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作者：Gil, Patricia; Holz, Justin; List, John A.; Simon, Andrew; Zentner, Alejandro
作者单位：University of Michigan System; University of Michigan; University of Chicago; Australian National University; National Bureau of Economic Research; University of Virginia; University of Texas System; University of Texas Dallas
摘要：Governments often use partial forgiveness policy to induce debt repayments and increase the disclosure of hidden debts. While ubiquitous, much remains unknown about how well these amnesties work, for whom, and why. We partnered with the Dominican Republic Tax Authority to design a natural field experiment to understand whether, and what types of, nudges can increase amnesty take-up and repayment. Our field experiment, which covers 125,452 taxpayers collectively owing 5.5% of GDP in known debt,...
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作者：Mauri, Nicola
作者单位：University of Lausanne
摘要：How freely can local jurisdictions change their taxes and spending? I propose an empirical test of the effective degree of municipal fiscal autonomy by studying fiscal adjustments to a permanent exogenous revenue shift. Based on a tax competition model where jurisdictions are partially expenditure constrained, I derive a testable prediction: tax cuts from a small positive revenue shock will be larger (smaller) with higher perceived tax base mobility, if the local policymaker is strongly (weakl...
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作者：Achard, Pascal
作者单位：Institut Polytechnique de Paris; Ecole Polytechnique; ENSAE Paris
摘要：This paper studies the influence of pre-migration social background on the long-term economic assimilation of immigrants. I use unique French survey data to trace family histories over three generations, before and after migration. While many immigrants experience an occupational downgrading at migration, their children benefit from various characteristics associated with the high socio-economic status their family had in the origin country. As a result, characteristics of immigrant grandparen...
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作者：Chemin, Matthieu; Kimalu, Paul; -Bachand, Simon Newman
作者单位：Universite de Montreal; McGill University; Universite de Montreal; University of Chicago
摘要：The rule of law affects crime, and crime is an important obstacle to business in developing countries. In this paper, we study a criminal judicial reform aimed at increasing the speed of courts. In this reform called Active Case Management (ACM), judges are instructed to take more active control of their cases by organizing pretrial conferences and setting up deadlines with the overall objective of reducing adjournments; i.e., postponements of hearings to later dates. Importantly, the reform w...
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作者：Gromadzki, Jan
作者单位：Vienna University of Economics & Business; IZA Institute Labor Economics
摘要：I investigate the labor supply effects of the introduction of an exceptionally large unconditional cash benefit. I exploit the unique design of the child benefit program in Poland to identify the effects of the monthly transfer in a difference-in-differences design. The transfer had no short-term effects but caused sizable negative mediumterm effects on household labor supply. In the medium run, population estimates indicate that for every extra 100 dollars in monthly child benefit transfers h...
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作者：Liu, Qing; Lu, Ruosi; Sun, Stephen Teng; Zhang, Meng
作者单位：Renmin University of China; University of International Business & Economics; City University of Hong Kong; Capital University of Economics & Business
摘要：We investigate the unintended impact of minimum wage increases on workplace safety. Using establishmentlevel data from the United States and a cohort-based stacked difference-in-differences design, we find that large increases in minimum wages have significant adverse effects on workplace safety. Our findings indicate that, on average, a large minimum wage increase results in a 4.6 percent increase in the total case rate. Event study estimates show that this adverse effect persists in the medi...
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作者：Lebow, Jeremy; Moreno-Medina, Jonathan; Mousa, Salma; Coral, Horacio
作者单位：The World Bank; University of Texas System; University of Texas at San Antonio; University of California System; University of California Los Angeles
摘要：The global increase in refugee flows and anti-migrant politics has made it increasingly urgent to understand when and how migration translates into anti-migrant sentiment. We study the mass exodus of Venezuelans across Latin America, which coincided with an unprecedented worsening in migrant sentiment in the countries that received the most Venezuelans. However, we find no evidence that this decrease occurred in the regions within-country that received the most migrants. We do this using multi...
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作者：LeRoy, William
作者单位：University System of Maryland; University of Maryland College Park
摘要：I examine investigatory stops conducted by Chicago police officers following recent gun violence. I use a staggered difference-in-differences design to dynamically compare stops between neighboring police beats. In the immediate aftermath of gun violence, I find a rise in total stops that corresponds with a decline in index crime incidents and results in more seized weapons and/or contraband. Over the next month, officers continue to conduct additional stops, but these stops prove unproductive...
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作者：Ivandic, Ria; Kirchmaier, Tom; Saeidi, Yasaman; Blas, Neus Torres
作者单位：University of London; London School Economics & Political Science; University of Zagreb; Copenhagen Business School
摘要：We study the role of alcohol and emotions in explaining the dynamics in domestic abuse following major football games. We match confidential and uniquely detailed individual call data from Greater Manchester with the timing of football matches over a period of eight years to estimate the effect on domestic abuse. We find that a football game changes the dynamics of abuse throughout the day. We first observe a decrease in incidents during the 2-hour duration of the game suggesting a substitutio...
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作者：Ash, Elliott; Galletta, Sergio; Pinna, Matteo; Warshaw, Christopher S.
作者单位：Swiss Federal Institutes of Technology Domain; ETH Zurich; George Washington University
摘要：This paper provides a comprehensive assessment of the effect of Fox News Channel (FNC) on the mass public's political preferences and voting behavior in the United States from 2000 to 2020. We show that FNC has shifted the ideology and partisan identity of Americans rightward. This shift has helped Republican candidates in elections across levels of U.S. government over the past decade. Our estimates suggests that an increase of 0.05 rating points in Fox News viewership, induced by exogenous c...
