Who are the unemployed? Evidence from the United Kingdom

Moffat, J.; Yoo, H.I.

doi:10.1016/j.econlet.2015.04.017

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Temporal Stability of Cumulative Prospect Theory (2019)
Book Chapter
Lau, M., Yoo, H., & Zhao, H. Temporal Stability of Cumulative Prospect Theory. In G. Harrison, & D. Ross (Eds.), Models of Risk Preferences: Descriptive and Normative Challenges. Emerald. Manuscript submitted for publication

Religion, Religiosity and Educational Attainment: Evidence from the Compulsory Education System in England (2019)
Journal Article
Moffat, J., & Yoo, H. (2020). Religion, Religiosity and Educational Attainment: Evidence from the Compulsory Education System in England. Applied Economics, 52(4), 430-442. https://doi.org/10.1080/00036846.2019.1646872

This paper investigates the effect of religion on the educational attainment of pupils in their final year of compulsory education in England. The results show that pupils that identify with any religion have better academic performance than other pu... Read More about Religion, Religiosity and Educational Attainment: Evidence from the Compulsory Education System in England.

Risk Attitudes, Sample Selection and Attrition in a Longitudinal Field Experiment (2019)
Journal Article
Harrison, G., Lau, M., & Yoo, H. (2020). Risk Attitudes, Sample Selection and Attrition in a Longitudinal Field Experiment. The Review of Economics and Statistics, 102(3), 552-568. https://doi.org/10.1162/rest_a_00845

We evaluate the temporal stability of risk preferences using a remarkable data set that combines socio-demographic information from the Danish Civil Registry with information on risk attitudes from a longitudinal field experiment. Our econometric mod... Read More about Risk Attitudes, Sample Selection and Attrition in a Longitudinal Field Experiment.

Who are the unemployed? Evidence from the United Kingdom (2015)
Journal Article
Moffat, J., & Yoo, H. (2015). Who are the unemployed? Evidence from the United Kingdom. Economics Letters, 132, 61-64. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.econlet.2015.04.017

Using the UK Labour Force Survey 2005–2012, we analyse heterogeneity among non-employment subgroups in future employment hazards. Based on the results, we propose alternative measures of unemployment that include out-of-the-labour-force subgroups wit... Read More about Who are the unemployed? Evidence from the United Kingdom.