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Title: | Friday the 13th: The Empirics of Bad Luck |
Authors: | Fidrmuc, J Tena, JD |
Keywords: | Socio-economic outcomes;13th day of the month;Friday the 13th;UK Labor Force survey |
Issue Date: | 2015 |
Publisher: | John Wiley & Sons |
Citation: | Kyklos, 68 (3), pp. 317 - 334, (2015) |
Abstract: | We use the UK Labor Force survey to investigate whether the socio-economic outcomes of people born on the 13th day of the month, and of those born on Friday the 13th, differ from the outcomes of people born on more auspicious days. In many European countries, including the UK, number 13 is considered unlucky and Friday the 13th is seen as an especially unlucky day. We find little evidence that people born on the 13th or those born on Friday the 13th are significantly less likely to be employed, earn lower wages or that they are more likely to stay unmarried compared to people born on other days. |
URI: | http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/kykl.12085/abstract http://bura.brunel.ac.uk/handle/2438/11306 |
DOI: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/kykl.12085 |
ISSN: | 0023-5962 1467-6435 |
Appears in Collections: | Dept of Economics and Finance Research Papers |
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