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作者：Link, Sebastian; Menkhoff, Manuel; Peichl, Andreas; Schuele, Paul
作者单位：Leibniz Association; Ifo Institut; University of Munich; Leibniz Association; Ifo Institut; IZA Institute Labor Economics
摘要：This paper estimates the causal effect of corporate tax hikes on firm investment based on more than 1,400 local tax changes. By observing planned and realized investment volumes in a representative sample of German manufacturing firms, we can study how tax hikes induce firms to revise their investment decisions. On average, the share of firms that invest less than previously planned increases by 3 percentage points after a tax hike. This effect is twice as large during recessions.
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作者：Brough, Rebecca; Phillips, David C.; Turner, Patrick S.
作者单位：University of California System; University of California Davis; University of Notre Dame
摘要：Over 18 million adults in the United States lack a high school credential. While some go on to attain the GED, diplomas are potentially more valuable. A network of high schools helps adults graduate by providing tailored curricula, nonacademic coaching, onsite child care, and transportation. After five years, earnings increase by 38 percent more for graduates than nonenrolling applicants. We address selection by conditioning on preapplication earnings and comparing to students who exit after p...
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作者：Ge, Qi; Wu, Stephen
作者单位：Vassar College; Hamilton College
摘要：We test for labor market discrimination based on an understudied characteristic: name fluency. Analysis of recent economics PhD job candidates indicates that name difficulty is negatively related to the probability of landing an academic or tenure-track position and research productivity of initial institutional placement. Discrimination due to name fluency is also found using experimental data from prior audit studies. Within samples of African Americans (Bertrand and Mullainathan 2004) and e...
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作者：Bjorkegren, Evelina; Svaleryd, Helena; Vlachos, Jonas
作者单位：Stockholm University; Uppsala University
摘要：When COVID- 19 reached Sweden, upper- secondary students ( ages 17-19) transitioned to remote instruction, while lower- secondary schools ( ages 14-16) remained open. We use this setting as a natural experiment to analyze how modes of instruction affect student mental health. We find a 4.4 percent decrease in mental health care use from remote instruction, primarily due to fewer diagnoses and prescriptions for depression and anxiety. The reduction persists throughout the study period; 21 month...
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作者：Munoz, Pablo; Prem, Mounu
作者单位：Universidad de Chile; Getulio Vargas Foundation; National University of Rosario
摘要：Governments face many constraints in attracting talented managers to the public sector, which often lacks high-powered incentives. In this paper, we study how a civil service reform in Chile changed the effectiveness of a vital group of public sector managers: school principals. First, we estimate principal effectiveness by using an extension of the canonical teacher value-added model. Then we evaluate the effect of the reform on principal effectiveness using a difference-in-differences approa...
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作者：Jacobson, Mireille; Powell, David
作者单位：University of Southern California
摘要：We conducted a field experiment that randomized advertisements, advertisement content, and prices across 2,204 counties in the United States to study the impacts on online purchases of naloxone, an opioid overdose reversal drug. Advertising increased website users but only impacted purchases when combined with a price reduction. Messages emphasizing the discreet nature of online sales had no additional impact on purchases. Comparing counties with advertisements featuring a highly discounted pr...
