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No.
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Author(s)
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Title
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JEL Class.
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15551
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Richard
Freund
Marta
Favara
Catherine
Porter
Jere
R.
Behrman
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Social Protection and Foundational Cognitive Skills during Adolescence: Evidence from a Large Public Works Programme
Many low- and middle-income countries have introduced Public Works Programmes (PWPs) to fight poverty. PWPs provide temporary cash-for-work opportunities to boost poor households' incomes and to ...
(published in: World Bank Economic Review, 2024, 38 (2), 296 - 318)
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J24, I2, I1
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15550
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Andreu
Arenas
Caterina
Calsamiglia
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Gender Differences in High-Stakes Performance and College Admission Policies
We investigate the effect of increasing the weight of standardized high-stakes exams at the expense of high school grades for college admissions. Studying a policy change in Spain, we find a negative ...
(forthcoming in: Management Science, 2025.)
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J16, I23, I24
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15549
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Chunbing
Xing
Xiaoyan
Yuan
Junfu
Zhang
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City Size, Family Migration, and Gender Wage Gap: Evidence from Rural-Urban Migrants in China
Finding suitable employment in a city is more challenging for married than unmarried migrants. This paper provides empirical evidence that the denser and more diversified labor markets in large ...
(published in: Regional Science and Urban Economics, 2022, 97, 103834)
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J31, R12, R23, O15
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15548
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Victoria
Hunter
Gibney
Kristine
L.
West
Seth
Gershenson
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Blurred Boundaries: A Day in the Life of a Teacher
The burnout, stress, and work-life balance challenges faced by teachers have received renewed interest due to the myriad disruptions and changes to K-12 schooling brought about by the COVID-19 ...
(published in: Research in Labor Economics, 2023, 51, 247-275)
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I2, J22
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15547
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Chris
M.
Herbst
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Child Care in the United States: Markets, Policy, and Evidence
Participation in non-parental child care arrangements is now the norm for preschool-age children in the U.S. However, child care services are becoming increasingly expensive for many families, and ...
(published in: Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, 2023, 42 (1), 255-304)
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H75, I24, I38, J24
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15546
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Randall
K. Q.
Akee
Donn.
L.
Feir
Marina
Mileo
Gorzig
Samuel
Myers Jr
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Native American 'Deaths of Despair' and Economic Conditions
Non-Hispanic whites who do not have a college degree have experienced an increase in "deaths of despair" – deaths caused by suicide, drug use, and alcohol use. Yet, deaths of despair are ...
(published in: Research in Social Stratification, 2024, 89, 100880)
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I14, J15, J16
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15545
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Rania
Gihleb
Osea
Giuntella
Luca
Stella
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Exposure to Past Immigration Waves and Attitudes toward Newcomers
How does previous exposure to massive immigrant inflows affect concerns about current immigration and the integration of refugees? To answer this question, we investigate attitudes toward newcomers ...
(published in: Migration Studies, 2022, 10 (4), 789-814)
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A13, D64, J6, I31
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15543
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Stephen
Kastoryano
Ben
Vollaard
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Nautical Patrol and Illegal Fishing Practices
We uncover a hidden illegal fishing practice: the use of fishing nets with illegally small mesh size. The small mesh prevents nearly all fish of saleable size from escaping the net, but also traps a ...
(published in: Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, 2023 122, 102881.)
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D22, K42, Q22
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15542
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Billur
Aksoy
Christopher
S.
Carpenter
Dario
Sansone
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Understanding Labor Market Discrimination against Transgender People: Evidence from a Double List Experiment and a Survey
Using a US nationally representative sample and a double list experiment designed to elicit views free from social desirability bias, we find that anti-transgender labor market attitudes are ...
(published in: Management Science, 2024, 71 (1), 659-677. )
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C90, J15, J71, K31
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15540
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Cevat Giray
Aksoy
José
María
Barrero
Nicholas
Bloom
Steven
J.
Davis
Mathias
Dolls
Pablo
Zarate
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Working from Home Around the World
The pandemic triggered a large, lasting shift to work from home (WFH). To study this shift, we survey full-time workers who finished primary school in 27 countries as of mid 2021 and early 2022. Our ...
(published in: Brookings Papers on Economic Activity, Fall 2022, 281–330 )
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J2, D22, E24, L23
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13085Result(s) returned for "All accepted Discussion Papers"
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