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作者：Gillingham, Kenneth T.; Houde, Sebastien; van Benthem, Arthur A.
作者单位：Yale University; National Bureau of Economic Research; Grenoble Ecole Management; University of Pennsylvania
摘要：A central question in the analysis of fuel economy policy is whether consumers are myopic with regards to future fuel costs. We provide the first evidence on the consumer valuation of fuel economy from a natural experiment that provides exogenous variation in fuel economy ratings. We examine the short-run equilibrium effects of a restatement of fuel economy ratings that affected 1.6 million vehicles. Using the implied changes in willingness to pay, we find that consumers act myopically: consum...
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作者：Kose, Esra; Kuka, Elira; Shenhav, Na'ama
作者单位：Bucknell University; George Washington University; IZA Institute Labor Economics; National Bureau of Economic Research; Dartmouth College
摘要：While a growing literature shows that women, relative to men, prefer greater investment in children, it is unclear whether empowering women produces better economic outcomes. Exploiting plausibly exogenous variation in US suffrage laws, we show that exposure to suffrage during childhood led to large increases in educational attainment for children from disadvantaged backgrounds, especially Blacks and Southern Whites. We also find that suffrage led to higher earnings alongside education gains, ...
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作者：Bazzi, Samuel; Hanson, Gordon; John, Sarah; Roberts, Bryan; Whitley, John
作者单位：University of California System; University of California San Diego; National Bureau of Economic Research; Harvard University
摘要：During the 2008 to 2012 period, the US Border Patrol enacted new sanctions on migrants apprehended while attempting to enter the United States illegally. Using administrative records on apprehensions of Mexican nationals that include fingerprint-based IDs and other details, we detect if an apprehended migrant is subject to penalties and if he is later reapprehended. Exploiting plausibly random variation in the rollout of sanctions, we estimate econometrically that exposure to penalties reduced...
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作者：Hastings, Justine; Kessler, Ryan; Shapiro, Jesse M.
作者单位：Brown University; National Bureau of Economic Research
摘要：We use detailed data from a large retail panel to study the effect of participation in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) on the composition and nutrient content of foods purchased for at-home consumption. We find that the effect of SNAP participation is small relative to the cross-sectional variation in most of the outcomes we consider. Estimates from a model relating the composition of a household's food purchases to the household's current level of food spending imply that...
