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作者：Hassan, Hashibul; Islam, Asad; Siddique, Abu; Wang, Liang Choon
作者单位：Monash University; University of London; Royal Holloway University London; IZA Institute Labor Economics; Monash University
摘要：Using a randomised experiment in 200 Bangladeshi villages, we evaluate the impact of an over-the-phone learning support intervention (telementoring) among primary school children and their mothers during Covid-19 school closures. Post-intervention, treated children scored 35% higher on a standardised test, and the homeschooling involvement of treated mothers increased by 22 minutes per day (26%). We also found that the intervention forestalled treated children's learning losses. When we return...
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作者：Johnen, Johannes; Somogyi, Robert
作者单位：Universite Catholique Louvain; Budapest University of Technology & Economics; HUN-REN; HUN-REN Centre for Economic & Regional Studies
摘要：Many products sold on online platforms have additional features like fees for services, shipping, luggage, upgrades, and so on. We study when a two-sided platform shrouds additional features towards potentially naive buyers. We explore a novel mechanism according to which platforms shroud to manipulate network externalities between buyers and sellers. Exploring this mechanism, we argue the advent of online marketplaces led to less transparent markets. First, platforms have stronger incentives ...
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作者：Carvalho, Jean-Paul; Sacks, Michael
作者单位：University of Oxford; Clarkson University
摘要：This paper analyses the rise of radical movements and the design of counter-radicalisation policies. A group derives meaning from participation in identity-based activities and a forward-looking organisation provides a platform for these activities. The warning sign for radicalisation is cultural purification by the organisation, i.e., the screening out of moderates and exclusive recruitment of radicals. While this shrinks the club, it puts it on a growth path along which it becomes larger and...
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作者：Giannola, Michele
作者单位：University of Naples Federico II; University of Naples Federico II; University of London; London School Economics & Political Science
摘要：Intra-household inequality explains 40% of child human capital variation in the developing world. I study how parents' investment contributes to this inequality. To mitigate the identification problem posed by observational data, I design a survey experiment with parents in India that allows me to identify beliefs about the human capital production function, preferences for inequality in outcomes and the role of resources. I find that investments are driven by efficiency considerations: as par...
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作者：Hasan, Iftekhar; Manfredonia, Stefano; Noth, Felix
作者单位：Fordham University; Bank of Finland; University of Sydney; Leibniz Association; Leibniz Institut fur Wirtschaftsforschung Halle (IWH); Otto von Guericke University
摘要：This paper investigates the critical role of church membership in the process of economic recovery after high-impact natural disasters. We document a significant adverse treatment effect of the 2005 hurricane season in the Southeastern United States on establishment-level productivity. However, we find that establishments in counties with higher rates of church membership saw a significantly stronger recovery in terms of productivity for 2005-10. We also show that church membership is correlat...
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作者：Eichengreen, Barry; Saka, Orkun; Aksoy, Cevat Giray
作者单位：European Bank of Reconstructon & Development; National Bureau of Economic Research; University of California System; University of California Berkeley; Center for Economic & Policy Research (CEPR); City St Georges, University of London; University of London; London School Economics & Political Science; European Bank of Reconstructon & Development; University of London; King's College London; Centre for Economic Policy Research - UK
摘要：Epidemic exposure in an individual's 'impressionable years' (ages 18 to 25) has a persistent negative effect on confidence in political institutions and leaders. This loss of trust is associated with epidemic-induced economic difficulties, such as lower income and unemployment later in life. It is observed for political institutions and leaders only and does not carry over to other institutions and individuals. A key exception is a strong negative effect on confidence in public health systems....
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作者：Lavy, Victor; Schlosser, Analia; Shany, Adi
作者单位：University of Warwick; Hebrew University of Jerusalem; National Bureau of Economic Research; Centre for Economic Policy Research - UK; Tel Aviv University; Leibniz Association; Ifo Institut; IZA Institute Labor Economics
摘要：This paper investigates the effects of immigration from a developing country to a developed country during pregnancy on offspring outcomes. We focus on intermediate- and long-term outcomes, using quasi-experimental variation created by the immigration of Ethiopian Jews to Israel in May 1991. Individuals conceived before immigration experienced dramatic changes in their environmental conditions at different stages of prenatal development depending on their gestational age at migration. We find ...
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作者：Albagli, Elias; Canales, Mario; Syverson, Chad; Tapia, Matias; Wlasiuk, Juan
作者单位：Central Bank of Chile; University of California System; University of California Los Angeles; University of Chicago; National Bureau of Economic Research
摘要：We use administrative data for Chile to provide novel insights on the relationship between job transitions and productivity differentials and quantify how different groups contribute to aggregate reallocation. While on average workers move to more productive firms, almost half of transitions are 'down the productivity ladder'. Reallocation gains are mostly explained by a narrow subset of transitions: young, high-skilled workers generate the lion's share of aggregate productivity gains. Workers...
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作者：Gerster, Andreas; Lamp, Stefan
作者单位：University of Mannheim; Leibniz Association; RWI - Leibniz Institut fur Wirtschaftsforschung; Universite de Toulouse; Universite Toulouse 1 Capitole; Toulouse School of Economics
摘要：This paper investigates the impact of a large electricity tax exemption on production levels, employment and input choices in the German manufacturing industry. For two policy designs, we show that exempted plants increase their electricity use. This effect is larger under a notched exemption policy, where passing an eligibility threshold yields infra-marginal benefits, compared to a policy without such benefits. We detect no significant impact of the exemptions on production levels, export sh...
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作者：Singh, Abhijeet
作者单位：Stockholm School of Economics
摘要：Large-scale student assessments are a cornerstone of proposed educational reforms to improve student achievement from very low levels in low- and middle-income countries. Yet, this promise relies on their presumed reliability. I use direct audit evidence from a large Indian state (Andhra Pradesh) to show that, as currently administered, official learning assessments substantially overstate proficiency and understate the 'learning crisis' of low student achievement. In an experiment covering ov...
