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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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17322
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Silke
Anger
Bernhard
Christoph
Agata
Galkiewicz
Shushanik
Margaryan
Frauke
Peter
Malte
Sandner
Thomas
Siedler
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A Library in the Palm of Your Hand? A Randomized Field Experiment with Low-Income Children
Reading comprehension is critical for academic success, yet children from disadvantaged backgrounds often engage in reading less frequently than their more advantaged peers. This study evaluates the ...
(This version: March 2025.)
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C93, I20, I24
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17321
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Nick
Drydakis
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Business Disruptions Due to Social Vulnerability and Criminal Activities in Urban Areas
This study investigates the relationship between social vulnerability, illegal activities, and location-based business disruptions in Athens, the capital of Greece. The research utilises repeated ...
(published in: Journal of Criminal Justice, 2024, 95, 102293)
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K4, K42, L26, I3, E32
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17320
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James
Flynn
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Contraceptive Access Creates Positive Selection in Infant Health
This paper documents an important unintended consequence of expanding contraceptive access; namely that it creates positive selection in the health of the children being born. I use a family planning ...
(published in: Journal of Health Economics, 2025, 104, 13081)
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J13, I18, I12
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17319
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Micole
De Vera
Javier
Garcia-Brazales
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Establishment Size and the Task Content of Jobs: Evidence from 46 Countries
Using a mix of household- and employer-based survey data from 46 countries, we provide novel evidence that workers in larger establishments perform more non-routine analytical tasks, even within ...
(published in: Economica, 2025, 92 (366), 548-579)
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J24, J31, L25
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17314
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Zheyuan
Zhang
Hui
Xu
Ruilin
Liu
Zhong
Zhao
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Free Education and the Intergenerational Transmission of Cognitive Skills in Rural China
This paper estimates the impact of the Free Education Policy, a major education reform implemented in rural China in 2006, as a natural experiment on the intergenerational transmission of cognitive ...
(published in: Journal of Population Economics, 2025, 38, 29 (2025))
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H52, I24, J24
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17311
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Nikos
Askitas
Anoop
Bindra
Martinez
Fabio
Saia
Cereda
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The IZA / Fable Swipe Consumption Index
This paper introduces a novel monthly consumption indicator: the IZA / Fable Data consumption indicator for Germany. It is based on credit card transactions data collected and anonymised by Fable ...
(published in: Jahrbücher für Nationalökonomie und Statistik, 2025, 245 (4–5), 589–59)
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D12, E2, C8
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17305
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Herwig
Immervoll
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Financing Social Protection in OECD Countries: Role and Uses of Revenue Earmarking
In many OECD countries, the majority of social spending is financed from earmarked revenues, and a large share of revenues earmarked for any type of government spending is used for social purposes. ...
(forthcoming in: U. Gentilini (ed.), Scaling up: insights into the financing, political economy and delivery of social assistance (preliminary title), World Bank: Washington DC, 2024)
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H20, H50, I00, P52
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17303
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Katja
Görlitz
Pascal
Heß
Marcus
Tamm
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Should States Allow Early School Enrollment? An Analysis of Individuals' Long-Term Labor Market Effects
This study provides a policy evaluation of laws allowing early school enrollment of children, i.e., enrollment before the official school starting age. It investigates the effects of early enrollment ...
(published in: Empirical Economics, 2025, 68, 2383–2411)
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I28, J21, J24
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17296
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Giorgio
Brunello
Lorenzo
Rocco
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The Pecuniary Costs of Early School Leaving and Poor Basic Cognitive and Non-cognitive Skills
We produce estimates of the pecuniary costs of inadequate investment in human capital for countries, macro regions and the world at large. These costs are borne by individuals (private costs), the ...
(also available as 'The price of inaction: the global private, fiscal and social costs of children and youth not learning', United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), Paris, 2024)
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I24, I25
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17295
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Francine
D.
Blau
Lisa
M.
Lynch
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50 Years of Breakthroughs and Barriers: Women in Economics, Policy, and Leadership
This paper provides an overview of what has happened over the past fifty years for women as they worked to break through professional barriers in economics, policy, and institutional leadership. We ...
(published as 'Fifty Years of Breakthroughs and Barriers: Women in Economics, Policy, and Leadership' in: ANNALS of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, 2024, 711 (1), 225-244)
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J0, J01, J10, J16, J2, J21, J24, J7, J70
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12997Result(s) returned for "All accepted Discussion Papers"
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