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作者：Huttunen, Kristiina; Moen, Jarle; Salvanes, Kjell G.
作者单位：Aalto University; IZA Institute Labor Economics; Norwegian School of Economics (NHH)
摘要：We study the migration behavior of displaced workers and find that job displacement increases regional mobility. We find, however, that noneconomic factors, such as family ties, are very important for the migration decision and that there is strong heterogeneity in outcomes. We find large income losses for workers who move to regions where they have family or to rural areas, while, for example, rural to urban movers realize a significant long-term earnings increase. We also find that life even...
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作者：Jacob, Brian; McCall, Brian; Stange, Kevin
作者单位：University of Michigan System; University of Michigan; National Bureau of Economic Research
摘要：This paper investigates whether demand-side market pressure explains colleges' decisions to provide consumption amenities to their students. Using a discrete choice model of college demand, we find that most students appear to value consumption amenities, such as operating spending on student activities, sports, and dormitories, while the taste for academic quality is confined to high-achieving students. Heterogeneity in student preferences creates variation in demand pressure across instituti...
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作者：Kampkoetter, Patrick; Sliwka, Dirk
作者单位：Eberhard Karls University of Tubingen; University of Cologne
摘要：We investigate the claim that supervisors do not differentiate enough between high- and low-performing employees when evaluating performance. In a first step, this claim is illustrated in a formal model showing that rating compression reduces performance and subsequent bonus payments. The effect depends on the precision of performance information and may be reversed when cooperation is important. We then investigate panel data spanning different banks and find that stronger differentiation ind...
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作者：Bharadwaj, Prashant; Pedro Eberhard, Juan; Neilson, Christopher A.
作者单位：University of California System; University of California San Diego; Universidad Adolfo Ibanez; Princeton University
摘要：This paper explores the relationship among health at birth, academic outcomes, and the potential role of parental investments using administrative panel data from Chile. Using detailed data on parental investments, we find that investments are compensatory regarding initial health, but not across twins. Twins fixed effects models estimate a persistent effect of birth weight on academic achievement, while ordinary least squares and siblings fixed effects models find this relationship to decline...
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作者：Ibanez, Marcela; Riener, Gerhard
作者单位：University of Gottingen; Heinrich Heine University Dusseldorf
摘要：The use of affirmative action policies to promote female employment remains debated. Do affirmative action policies attract female applicants, and does that come at the expense of deterring highly qualified male applicants? In three field experiments in Colombia, we compare job seekers who are informed of affirmative action selection criteria before they apply with those who are told after applying. We find that the gains in attracting female applicants far outweigh the losses in male applican...
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作者：Canaan, Serena; Mouganie, Pierre
作者单位：American University of Beirut
摘要：This paper studies the labor market returns to higher-education quality for low-skilled students. Using a regression discontinuity design, we compare students who marginally pass and marginally fail the French high school exit exam on the first attempt. Threshold crossing leads to an improvement in quality but has no effect on quantity of higher education pursued. Specifically, students who marginally pass are more likely to enroll in STEM majors and postsecondary institutions with better peer...
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作者：Bartolucci, Cristian; Villosio, Claudia; Wagner, Mathis
作者单位：Boston College
摘要：We use 20 years of Italian administrative panel data to identify the role of ability in migration from south to north. Using a novel iterative estimation method for a switching regression model with the same worker-specific source of unobserved heterogeneity in selection and outcome equations, we find that returns to ability are lower in the north than the south. Accordingly, migrants are drawn from the lower half of the ability distribution. Higher wages and employment rates each account for ...
