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作者：Briole, Simon; Gurgand, Marc; Maurin, Eric; McNally, Sandra; Ruiz-valenzuela, Jenifer; Santin, Daniel
作者单位：Universite de Montpellier; Paris School of Economics; University of London; London School Economics & Political Science; University of Surrey; University of Barcelona; University of London; London School Economics & Political Science; University of London; London School Economics & Political Science; Complutense University of Madrid
摘要：This paper shows that schools can foster the transmission of civic virtues by helping students to develop concrete, democratically chosen, collective projects. We draw on an RCT implemented in 200 middle schools in three countries. The program leads students to conduct citizenship projects in their communities under the supervision of teachers trained in the intervention. The intervention caused a decline in absenteeism and disciplinary sanctions at school, alongside improved academic achievem...
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作者：Sabet, Navid; Liebald, Marius; Friebel, Guido
作者单位：Goethe University Frankfurt; Uppsala University; Goethe University Frankfurt; Centre for Economic Policy Research - UK; IZA Institute Labor Economics
摘要：We document that right-wing terrorism leads to significant increases in vote share for the right-wing, populist AfD (Alternative f & uuml;r Deutschland) party in Germany. To identify causal effects, we exploit quasi-random variation between successful and failed attacks across municipalities. Using the SOEP, a longitudinal panel of individuals, we find successful terror leads individuals to prefer the AfD and worry about migration. Political parties-the AfD in particular- adjust their messagin...
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作者：Pairolero, Nicholas A.; Toole, Andrew A.; Pappas, Peter-Anthony; de Grazia, Charles A. W.; Teodorescu, Mike H. M.
作者单位：University of Washington
摘要：Analyzing a randomized control trial at the United States Patent and Trademark Office that was designed to provide additional help to applicants who do not have legal representation, we find heterogeneous causal impacts across inventor gender, driven primarily by an increase in successful negotiations by women inventor teams via the use of examiner's amendments. While both men and women applicants benefited, the probability of obtaining a patent was over 12 percentage points greater for women....
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作者：Edwards, Ashley; Ortagus, Justin; Smith, Jonathan; Smythe, Andria
作者单位：University of Florida; State University System of Florida; University of Florida; University System of Georgia; Georgia State University; Howard University
摘要：Using data from nearly 1.2 million Black SAT takers, we find that students initially enrolling in a historically Black college and university (HBCU) are 14.6 percentage points more likely to earn a bachelor's degree and, around age 30, have 5 percent higher household income and $12,000 more in student loan balances than those who do not enroll in an HBCU. We find that results are largely driven by an increased likelihood of completing a degree from relatively broad-access HBCUs in lieu of a tw...
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作者：Kaplan, Ethan; Spenkuch, Jorg L.; Yuan, Haishan
作者单位：University System of Maryland; University of Maryland College Park; Northwestern University; National Bureau of Economic Research; University of Queensland
摘要：We exploit the quasi-random timing of natural disasters to study the connection between public attention to politics and legislators' support for special interests. We show that when a disaster strikes, the news media reduce coverage of politics in general and of individual legislators in particular, and members of the House of Representatives become significantly more likely to adopt special interest donors' positions. The evidence implies that politicians are more inclined to take actions be...
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作者：Briole, Simon; Gurgand, Marc; Maurin, Eric; McNally, Sandra; Ruiz-Valenzuela, Jenifer; Santin, Daniel
作者单位：Universite de Montpellier; Paris School of Economics; University of London; London School Economics & Political Science; University of Surrey; University of Barcelona; University of London; London School Economics & Political Science; Complutense University of Madrid
摘要：This paper shows that schools can foster the transmission of civic virtues by helping students to develop concrete, democratically chosen, collective projects. We draw on an RCT implemented in 200 middle schools in three countries. The program leads students to conduct citizenship projects in their communities under the supervision of teachers trained in the intervention. The intervention caused a decline in absenteeism and disciplinary sanctions at school, alongside improved academic achievem...
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作者：Branco, Danyelle; Carrillo, Bladimir; Iglesias, Wilman
作者单位：Getulio Vargas Foundation; University of Nebraska System; University of Nebraska Lincoln
摘要：We investigate how individuals alter their educational investments in response to routine-biased technology. We find that individuals growing up in robot-impacted areas are more likely to complete a bachelor's degree and experience a relative increase in earnings. Changes in the skill premium and opportunity cost appear to drive these effects. To interpret these findings, we estimate a model of endogenous skill acquisition where changes in the demand and supply of skills shape the path of earn...
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作者：Gamalerio, Matteo; Trombetta, Federico
作者单位：University of Barcelona; Catholic University of the Sacred Heart
摘要：Fiscal rules, or constraints on the policymaking discretion of elected officials, are widely used to regulate fiscal policies. Using data on Italian municipalities, we employ a difference-in-discontinuity design to provide evidence of the negative effect of fiscal rules on mayoral candidates' education. Municipalities in which fiscal rules meaningfully restrict the action space of politicians drive the effect. These results are consistent with a formal model of fiscal rules and political selec...
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作者：Simonsen, Marianne; Skipper, Lars
作者单位：Aarhus University
摘要：We employ a large social experiment combined with register-based data, allowing for up to 12-year follow-up to evaluate a long-lasting employer-sponsored health and well-being program. We show that employees at treated worksites receive fewer consultations from their primary care physician and purchase fewer prescription drugs. These effects persist up to seven years after randomization, though with some fade-out. We find no effects on overall hospitalizations in either the short or longer run...
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作者：Brough, Rebecca; Freedman, Matthew; Phillips, David C.
作者单位：University of California System; University of California Davis; University of California System; University of California Irvine; University of Notre Dame
摘要：We conduct a randomized controlled trial to study the employment effects of providing free public transportation to individuals with low incomes. A temporary subsidy that reduces the price of transit to zero has no significant effects on individuals' paid hours worked or earnings. Using rich administrative data, we also explore a range of other outcomes. We find suggestive evidence that transit subsidies improve measures of financial and physical health. (JEL G51, J22, J31, L92, L98, R48)
