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No. Author(s) Title JEL Class.
8967 Davide Dragone
Nicolas R. Ziebarth
Economic Development, Novelty Consumption, and Body Weight: Evidence from the East German Transition to Capitalism
This paper develops a conceptual framework that can explain why economic development goes along with increases in body weight and obesity rates. We first introduce the concept of novelty consumption, ...
(published as 'Non-Separable Time Preferences, Novelty Consumption, and Body Weight: Theory and Evidence from the East German Transition to Capitalism' in: Journal of Health Economics, 2017, 51, 41-65.)
D11, D12, I12, I15, L66, O10, O33, Q18, R22
8966 John V. Winters
Yu Li
Urbanization, Natural Amenities, and Subjective Well-Being: Evidence from U.S. Counties
This paper examines the effects of county-level urbanization and natural amenities on subjective well-being (SWB) in the U.S. SWB is measured using individual-level data from the Behavioral Risk ...
(published in: Urban Studies, 2017, 54 (8), 1956-1973)
I00, Q00, R00
8965 Benjamin Crost
Claire Duquennois
Joseph Felter
Daniel I. Rees
Climate Change, Agricultural Production and Civil Conflict: Evidence from the Philippines
Climate change is predicted to affect global rainfall patterns, but there is mixed evidence with regard to the effect of rainfall on civil conflict. Even among researchers who argue that rainfall ...
(published in: Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, 2018, 88, 379-395)
H56, O13
8964 Andreas Lichter
Nico Pestel
Eric Sommer
Productivity Effects of Air Pollution: Evidence from Professional Soccer
In this paper, we estimate the causal effect of ambient air pollution on individuals' productivity by using panel data on the universe of professional soccer players in Germany over the period ...
(revised version published in: Labour Economics, 2017, 48, 54-66)
J24, Q51, Q53
8962 Marc Piopiunik
Jens Ruhose
Immigration, Regional Conditions, and Crime: Evidence from an Allocation Policy in Germany
After the collapse of the Soviet Union, more than 3 million people with German ancestors immigrated to Germany under a special law granting immediate citizenship. Exploiting the exogenous allocation ...
(published in: European Economic Review, 2017, 92, 258-282)
F22, J15, K42, R10
8961 Mette Foged
Giovanni Peri
Immigrants' Effect on Native Workers: New Analysis on Longitudinal Data
Using longitudinal data on the universe of workers in Denmark during the period 1991-2008 we track the labor market outcomes of low skilled natives in response to an exogenous inflow of low skilled ...
(published in: American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, 2016, 8 (2), 1-34)
F22, J24, J61
8960 Pedro Carneiro
Oswald Koussihouèdé
Nathalie Lahire
Costas Meghir
Corina Mommaerts
Decentralizing Education Resources: School Grants in Senegal
The impact of school resources on the quality of education in developing countries may depend crucially on whether resources are targeted efficiently. In this paper we use a randomized experiment to ...
(published as ' School Grants and Education Quality: Experimental Evidence from Senegal' in: Economica, 2020, 87 (345), 28-51)
H52, I20, I22, I25, O15
8959 Joshua Angrist
Erich Battistin
Daniela Vuri
In a Small Moment: Class Size and Moral Hazard in the Mezzogiorno
An instrumental variables (IV) identification strategy that exploits statutory class size caps shows significant achievement gains in smaller classes in Italian primary schools. Gains from small ...
(published in: American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, 2017, 9 (4), 216-249)
C26, C31, I21, I28, J24
8958 Seth Gershenson
Erdal Tekin
The Effect of Community Traumatic Events on Student Achievement: Evidence from the Beltway Sniper Attacks
Community traumatic events such as mass shootings, terrorist attacks, and natural or man-made disasters have the potential to disrupt student learning in numerous ways. For example, these events can ...
(published in: Education Finance and Policy, 2018, 13(4), 513-544.)
I12, I21, K42
8957 Bente Jensen
Peter Jensen
Astrid Würtz Rasmussen
Does Professional Development of Preschool Teachers Improve Child Socio-Emotional Outcomes?
From 2011 to 2013 a randomized controlled trial has been run in Danish preschools to obtain evidence on improvements of early childhood education by providing training to the preschool teachers. The ...
(published in : Labour Economics, 2017, 45, 26-39.)
I21, J13, J24
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