Life cycle patterns of cognitive performance over the long run

“the effect of risk aversion on the demand for life insurance: the case of iranian life insurance market”

abstract: about 60% of total premium of insurance industry is pertained?to life policies in the world; while the life insurance total premium in iran is less than 6% of total premium in insurance industry in 2008 (sigma, no 3/2009). among the reasons that discourage the life insurance industry is the problem of adverse selection. adverse selection theory describes a situation where the inf...

the effect of task cognitive complexity and time limit on the performance of the learners with different proficiency levels in second language writing skill

this study investigated the effects of manipulating the cognitive complexity of tasks along +/- few elements and the time limits on l2 learners writing performance. to conduct the study, 60 iranian efl learners with two levels of proficiency, low and high intermediate, were selected and assigned to three groups based on the time devoted to task completion. the participants performed both a simp...

Optimization of brain and life performance: Striving for playing at the top for the long run

Everyone may think she knows what is good and what is bad. One more theoretical article will hardly make anyone act differently. My goal here is to share simple recipes that are easy and often fun to put in practice and that make a big difference in one’s life. I am writing this note as an opportunity to share my most important snippets of advices with my students and younger collaborators at E...

Political Participation over the Life Cycle

Household debt over the life cycle

Using data from the 2001 Survey of Consumer Finances, this study examines how the holding of types and amounts of household debt changes over the life cycle. The results show that the likelihood of holding each type of debt and the amount of each type of debt compared to total assets decrease with age. Although the popular press has speculated that older households accumulate excessive amounts ...