Thursday, December 29, 2022

The Lead-Crime Hypothesis: When we restrict our analysis to only high-quality studies that address endogeneity the estimated mean effect size is close to zero

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The Lead-Crime Hypothesis: A Meta-Analysis. Anthony Higney, Nick Hanley, Mirko Moro. Glasgow Univ. Paper No. 2021 – 02, February 21 2021. ht...

In-Person Schooling Seems to Raise Youth Suicide, possibly because of bullying victimization

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In-Person Schooling and Youth Suicide: Evidence from School Calendars and Pandemic School Closures. Benjamin Hansen, Joseph J. Sabia & J...

Schooling substantially improves intelligence, but neither lessens nor widens the impacts of socioeconomics and genetics

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Schooling substantially improves intelligence, but neither lessens nor widens the impacts of socioeconomics and genetics. Nicholas Judd, Bru...
Wednesday, December 28, 2022

Masturbation Prevalence, Frequency, Reasons, and Associations with Partnered Sex in the Midst of the COVID-19 Pandemic: Findings from a U.S. Nationally Representative Survey

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Masturbation Prevalence, Frequency, Reasons, and Associations with Partnered Sex in the Midst of the COVID-19 Pandemic: Findings from a U.S....
Tuesday, December 27, 2022

It was also interesting to note that respondents thought it essentially as easy to change sexual preferences as it was the body mass index

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Beliefs about personal change. Adrian Furnham, Ryne A. Sherman. Acta Psychologica, Volume 232, February 2023, 103821. https://doi.org/10.101...

New well-being measure considers egative affect (pain, sadness, anger and worry) & positive affect (life satisfaction, enjoyment, smiling and being well-rested)

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Wellbeing Rankings. David G. Blanchflower & Alex Bryson. NBER Working Paper 30759, December 2022. DOI 10.3386/w30759. Abstract: Combinin...