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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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11469
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Osea
Giuntella
Jakub
Lonsky
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The Effects of DACA on Health Insurance, Access to Care, and Health Outcomes
This paper studies the effects of the 2012 Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) initiative on health insurance coverage, access to care, health care use, and health outcomes. We exploit a ...
(published in: Journal of Health Economics, 2020, 72, 102320)
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I10, J15, J61
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11468
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Charles
Courtemanche
James
Marton
Benjamin
Ukert
Aaron
Yelowitz
Daniela
Zapata
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Effects of the Affordable Care Act on Health Behaviors after Three Years
This paper examines the impacts of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) – which substantially increased insurance coverage through regulations, mandates, subsidies, and Medicaid expansions – on behaviors ...
(published in: INQUIRY: The Journal of Health Care Organization, Provision, and Financing, 2018, 55 )
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I12, I13, I18
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11466
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Pavel
Jelnov
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A New Estimator of Search Duration and Its Application to the Marriage Market
It is well known that female age at first marriage positively correlates with male income inequality. The common interpretation of this fact is that marital search takes longer when the pool of ...
(published in: Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics, 2018, 80 (6) , 1089-1116)
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J12, D83
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11465
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David
Autor
David
Dorn
Gordon
H.
Hanson
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When Work Disappears: Manufacturing Decline and the Falling Marriage-Market Value of Young Men
We exploit the gender-specific components of large-scale labor demand shocks stemming from rising international manufacturing competition to test how shifts in the relative economic stature of young ...
(published in: American Economic Review: Insights, 2019, 1 (2), 161-178)
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F16, J12, J13, J21, J23
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11464
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S
Anukriti
Sungoh
Kwon
Nishith
Prakash
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Household Savings and Marriage Payments: Evidence from Dowry in India
This paper examines how traditional marriage market institutions affect households' financial decisions. We study how bride-to-groom marriage payments, i.e., dowries, influence saving behavior in ...
(published as 'Saving for dowry: Evidence from rural India' in: Journal of Development Economics, 2022, 154, 102750)
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J1, D14, O15
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11463
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Alberto
Alesina
Paola
Giuliano
Nathan
Nunn
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Traditional Agricultural Practices and the Sex Ratio Today
We study the historical origins of cross-country differences in the male-to-female sex ratio. Our analysis focuses on the use of the plough in traditional agriculture. In societies that did not use ...
(published in: PLoS ONE, 2018, 13 (1), e0190510)
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J1, N00, Z1
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11461
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Charles
Bellemare
Marion
Goussé
Guy
Lacroix
Steeve
Marchand
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Physical Disability and Labor Market Discrimination: Evidence from a Field Experiment
We investigate the determinants and extent of labor market discrimination toward people with physical disabilities using a large scale field experiment. Applications were randomly sent to 1477 ...
(published in: American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, 2023, 15 (4), 452–476)
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J71, J68
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11458
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Carmine
Ornaghi
Mirco
Tonin
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Water Tariffs and Consumers' Inaction
We study adoption by more than 150,000 households of an optional transitional water tariff implemented in the South-East of England in conjunction with an universal metering programme. We document ...
(published as 'Inattention Matters: An Analysis of Consumers’ Inaction in Choosing a Water Tariff' in: Journal of the European Economic Association, 2023, 21 (4), 1686–1719,)
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D12, L95, Q25
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11456
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Alex
Bryson
Lucy
Stokes
David
Wilkinson
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Are Schools Different? Wellbeing and Commitment among Staff in Schools and Elsewhere
Using nationally representative linked employer-employee data for Britain in 2004 and 2011 we find school staff are more satisfied and more contented with their jobs than "like" employees in other ...
(published as 'Who is better off? Wellbeing and commitment among staff in schools and elsewhere' in: Education Economics , 2019, 27 (5), 488 - 506 )
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I21
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11455
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Stijn
Baert
Suncica
Vujic
Simon
Amez
Matteo
Claeskens
Thomas
Daman
Arno
Maeckelberghe
Eddy
Omey
Lieven
De Marez
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Smartphone Use and Academic Performance: Correlation or Causal Relationship?
After a decade of correlational research, this study is the first to measure the causal impact of (general) smartphone use on educational performance. To this end, we merge survey data on general ...
(revised version published in: Kyklos, 2020, 73 (1), 22 - 46.)
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I21, I23, L86
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11454
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Mette
Trier
Damgaard
Helena
Skyt
Nielsen
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Nudging in Education
Can we nudge children, adolescents and their parents to make better decisions on education? And can we nudge teachers to support and encourage better decision making? Education decisions are taken at ...
(published in: Economics of Education Review, 2018, 64, 313-342)
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D03, D04, I20
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11453
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Philipp
Lergetporer
Katharina
Werner
Ludger
Woessmann
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Does Ignorance of Economic Returns and Costs Explain the Educational Aspiration Gap? Evidence from Representative Survey Experiments
The gap in university enrollment by parental education is large and persistent in many countries. In our representative survey, 74 percent of German university graduates, but only 36 percent of those ...
(published in: Economica, 2021, 88(351), 624-670)
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D83, I24, J24, H75
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11452
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Matias
Berthelon
Diana
Kruger
Rafael
Sánchez
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Maternal Stress during Pregnancy and Early Childhood Development
There is a consensus in the literature on the relevance of the first 1,000 days since conception in the development of a child's cognitive and non-cognitive skills. However, little is known of the ...
(published in: Economics and Human Biology, 2021, 43, 101047)
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I10, I19, J13
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11451
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Rosemary
Elkins
Stefanie
Schurer
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Exploring the Role of Fathers in Non-Cognitive Skill Development over the Lifecourse
Internal locus of control (LOC) is a highly beneficial non-cognitive skill, yet its long-term formation process remains poorly understood. Using British cohort data, we examine the role that fathers ...
(published as 'Exploring the role of parental engagement in non-cognitive skill development over the lifecourse' in: Journal of Population Economics, 2020, 33, 957–1004)
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I12, J24
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11450
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Stefanie
Schurer
Kristian
Trajkovski
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Understanding the Mechanisms through Which Adverse Childhood Experiences Affect Lifetime Economic Outcomes
Over the past two decades, researchers have shown a growing interest in the role of adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) – children's confrontation with maltreatment and household dysfunction ...
(published in: Labour Economics, 2019, 61, Article 101743)
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I32, J12
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11449
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Sonja
C.
de New
Stefanie
Schurer
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Survey Item-Response Behavior as an Imperfect Proxy for Unobserved Ability: Theory and Application
We develop and test an economic model of the cognitive and non-cognitive foundations of survey item-response behavior. We show that a summary measure of response behaviour - the survey item-response ...
(published in: Journal of Business & Economic Statistics, 2023, 41 (1), 197-212 )
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J24, C18, C83, I20, J30
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11447
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Gerard
J.
van den Berg
Bettina
M.
Siflinger
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The Effects of Day Care on Health During Childhood: Evidence by Age
This paper studies the effects of day care exposure on behavioral disorders and mental and physical health at various ages during childhood. We draw on a unique set of merged population register data ...
(published as 'The effects of a daycare reform on health in childhood - Evidence from Sweden ' in: Journal of Health Economics, 2022, 81, 102577)
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I12, J13, J14, C23, C25, C83
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11446
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María
Laura
Alzúa
Habiba
Djebbari
Amy
J.
Pickering
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A Community Based Program Promotes Sanitation
Basic sanitation facilities are still lacking in large parts of the developing world, engendering serious environmental health risks. Interventions commonly deliver in-kind or cash subsidies to ...
(published in: Economic Development and Cultural Change, 2020, 62 (3), 357–390)
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Q53, Q58, D78
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11445
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Chloe
N.
East
Andrew
I.
Friedson
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An Apple a Day? Adult Food Stamp Eligibility and Health Care Utilization Among Immigrants
In this study, we document the effect of Food Stamp access on adult health care utilization. While Food Stamps is one of the largest safety net programs in the U.S. today, the universal nature of the ...
(published in: American Journal of Health Economics, 2020, 6 (3), 289–323)
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H51, H53, H75, I11, I18, Q18
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11444
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Charles
Courtemanche
Andrew
I.
Friedson
Daniel
I.
Rees
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Ambulance Utilization in New York City after the Implementation of the Affordable Care Act
Expanding insurance coverage could, by insulating patients from having to pay full cost, encourage the utilization of arguably unnecessary medical services. It could also eliminate (or at least ...
(published as 'Association of Ambulance Use in New York City With the Implementation of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act ' in: JAMA Network Open, 2019, 2 (6), e196419. )
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I11, I13, I18
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11443
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Ronald
Bachmann
Rahel
Felder
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Labour Market Transitions, Shocks and Institutions in Turbulent Times: A Cross-Country Analysis
This paper analyses the impact of the business cycle on labour market dynamics in EU member states and the US during the first decade of the 21st century. Using unique measures of labour market flows ...
(published in: Empirica, 2021, 48 (2), 329-352 )
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J6, E24, E32
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11442
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Carlos
Carrillo-Tudela
Andrey
Launov
Jean-Marc
Robin
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The Fall in German Unemployment: A Flow Analysis
In this paper we investigate the recent fall in unemployment, and the rise in part-time work, labour market participation, inequality and welfare in Germany. Unemployment fell because the Hartz IV ...
(published in: European Economic Review, 2021, 132, 103658)
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J21, J31, J63, J64
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11441
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Krzysztof
Makarski
Joanna
Tyrowicz
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On Welfare Effects of Increasing Retirement Age
We develop an OLG model with realistic assumptions about longevity to analyze the welfare effects of raising the retirement age. We look at a scenario where an economy has a pay-as-you-go defined ...
(published in: Journal of Policy Modelling, 2019, 41 (4), 718 - 746)
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C68, E21, J11, H55
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11440
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Mathias
Dolls
Karina
Doorley
Alari
Paulus
Hilmar
Schneider
Eric
Sommer
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Demographic Change and the European Income Distribution
This paper assesses the effect of key demographic changes (population ageing and upskilling) that are expected by 2030 on the income distribution in the EU-27 and examines the potential of ...
(published in: Journal of Economic Inequality, 2019, 17 (3), 337 - 357)
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J11, J21, J22
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11439
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Tim
Callan
Karina
Doorley
Michael
Savage
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Inequality in EU Crisis Countries: How Effective Were Automatic Stabilisers?
The Great Recession and the widespread adoption of fiscal austerity policies have heightened concern about inequality and how well tax-benefit systems redistribute. We examine how the distribution of ...
(published in: Fiscal Studies, 2021, 42 (2), 319-343 )
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H24, D31, D63
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11438
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James
T.
Bang
Aniruddha
Mitra
Phanindra
V.
Wunnava
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Hollowing Out the Middle? Remittances and Income Inequality in Nigeria
This paper investigates the impact of remittances on poverty and inequality in Nigeria. In contrast to the existing literature, our methodology of instrumental variable quantile regression (IVQR) ...
(published in: Migration and Development, 2022, 11 (3), 543 - 559)
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F22, F24, O15, O55
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11437
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Artjoms
Ivlevs
Milena
Nikolova
Carol
Lee
Graham
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Emigration, Remittances and the Subjective Well-Being of Those Staying Behind
Despite growing academic and policy interest in the subjective well-being consequences of emigration for those left behind, existing studies have focused on single origin countries or specific world ...
(published in: Journal of Population Economics, 2019, 32 (1), 113-151.)
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F22, F24, I3, J61, O15
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11436
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Gonzalo
Olcina
Fabrizio
Panebianco
Yves
Zenou
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Conformism, Social Norms and the Dynamics of Assimilation
We consider a model where each individual (or ethnic minority) is embedded in a network of relationships and decides whether or not she wants to be assimilated to the majority norm. Each individual ...
(published as 'Conformism, social pressure, and the dynamics of integration' in: Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 2024, 2020, 279 - 304)
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D83, D85, J15, Z13
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11435
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Francesca
Marchetta
David
E.
Sahn
Luca
Tiberti
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School or Work? The Role of Weather Shocks in Madagascar
We examine the impact of rainfall variability and cyclones on schooling and work among a cohort of teens and young adults by estimating a bivariate probit model, using a panel survey conducted in ...
(published as 'The Role of Weather on Schooling and Work of Young Adults in Madagascar' in: American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 2019, 101 (4), 1203 - 1227)
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Q54, J43, I25
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11434
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Martin
Lundin
Oskar
Nordström Skans
Pär
Zetterberg
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Leadership Experiences, Labor Market Entry, and Early Career Trajectories
Matching archive data on election discontinuities to register data on labor market trajectories we estimate the causal effects of being elected into Swedish student union councils on subsequent labor ...
(published in: Journal of Human Resources, Journal of Human Resources, 2021, 56 (2), 480-511 )
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I26, I23, J24
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11431
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Silvia
Mendolia
Paul
McNamee
Oleg
Yerokhin
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The Transmission of Mental Health within Households: Does One Partner's Mental Health Influence the Other Partner's Life Satisfaction?
This paper investigates the relationship between partner's mental health and individual life satisfaction, using a sample of married and cohabitating couples from the Household, Income and Labour ...
(published as 'The transmission of partner mental health to individual life satisfaction: Estimates from a longitudinal household survey' in: Scottish Journal of Political Economy, 2021, 68 (4), 494-516)
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I10, I12
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11428
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Mi
Dai
Wei
Huang
Yifan
Zhang
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How Do Households Adjust to Trade Liberalization? Evidence from China's WTO Accession
We investigate the impacts of trade liberalization on household behaviors and outcomes in urban China, exploiting regional variation in the exposure to tariff cuts resulting from WTO entry. Regions ...
(published as 'How do households adjust to tariff liberalization? Evidence from China's WTO accession' in: Journal of Development Economics, 2021, 150, 102628)
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F14, F16, J20, R23
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11426
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Pierre
Nguimkeu
Augustine
Denteh
Rusty
Tchernis
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On the Estimation of Treatment Effects with Endogenous Misreporting
Participation in social programs is often misreported in survey data, complicating the estimation of the effects of those programs. In this paper, we propose a model to estimate treatment effects ...
(published in: Journal of Econometrics, 2019, 208 (2), 487 - 506)
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C35, C51
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11424
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Chris
Doucouliagos
Martin
Paldam
T.
D.
Stanley
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Skating on Thin Evidence: Implications for Public Policy
Good public policy needs to be evidence based. However, the evidence base is thin for many policy issues. How can policy makers best respond to such thin areas of research that are also quite likely ...
(published in: European Journal of Political Economy, 2018, 54, 16 - 25)
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C1, H00, H5
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11423
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Muhammad
Asali
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A Tale of Two Academic Tracks
Given asymmetric information, this paper explores the need for non-tenure-track jobs in academia alongside the usual tenure-track positions. It also explains the coexistence of these two types of ...
(revised version published in: Education Economics, 2019, 27 (3), 323-337.)
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J21, J11, J24, J31, J41, J44, I23
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11422
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Nicholas
Barr
Bruce
Chapman
Lorraine
Dearden
Susan
Dynarski
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Reflections on the US College Loans System: Lessons from Australia and England
There is wide agreement the US student loan system faces significant problems. Seven million borrowers are in default and many more experience non-repayment. The stress of repayments faced by many ...
(published as 'The US college loans system: Lessons from Australia and England' in: Economics of Education Review, 2019, 71, 32 - 48)
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H28, I22, I28, J24
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11421
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Carmen
Aina
Eliana
Baici
Giorgia
Casalone
Francesco
Pastore
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The Economics of University Dropouts and Delayed Graduation: A Survey
This survey organizes and discusses the theoretical and empirical literature on the determinants of university student achievements. According to the theoretical framework, the decision to invest in ...
(substantially revised version published as 'The Determinants of University Dropout: A Review of the Socio-Economic Literature' in: Socio-Economic Planning Sciences, 2022, 79, 101102)
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H52, I21, I22, I23, J13, J24
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11420
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Julio
Cáceres-Delpiano
Eugenio
Giolito
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Minimum Age Requirements and the Impact of School Choice
Using several data sources from Chile, we study the impact of school choice at the time of starting primary school. To study the contribution of school choice, we exploit the combination of multiple ...
(published as 'Minimum age requirements and the role of the school choice set ' in: SERIEs - Journal of the Spanish Economic Association, 2022, 14, 63 - 103)
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A21, I24, I25, I28
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11419
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Ana Rute
Cardoso
Paulo
Guimaraes
Pedro
Portugal
Hugo
Reis
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The Returns to Schooling Unveiled
We bring together the strands of literature on the returns to education, its spillovers, and the role of the employer shaping the wage distribution. The aim is to analyze the labor market returns to ...
(part 1 of this paper published online as 'What Lies Behind the Returns to Schooling: The Role of Labor Market Sorting and Worker Heterogeneity' in: Review of Economics and Statistics, 22 August 2024 )
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J31, J24, I26
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11417
|
Marie-Anne
Valfort
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Anti-Muslim Discrimination in France: Evidence from a Field Experiment
Relying on a correspondence study conducted in France before the 2015 attacks, this paper compares the callback rates of immigrants of Muslim and Christian culture who originate from the same country ...
(published in: World Development, 2020, 135, 105022)
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C93, J15, J71, Z12
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11416
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Ana
Petrović
David
Manley
Maarten
van Ham
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Freedom from the Tyranny of Neighbourhood: Rethinking Socio-Spatial Context Effects
Theory behind neighbourhood effects suggests that different geographies and scales affect individual outcomes. We argue that neighbourhood effects research needs to break away from the tyranny of ...
(published in: Progress in Human Geography, 2020, 44 (6), 1103 - 1123)
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I30, J60, P46, R23
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11415
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Mauro
Lanati
Alessandra
Venturini
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Cultural Change and the Migration Choice
Cultural differences play an important role in shaping migration patterns. The conventional proxies for cross country cultural differences – such as common language, ethnicity, genetic traits or ...
(published in: Review of World Economy, 2021, 157, 799 - 852)
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F16, F22, Z10
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11412
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Charles
Courtemanche
Augustine
Denteh
Rusty
Tchernis
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Estimating the Associations between SNAP and Food Insecurity, Obesity, and Food Purchases with Imperfect Administrative Measures of Participation
Administrative data are considered the "gold standard" when measuring program participation, but little evidence exists on the potential problems with administrative records or their implications for ...
(published in: Southern Economic Journal, 2019, 86 (1), 202 228)
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C81, H51, I12, I18
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11411
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David
Gill
Victoria
L.
Prowse
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Measuring Costly Effort Using the Slider Task
Using real effort to implement costly activities increases the likelihood that the motivations that drive effort provision in real life carry over to the laboratory. However, unobserved differences ...
(published in: Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Finance, 2019, 21, 1-9)
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C91, C13
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11410
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Silvia
Garcia Mandico
Pilar
Garcia-Gomez
Anne
C.
Gielen
Owen
O'Donnell
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Earnings Responses to Disability Benefit Cuts
Using Dutch administrative data, we assess the work and earnings capacity of disability insurance (DI) recipients by estimating employment and earnings responses to benefit cuts. Reassessment of DI ...
(published as 'Earnings responses to disability insurance stringency' in: Labour Economics, 2020, 66, 101880)
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H53, H55, J14, J22
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11409
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Tomi
Kyyrä
Tuuli
Paukkeri
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Using a Kinked Policy Rule to Estimate the Effect of Experience Rating on Disability Inflow
We study whether the experience rating of employers' disability insurance premiums affects the inflow to disability benefits in Finland. To identify the causal effect of experience rating, we exploit ...
(published as "Does Experience Rating Reduce Sickness and Disability Claims? Evidence from Policy Kinks" in: Journal of Health Economics, 2018, 61, 178-192)
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J14, J26, H32
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11408
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Benjamin
Elsner
Florian
Wozny
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The Human Capital Cost of Radiation: Long-Run Evidence from Exposure Outside the Womb
This paper studies the long-term effect of radiation on cognitive skills. We use regional variation in nuclear fallout caused by the Chernobyl disaster in 1986, which led to a permanent increase in ...
(published as 'Long-run exposure to low-dose radiation reduces cognitive performance' in: Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, 2023, 118, 102785)
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J24, Q53
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11406
|
Arnaud
Lefranc
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Intergenerational Earnings Persistence and Economic Inequality in the Long-Run: Evidence from French Cohorts, 1931-1975
This paper analyzes long-term trends in intergenerational earnings persistence in France for male cohorts born between 1931 and 1975. This time period has witnessed important changes in the French ...
(published in: Economica, 2018, 85 (340), 808 - 845)
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D1, D3, J3
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11405
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Paolo
Brunori
Vito
Peragine
Laura
Serlenga
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Upward and Downward Bias When Measuring Inequality of Opportunity
Estimates of the level of inequality of opportunity have traditionally been interpreted as lower bounds due to the downward bias resulting from the partial observability of circumstances that affect ...
(published in: Social Choice and Welfare, 2019, 52 (4), 635 - 661)
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C52, D3, D63
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11404
|
Martin
Leites
Xavier
Ramos
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The Effect of Relative Concern on Life Satisfaction: Relative Deprivation and Loss Aversion
Income comparisons are important for individual well-being. We examine the shape of the relationship between relative income and life satisfaction, and test empirically if the features of the value ...
(published in: Journal of Happiness Studies, 2022, 23, 3485 - 3515)
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D6, I31
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