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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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15560
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Sarah
Cattan
Kjell
G.
Salvanes
Emma
Tominey
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First Generation Elite: The Role of School Networks
Intergenerational persistence in studying for elite education is high across the world. We study the role that exposure to high school peers from elite educated families ('elite peers') plays in ...
(forthcoming in: American Economic Review)
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I24, J24, J62
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15556
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Seth
Gershenson
Stephen
B.
Holt
Adam
Tyner
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Making the Grade: The Effect of Teacher Grading Standards on Student Outcomes
Teachers are among the most important inputs in the education production function. One mechanism by which teachers might affect student learning is through the grading standards they set for their ...
(published in: Contemporary Economic Policy, 2024, 42 (2): 305-318)
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I2
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15555
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Patrick
Lehnert
Michael
Niederberger
Uschi
Backes-Gellner
Eric
Bettinger
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Proxying Economic Activity with Daytime Satellite Imagery: Filling Data Gaps across Time and Space
This paper develops a novel procedure for proxying economic activity with day-time satellite imagery across time periods and spatial units, for which reliable data on economic activity are otherwise ...
(published in: Proceedings of National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) Nexus , 2023, 2 (4), pgad099 )
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E01, E23, O18, R11, R14
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15554
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Getinet
Astatike
Haile
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Organisational Leadership: How Much Does It Matter?
We study the influence of leadership on organisational performance and worker wellbeing using data from the 2004 and 2011 Workplace Employment Relations Survey (WERS). Our most conservative estimates ...
(published in: British Journal of Industrial Relations, 2023, 61 (3), 653 - 673)
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I31, J28, J5, L2, M5
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15552
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Viola
Corradini
Lorenzo
Lagos
Garima
Sharma
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Collective Bargaining for Women: How Unions Can Create Female-Friendly Jobs
Why aren't workplaces better designed for women? We show that changing the priorities of those who set workplace policies can create female-friendly jobs. Starting in 2015, Brazil's largest trade ...
(published in: Quarterly Journal of Economics, 2025, 140 (3), 2053–2105)
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J31, J33, J51, J52
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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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