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作者：Banerjee, Abhijit, V; Chiplunkar, Gaurav
作者单位：Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT); University of Virginia
摘要：This paper provides evidence of matching frictions in the Indian labor market. Using several methods to elicit genuine preferences of job-seekers over jobs, we show that: (a) there is substantial variation in job-seekers preferences over the same jobs; and (b) placement officers, responsible for placing job-seekers in jobs, have poor knowledge of it. Providing placement offers with this information improves matching of job-seekers to interviews, even after taking into account redistribution of...
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作者：Aygun, Aysun Hiziroglu; Kirdar, Murat Guray; Koyuncu, Murat; Stoeffler, Quentin
作者单位：Istanbul Technical University; Bogazici University; Bogazici University; Universite de Bordeaux; University of Minnesota System; University of Minnesota Twin Cities
摘要：This paper investigates whether unconditional cash transfers can keep refugee children in school and out of work. We raise this question in the unique context of Turkey, which hosts the world's largest refugee population (including 3.6 million Syrians). Refugees in Turkey are supported by the world's largest cash transfer program for refugees, the Emergency Social Safety Net (ESSN). We exploit a program eligibility criterion to identify the causal impacts of the ESSN program using a regression...
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作者：Provenzano, Sandro
作者单位：University of London; London School Economics & Political Science
摘要：This paper documents that in Sub-Saharan Africa areas isolated from the capital city are less economically developed and examines potential underlying mechanisms. We apply a boundary-discontinuity design using national borders that divide pre-colonial ethnic homelands to obtain quasi-experimental variation in distance to the national capital city. We find that isolation significantly reduces nightlights at the intensive and extensive margin, and that a one percent increase in distance to the c...
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作者：Acuna, Julio; Balza, Lenin H.; Gomez-Parra, Nicolas
作者单位：University of Mississippi; Inter-American Development Bank
摘要：To study the causal impact of oil royalties on human capital, we exploit quasi-experimental variation arising from a law in Ecuador that prescribes an algorithm to assign oil royalties to municipalities regardless of their oil-producing status. We find that royalties increase the likelihood of students completing primary and secondary education. Students reaching high school are also more likely to pass and excel on the exit exam. Furthermore, schools are more likely to remain open, increase t...
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作者：Graff, Tilman
作者单位：Harvard University
摘要：I assess the efficiency of transport networks for every country in Africa. Using spatial data from various sources, I simulate trade flows over more than 70,000 links covering the entire continent. I maximise over the space of networks and find the optimal road system for every African state. My simulations predict that Africa would gain 1.3% of total welfare from reorganising its national road systems, and 0.8% from optimally expanding it by a tenth. I then construct a dataset of local networ...
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作者：Chatruc, Marisol Rodriguez; Rozo, Sandra, V
作者单位：Inter-American Development Bank; The World Bank
摘要：This study investigates the effectiveness of online, low-cost, scalable interventions aimed at reducing prejudice against an out-group through the use of perspective taking. We conducted an online experiment in which Colombian natives were randomly assigned to either watch a video documentary about Venezuelan forced migrants crossing the Colombian border on foot or to play an online game that immersed them in the life of a Venezuelan forced migrant. Compared to a control group, both treatments...
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作者：Kotsadam, Andreas; Somville, Vincent
作者单位：Norwegian School of Economics (NHH)
摘要：Does wealth make people more selfish or more generous? While this question has been at the center stage of the research on charitable giving, causal evidence is lacking. We offer winners and losers of a large Ethiopian housing lottery the opportunity to give to charities. Winners experience a very large increase in wealth, yet they are not more likely to donate money. They give slightly higher amounts to charities in absolute monetary value but nothing more in proportion to their income. We co...
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作者：Beegle, Kathleen; Dillon, Andrew; Karlan, Dean; Udry, Christopher
作者单位：The World Bank; Northwestern University; Northwestern University
摘要：Continued emphasis in development economics on measurement and survey design provides opportunities to expand the research frontier. Yet methods work, particularly survey experiments and mode effect studies, remains scantly published in economics. This special issue contributes to the evolution of development economics by presenting evidence on three broad sets of methodological problems that researchers face: managing measurement error, expanding the scope of measurement, and understanding me...
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作者：Verma, Priyam
作者单位：Aix-Marseille Universite
摘要：Lower tariffs typically raise productivity, production, and trade, increasing the benefits from building infrastructure. Infrastructure spending by governments should therefore increase after countries open up to trade. I test this hypothesis empirically using a trade reform in India and find that a 1 percentage point reduction in tariffs increased states' infrastructure spending by 0.5% between 1991 and 2001. To understand the mechanisms behind my empirical findings, I develop and calibrate a...
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作者：Bene, Tizie; Bramoulle, Yann; Deroian, Frederic
作者单位：Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS); Aix-Marseille Universite
摘要：We study how altruism networks affect the demand for formal insurance. Agents with CARA utilities are connected through a network of altruistic relationships. Incomes are subject to a common shock and to a large individual shock, generating heterogeneous damages. Agents can buy formal insurance to cover the common shock, up to a coverage cap. We find that ex-post altruistic transfers induce interdependence in ex-ante formal insurance decisions. We characterize the Nash equilibria of the insura...
