nigeria

Journal of Research and Development, Vol. 2, No. 1, June 2011
Number of pages: 8 Posted: 25 Jan 2017 Last Revised: 03 Aug 2018
Accepted Paper Series
Christian Emeka Okafor
Nnamdi Azikiwe University
Downloads 2,628