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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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9313
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Volha
Lazuka
Luciana
Quaranta
Tommy
Bengtsson
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Fighting Infectious Disease: Evidence from Sweden 1870-1940
Fighting infectious disease in the past, much like today, focused on isolating the disease and thereby stopping its spread. New insights into the modes of transmission and the causal agents in the ...
(published in: Population and Development Review, 2016, 42 (1), 27-52 )
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I14, I18, H51, J18
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9312
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Xin
Zhang
Xiaobo
Zhang
Xi
Chen
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Happiness in the Air: How Does a Dirty Sky Affect Subjective Well-being?
Existing studies that evaluate the impact of pollution on human beings understate its negative effect on cognition, mental health, and happiness. This paper attempts to fill in the gap via ...
(pubished as 'Happiness in the air: How does a dirty sky affect mental health and subjective well-being?' in: Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, 2017, 85, 81 - 94 )
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I31, Q51, Q53
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9311
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David
W.
Johnston
Michael A.
Shields
Agne
Suziedelyte
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Victimisation, Wellbeing and Compensation: Using Panel Data to Estimate the Costs of Violent Crime
The costs of violent crime victimisation are often left to a judge, tribunal or jury to determine; leading to the potential for considerable subjectivity and variation. Using unique panel data, this ...
(published in: Economic Journal, 2018, 128, 1545-69.)
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I31, K30
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9309
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Maryam
Naghsh Nejad
Andrew
T.
Young
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Want Freedom, Will Travel: Emigrant Self-Selection According to Institutional Quality
We investigate emigrant self-selection according to institutional quality using up to 3,566 observations on bilateral migration flows from 77 countries over the 1990-2000 period. We relate these ...
(published in: European Journal of Political Economy, 2016, 45, 71-84)
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O43, F22, P51
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9307
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Marie
C.
Hull
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The Academic Progress of Hispanic Immigrants
Past research has shown that Hispanic students make test score gains relative to whites as they age through school; however, this finding stands in contrast to the experience of blacks, who show ...
(published in: Economics of Education Review, 2017, 57, 91-110)
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J24, I24, J15
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9305
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Michael
S.
Hayes
Seth
Gershenson
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What Differences a Day Can Make: Quantile Regression Estimates of the Distribution of Daily Learning Gains
Recent research exploits a variety of natural experiments that create exogenous variation in annual school days to estimate the average effect of formal schooling on students' academic achievement. ...
(published in: Economics Letters, 2016, 141, 48-51)
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I2
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9304
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Andrey
Fradkin
Frédéric
Panier
Ilan
Tojerow
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Blame the Parents? How Financial Incentives Affect Labor Supply and Job Quality for Young Adults
Young adults entering the labor force typically have little access to unemployment insurance or other formal insurance mechanisms. Instead, they rely on family insurance in the form of parental ...
(published as 'Blame the Parents? How Parental Unemployment Affects Labor Supply and Job Quality for Young Adults'in: Journal of Labor Economics, 2019, 37 (1), 35-100)
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J13, J22, J64, J65
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9303
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Martin
Halla
Gerald
J.
Pruckner
Thomas
Schober
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The Cost-Effectiveness of Developmental Screenings: Evidence from a Nationwide Programme
Early intervention is considered the optimal response to developmental disorders in children. We evaluate a nationwide developmental screening programme for preschoolers in Austria and the resulting ...
(revised version published as 'The Cost-Effectiveness of Developmental Screenings: Evidence from a Nationwide Programme' in: Journal of Health Economics, 2016, 49, 120 - 135)
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I12, J13, I18, H51, H75
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9302
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Robert
W.
Fairlie
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Do Boys and Girls Use Computers Differently, and Does It Contribute to Why Boys Do Worse in School than Girls?
Boys are doing worse in school than are girls, which has been dubbed "the Boy Crisis". An analysis of the latest data on educational outcomes among boys and girls reveals extensive disparities in ...
(published in: B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis & Policy, 2016, 16 (1), 59 - 96)
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C93, I24, J16
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9301
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Wei
Huang
Xiaoyan
Lei
Ang
Sun
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The Great Expectations: Impact of One-Child Policy on Education of Girls
The rise in education of women relative to men is an emerging worldwide phenomenon in recent decades. This paper investigates the impact of the birth control policies on teenage girls' education ...
(published as 'Fertility Restrictions and Life Cycle Outcomes: Evidence from the One-Child Policy in China' in: Review of Economics and Statistics, 2021, 103 (4), 695 - 710)
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D84, I20, J13, J16, J18
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12990Result(s) returned for "All accepted Discussion Papers"
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