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作者：Leon-ciliotta, Gianmarco; Zejcirovic, Dijana; Fernandez, Fernando
作者单位：Pompeu Fabra University; University of Vienna; University of Bern
摘要：We study a large-scale family planning intervention in which more than 260,000 Peruvian women were sterilized. Many of these medical procedures are alleged to have been performed without patient consent. The subsequent disclosure of alleged illegal sterilizations caused reductions in the usage of contraceptive methods and prenatal and birth delivery services and, more generally, the demand for medical services in affected areas. As a result, child health worsened. The results persist for at le...
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作者：Dorsey, Jackson; Langer, Ashley; Mcrae, Shaun
作者单位：University of Texas System; University of Texas Austin; University of Arizona; National Bureau of Economic Research; Instituto Tecnologico Autonomo de Mexico
摘要：This paper quantifies the value of electric vehicle (EV) charging networks and the marginal value of network speed and density. We estimate a model of gasoline drivers' refueling preferences and simulate how these potential future EV drivers value refueling time under counterfactual charging networks. Drivers value refueling time at $19.73/hour. EV adopters with home charging receive $675 per vehicle in benefits from avoiding travel to gas stations, whereas refueling travel and waiting time co...
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作者：Evans, William N.; Kolka, Shawna; Sullivan, James X.; Turner, Patrick S.
作者单位：University of Notre Dame
摘要：Families in poverty face numerous barriers to establishing stable economic footing. This paper estimates experimental effects of a holistic, individualized wraparound service intervention for low-income individuals. The intervention includes a detailed assessment, an individualized service plan, intensive case management administered by a two-person team with small caseloads, and strategic financial assistance. The program improved employment and housing outcomes two years postenrollment. Give...
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作者：Lichter, Andreas; Loffler, Max; Isphording, Ingo e.; Nguyen, Thu-van; Poege, Felix; Siegloch, Sebastian
作者单位：Heinrich Heine University Dusseldorf; Maastricht University; IZA Institute Labor Economics; Bocconi University; University of Cologne
摘要：We study how profit taxes affect establishments' R&D activities. Relying on detailed panel data of R&D-active firms in Germany over two decades, we exploit identifying variation induced by more than 10,000 municipal changes in the local business tax rate and federal tax reforms with locally varying effects. Using event-study techniques, we find a sizable, negative effect of profit taxes on establishments' total R&D spending and patents filed. Zooming into the innovation production process, we ...
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作者：Bailey, Martha; Byker, Tanya; Patel, Elena; Ramnath, Shanthi
作者单位：University of California System; University of California Los Angeles; Middlebury College; Utah System of Higher Education; University of Utah; Federal Reserve System - USA; Federal Reserve Bank - Chicago
摘要：We use administrative tax data to analyze the cumulative, long-run effects of California's 2004 Paid Family Leave Act (CPFL) on women's employment, earnings, and childbearing. A regression-discontinuity design exploits the sharp increase in the weeks of paid leave available under the law. We find no evidence that CPFL increased employment, boosted earnings, or encouraged childbearing, suggesting that CPFL had little effect on the gender pay gap or child penalty. For first-time mothers, we find...
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作者：Nathan, Brad; Perez-truglia, Ricardo; Zentner, Alejandro
作者单位：Rutgers University System; Rutgers University New Brunswick; University of California System; University of California Los Angeles; University of Texas System; University of Texas Dallas
摘要：In the United States and globally, taxpayers can file a protest to legally reduce their property taxes. While tax protests can provide a unique opportunity to study the (un)willingness to pay taxes, they have received little attention from researchers. Using a field experiment and a quasi-experiment, we study what motivates households to protest their property taxes. We find that both expected savings and filing frictions play significant roles. We estimate the magnitude of filing frictions us...
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作者：Bhuller, Manudeep; Khoury, Laura; V. Loken, Katrine
作者单位：University of Oslo; Statistics Norway; Leibniz Association; Ifo Institut; Universite PSL; Universite Paris-Dauphine; Norwegian School of Economics (NHH); Statistics Norway; University of Bergen
摘要：Understanding whether and in what situations correctional sentencing improves or exacerbates defendants' mental health conditions is important for the design of criminal justice policies. We combine detailed Norwegian data on visits to health care professionals with quasi-experimental designs to measure the impacts of correctional sentences on mental health-related visits. Our causal evidence shows that rehabilitation-oriented sentencing can improve defendants' mental health conditions. We fin...
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作者：Brulhart, Marius; Danton, Jayson; Parchet, Raphael; Schlapfer, Jorg
作者单位：University of Lausanne; Swiss National Bank (SNB); Universita della Svizzera Italiana
摘要：We study the distributional effects of local taxes. They turn out to be strikingly progressive. We calibrate a municipality-level structural model with quasi-experimental estimates of taxpayer mobilty by family type. Households with children are found to be less mobile than households without children and to have stronger preferences for locally provided public goods. Combined with capitalization of taxes into housing prices and nonhomothetic housing demand, this implies that the incidence of ...
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作者：Weinstein, Russell
作者单位：University of Illinois System; University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
摘要：Using mobility report card data, I show the income gap between alumni of elite and less selective universities widened for cohorts graduating during the Great Recession. This is evident for mean and median incomes and access to high earning percentiles. Results do not appear driven by differences in student composition, including parental income. Using a unique dataset of recruiting strategies for prestigious firms, I highlight one channel through which university selectivity may have a causal...
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作者：Sager, Lutz; Singer, Gregor
作者单位：ESSEC Business School; University of London; London School Economics & Political Science
摘要：We assess the US Clean Air Act standards for fine particulate matter (PM2.5). Using high-resolution data, we find that the 2005 regulation reduced PM2.5 levels by 0.4 mu g/m3 over five years, with larger effects in more polluted areas. Standard difference-in-differences overstates these effects by a factor of three because time trends differ by baseline pollution, a bias we overcome with three alternative approaches. We show that the regulation contributed to narrowing Urban-Rural and Black-Wh...
