2013

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• Measuring the Trends in Inequality of Individuals and Families: Income and Consumption AI翻译
  作者：Fisher, Jonathan D.; Johnson, David S.; Smeeding, Timothy M.
  作者单位：University of Wisconsin System; University of Wisconsin Madison
• Transaction Networks: Evidence from Mobile Money in Kenya AI翻译
  作者：Jack, William; Ray, Adam; Suri, Tavneet
  作者单位：Georgetown University; Innovations for Poverty Action (IPA); Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
• Immigration and Employer Transitions for STEM Workers AI翻译
  作者：Kerr, Sari Pekkala; Kerr, William R.
  作者单位：Wellesley College; Harvard University
• Optimal Expectations and Limited Medical Testing: Evidence from Huntington Disease AI翻译
  作者：Oster, Emily; Shoulson, Ira; Dorsey, E. Ray
  作者单位：University of Chicago; National Bureau of Economic Research; Georgetown University; Johns Hopkins University
  摘要：We use novel data to study genetic testing among individuals at risk for Huntington disease (HD), a hereditary disease with limited life expectancy. Although genetic testing is perfectly predictive and carries little economic cost, presymptomatic testing is rare. Testing rates increase with increases in ex ante risk of having HD. Untested individuals express optimistic beliefs about their health and make decisions (e. g., retirement) as if they do not have HD, even though individuals with conf...
• Optimal Progressive Labor Income Taxation and Education Subsidies When Education Decisions and Intergenerational Transfers are Endogenous AI翻译
  作者：Krueger, Dirk; Ludwig, Alexander
  作者单位：University of Pennsylvania; National Bureau of Economic Research; University of Cologne
• Selection, Agriculture, and Cross-Country Productivity Differences AI翻译
  作者：Lagakos, David; Waugh, Michael E.
  作者单位：Arizona State University; Arizona State University-Tempe; New York University
  摘要：Cross-country labor productivity differences are larger in agriculture than in non-agriculture. We propose a new explanation for these patterns in which the self-selection of heterogeneous workers determines sector productivity. We formalize our theory in a general-equilibrium Roy model in which preferences feature a subsistence food requirement. In the model, subsistence requirements induce workers that are relatively unproductive at agricultural work to nonetheless select into the agricultur...
• A Theory of Charitable Fund-Raising with Costly Solicitations AI翻译
  作者：Name-Correa, Alvaro J.; Yildirim, Huseyin
  作者单位：Duke University
• Taxes, Cigarette Consumption, and Smoking Intensity: Reply AI翻译
  作者：Adda, Jerome; Cornaglia, Francesca
  作者单位：European University Institute; University of London; Queen Mary University London
• Understanding the Mechanisms Through Which an Influential Early Childhood Program Boosted Adult Outcomes AI翻译
  作者：Heckman, James; Pinto, Rodrigo; Savelyev, Peter
  作者单位：University of Chicago; University College Dublin; Vanderbilt University; Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF); Meharry Medical College
  摘要：A growing literature establishes that high quality early childhood interventions targeted toward disadvantaged children have substantial impacts on later life outcomes. Little is known about the mechanisms producing these impacts. This paper uses longitudinal data on cognitive and personality skills from an experimental evaluation of the influential Perry Preschool program to analyze the channels through which the program boosted both male and female participant outcomes. Experimentally induce...
• Inferior Good and Giffen Behavior for Investing and Borrowing AI翻译
  作者：Kubler, Felix; Selden, Larry; Wei, Xiao
  作者单位：University of Zurich; Columbia University; University of Pennsylvania; University of Pennsylvania