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No. Author(s) Title JEL Class.
12693 Stefano Castriota
Mirco Tonin
Stay or Flee? Probability versus Severity of Punishment in Hit-And-Run Accidents
The empirical literature testing the economic theory of crime has extensively studied the relative importance of the probability and the severity of punishment with reference to planned criminal ...
(published as 'Stay or flee? Hit-and-run accidents, darkness and probability of punishment' in: European Journal of Law and Economics, 2023, 55, 117 - 144)
D91, K14, K42, R41
12691 Lisha Agarwal
Giorgio Brunello
Lorenzo Rocco
The Pathways to College
We estimate the effect of the high school curriculum (or track) on the returns to college using data from the Italian PLUS (Participation Labour and Unemployment Survey) survey. We find that college ...
(published in: Journal of Human Capital, 2021, 15 (4), 554 - 595)
J24
12690 Marco Caliendo
Steffen Künn
Martin Weissenberger
Catching up or Lagging Behind? The Long-Term Business and Innovation Potential of Subsidized Start-Ups out of Unemployment
From an active labor market policy perspective, start-up subsidies for unemployed individuals are very effective in improving long-term labor market outcomes for participants. From a business ...
(published in: Research Policy, 2020, 49 (10), 1-14)
L26, M13, J68
12689 Jongkwan Lee
Giovanni Peri
Vasil Yasenov
The Labor Market Effects of Mexican Repatriations: Longitudinal Evidence from the 1930s
We examine the labor market consequences of an extensive campaign repatriating around 400,000 Mexicans in 1929-34. To identify a causal effect, we instrument county level repatriations with the ...
(published in: Journal of Public Economics, 2022, 205, 104558)
J15, J21, J61, N32
12688 Diana Chise
Margherita Fort
Chiara Monfardini
Scientifico! like Dad: On the Intergenerational Transmission of STEM Education in Italy
We provide novel evidence on the existence and the extent of intergenerational transmission of STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) education using a recent large administrative ...
(revised version published as 'On the Intergenerational Transmission of STEM Education among Graduate Students' in: B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis and Policy, 2021, 21 (1), 115 - 145)
J16, J24, I24
12687 Matthew Neidell
Shinsuke Uchida
Marcella Veronesi
Be Cautious with the Precautionary Principle: Evidence from Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Accident
This paper provides a large scale, empirical evaluation of unintended effects from invoking the precautionary principle after the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear accident. After the accident, all nuclear ...
(published as 'The unintended effects from halting nuclear power production: Evidence from Fukushima Daiichi accident' in: Journal of Health Economics, 2021, 79, 102507)
I12, K32, Q41
12686 Paul Anand
Laurence Roope
Anthony J. Culyer
Ron P. Smith
Disability and Multi-Dimensional Quality of Life: A Capability Approach to Health Status Assessment
This paper offers an approach to assessing quality-of-life, based on Sen's (1985) theory, which it uses to understand loss in quality-of-life due to mobility-impairment. Specifically, it provides a ...
(published in: Health Economics, 2020, 29 (7), 748 - 765)
D60, I31
12685 Jiyoon Kim
Ajin Lee
Maya Rossin-Slater
What to Expect When It Gets Hotter: The Impacts of Prenatal Exposure to Extreme Heat on Maternal and Infant Health
We use temperature variation within narrowly-defined geographic and demographic cells to show that prenatal exposure to extreme heat increases the risk of maternal hospitalization during pregnancy, ...
(published in: American Journal of Health Economics, 2021, 7 (3), 281- 305)
I14, I18, Q54
12684 Patrick A. Puhani
Philip Yang
Does Increased Teacher Accountability Decrease Leniency in Grading?
Because accountability may improve the comparability that is compromised by lenient grading, we compare exit exam outcomes in the same schools before and after a policy change that increased teacher ...
(published in: Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 2020, 171, 333 - 341)
H83, I20, I28
12683 Teevrat Garg
Ecosystems and Human Health: The Local Benefits of Forest Cover in Indonesia
This paper documents the effect of primary forest cover loss on increased incidence of malaria. The evidence is consistent with an ecological response. I show that land use change, anti-malarial ...
(published in: Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, 2019, 98, 102271)
Q53, O13, Q56, Q57, Q20
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