This paper explores whether home buyers are myopic about future energy costs. I exploit variation in energy costs in the form of fuel price changes in Massachusetts where there is significant overlap in the geographic and age distributions of oil-heated homes and gas-heated homes. I find that relative fuel price shifts cause relative changes in housing transaction prices that are consistent wit...

BACKGROUND Nearly one-half of Guatemalan children experience growth faltering, more so in indigenous than in nonindigenous children. OBJECTIVES On the basis of ethnographic interviews in Totonicapán, Guatemala, which revealed differences in maternal perceptions about food needs in infant girls and boys, we predicted a cumulative sex difference in favor of girls that occurred at ∼6 mo of age a...

OBJECTIVES Non-Hispanic blacks and Hispanics in the United States are more likely to be incarcerated than non-Hispanic whites. The risk of incarceration also varies with age, and there are striking differences in age distributions across racial/ethnic groups. Guided by these trends, the present study examines the extent to which differences in age structure account for incarceration disparities...

This paper explores whether home buyers are myopic about future energy costs. I exploit variation in energy costs in the form of fuel price changes in Massachusetts where there is significant overlap in the geographic and age distributions of oil-heated homes and gas-heated homes. I find that relative fuel price shifts cause relative changes in housing transaction prices that are consistent wit...

This article considers an economy where risk is insurable, but selection determines the pool of individuals who take it up. First, we demonstrate that the comparative statics of these economies do not necessarily depend on its marginal selection (adverse versus favorable), but rather other characteristics. We then use repeated cross-sections of medical expenditures in the U.S. to understand the...

The attached study was discussed in the NRC 2006 review, but was criticized because the osteosarcoma rates of Kenyan provinces were not age-­‐adjusted. However, Kenyan provinces had large populations and it is unlikely there were large differences in ag distribution between provinces. Furthermore, the differences in osteosarcoma rates between provinces were as large as 400%. It is unlikely age ...

This article presents an overview of marriage patterns in East Asia. Globally, marriage patterns are changing. In East Asia, cultural patterns are slowing the changes in attitude toward marriage that are occurring in the West. There are implications of changing attitudes for government planners. This issue of Asia-Pacific Population and Policy is based on a series of studies of marriage and...

OBJECTIVE To understand how social norms about gender and reproduction shape fertility desires and use of family planning among adolescents in post-conflict northern Uganda. METHODS A study was conducted in 2 post-conflict districts in north-central Uganda. Life histories were collected from 40 adolescents (20 males, 20 females). In-depth interviews were conducted with 40 individuals (20 male...

There are errors in Table 6, the last paragraph of the Experiment 1 Cognitive Estimation Task (CET) section, and Tables S6 and S7. Please view the correct paragraph and tables here: The distribution of the error scores for version A of the CET adjusted for age, gender and education is as follows: M = 4.11, Mdn = 4.00, SD = 3.32, minimum = -2, maximum = 21, interquartile range = 4.00. The distri...