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作者：Bifulco, Robert; Fletcher, Jason M.; Ross, Stephen L.
作者单位：Syracuse University; Yale University; University of Connecticut
摘要：This paper uses a within-school/across-cohort design to present new evidence of the effects of high school classmate characteristics on a wide range of post-secondary outcomes. We find that increases in the percent of classmates with college-educated mothers decreases the likelihood of dropping out and increases the likelihood of attending college, despite showing no impact on a range of in-school achievement, attitudes, and behaviors. The percent of students from disadvantaged minority groups...
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作者：Brooks, Leah; Phillips, Justin; Sinitsyn, Maxim
作者单位：University of Toronto; Columbia University; McGill University
摘要：Our model illustrates how political institutions trade off between the competing goals of representation and governance, where governance is the responsiveness of an institution to a single pivotal voter. We use exogenous variation from the 30-year history of the federal Community Development Block Grant program to identify this trade-off. Cities with more representative governments-those with larger city councils-use more grant funds to supplement city revenues rather than implementing tax cu...
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作者：Luttmer, Erzo F. P.; Singhal, Monica
作者单位：Dartmouth College; Harvard University
摘要：Is culture an important determinant of preferences for redistribution? To separate culture from the economic and institutional environment (context), we relate immigrants' redistributive preferences to the average preference in their birth countries. We find a strong positive relationship that is robust to rich controls for economic factors and cannot easily be explained by selective migration. This effect is as large as that of own household income and appears stronger for those less assimila...
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作者：Kleven, Henrik Jacobsen; Kopczuk, Wojciech
作者单位：University of London; London School Economics & Political Science; Columbia University; National Bureau of Economic Research; Centre for Economic Policy Research - UK
摘要：We model complexity in social programs as a by-product of the screening process. While a more rigorous screening process may improve targeting efficiency, the associated complexity is costly to applicants and induces incomplete take-up. We integrate the study of take-up with the study of rejection (Type I) and award (Type II) errors, and characterize optimal programs when policy makers choose screening intensity (and complexity), an eligibility rule, and a benefit level. Consistent with many r...
