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作者：Marie, Olivier; Castello, Judit Vall
作者单位：Erasmus University Rotterdam; Erasmus University Rotterdam - Excl Erasmus MC; IZA Institute Labor Economics; Leibniz Association; Ifo Institut; University of Barcelona; Pompeu Fabra University
摘要：We investigate the impact on work absences of a large reduction in paid sick leave benefits in Spain. Our results highlight substantial decreases in frequency (number of spells) mostly offset by increases in duration (length of spells). Overall, the policy did reduce the number of days lost to sick leave. For some, however, return to work was premature, as we document large increases in both the proportion of relapses and the number of working accidents. Displacement toward this unaffected ben...
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作者：Caetano, Gregorio; Maheshri, Vikram
作者单位：University System of Georgia; University of Georgia; University of Houston System; University of Houston
摘要：From 2002 to 2018, the fraction of minority-segregated public schools in the United States roughly doubled, but the fraction of White-segregated schools decreased at an even faster rate. Endogenous segregation fueled by parents choosing schools on the basis of their racial compositions can in principle dwarf all other determinants of segregation over time because of social multiplier effects. However, we find that demographic change from Hispanic immigration has been the biggest driver of thes...
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作者：Iyigun, Murat; Lafortune, Jeanne
作者单位：University of Colorado System; University of Colorado Boulder; IZA Institute Labor Economics; Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile; IZA Institute Labor Economics
摘要：In the United States, age at first marriage was lowest and the education gap between husbands and wives was highest during the 1950s. The conventional explanation for such a negative correlation is that early marriage leads to earlier and higher fertility, which in turn prevents women from acquiring education. Here, we propose that early marriages enabled couples to overcome credit constraints in education. A model that includes this motive and mechanism can replicate not only the marriage and...
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作者：Nicoletti, Cheti; Salvanes, Kjell G.; Tominey, Emma
作者单位：University of York - UK; University of Essex; IZA Institute Labor Economics; Norwegian School of Economics (NHH); Center for Economic & Policy Research (CEPR); Leibniz Association; Ifo Institut
摘要：Increasing mother's labor supply during a child's preschool years may reduce time investments, yielding a negative direct effect on midchildhood and teenage outcomes. But as mother's work hours increase, income will rise. Can income compensate for the negative effect of hours? Our mediation analysis exploits exogenous variation in both mother's hours and family income. Results suggest a negative, insignificant direct effect from increasing mother's hours on child test scores. However, the posi...
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作者：Forsythe, Eliza
作者单位：University of Illinois System; University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
摘要：Using establishment-level panel data from the Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics program, I estimate the effect of minimum wage increases implemented by 10 states in 2014 and 2015. I show that minimum wage increases lead to wage spillovers within establishments. I find little evidence that minimum wage increases induce establishments to reorganize their occupational mix. Finally, I find that minimum wage increases propagate up the management hierarchy, leading to increased wages for s...
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作者：Caria, Stefano; Franklin, Simon; Witte, Marc
作者单位：University of Warwick; University of London; Queen Mary University London; IZA Institute Labor Economics
摘要：We study how active labor market policies affect the exchange of information and support among job seekers. Leveraging a unique social network survey in Ethiopia, we find that a randomized job search assistance intervention reduces information sharing and support between treated job seekers and their active job search partners. Because of lower job search support, untreated individuals search less and, suggestively, have worse employment outcomes. These results are consistent with a model of n...
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作者：Murphy, Richard; Wyness, Gill
作者单位：National Bureau of Economic Research; University of Texas System; University of Texas Austin; University of London; London School Economics & Political Science; University of London; University College London; UCL Institute of Education; University of London; London School Economics & Political Science
摘要：We estimate the effect of an unexpected institutional financial aid (IFA) award on student outcomes using administrative data collected from nine universities, exploiting variation in IFA schedules within and across university-entry cohorts. Each 1,000 pound of IFA during the first year of college increases the chances of completing that year by 1.4 percentage points, improves test scores by 0.059 standard deviations, and increases the chances of graduating with a good degree by 3.4 percentage...
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作者：Gorlach, Joseph-Simon
作者单位：Bocconi University
摘要：As wages in migrant-sending countries catch up with those in destinations, migrants adjust on several margins, including their duration of stay, the number of migrations they undertake, and the amount saved while abroad. This paper combines Mexican and US data to estimate a dynamic model of consumption, emigration, and remigration, accounting for financial constraints. An increase in Mexican household earnings shortens migration duration but raises the number of trips per migrant. For lower-in...
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作者：Tan, Hui Ren
作者单位：National University of Singapore
摘要：Has the geography of intergenerational mobility in the United States changed over time? Constructing a large historical linked sample, I show that upward mobility in the early twentieth century was greater for those who grew up in the coastal and industrial regions, in contrast to more recent times, where mobility is higher among persons who were raised in the middle of the country. The historical patterns are not driven by imperfections in record linkage or measurement error in economic status.
