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作者：Dupas, Pascaline; Falezan, Camille; Jayachandran, Seema; Walsh, Mark
作者单位：Princeton University; National Bureau of Economic Research; Centre for Economic Policy Research - UK; Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT); Stanford University
摘要：We evaluate a low-cost intervention designed to boost parents' verbal engagement with infants, which tends to be limited in developing countries. In our randomized experiment, recent or expectant mothers watched a three-minute informational video and received a themed calendar. Six months later, treated mothers reported stronger belief in the benefits of verbal engagement, more frequent parent-infant conversation, and more advanced infant language skills. Treatment effects on objective measure...
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作者：Kessler, Judd B.; Roth, Alvin E.
作者单位：University of Pennsylvania; Stanford University
摘要：The United States has a severe shortage of organs for transplant. Recently-inspired by research based on hypothetical choices-jurisdictions have tried to increase organ donor registrations by changing how the registration question is asked. We evaluate these changes with a novel ield-in-the-lab experiment, in which subjects change their real organ donor status, and with new donor registration data collected from US states. A yes/no frame is not more effective than an opt-in frame, contradicti...
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作者：Brulhart, Marius; Danton, Jayson; Parchet, Raphael; Schlapfer, Jorg
作者单位：University of Lausanne; Swiss National Bank (SNB); Universita della Svizzera Italiana
摘要：We study the distributional effects of local taxes. They turn out to be strikingly progressive. We calibrate a municipality-level structural model with quasi-experimental estimates of taxpayer mobilty by family type. Households with children are found to be less mobile than households without children and to have stronger preferences for locally provided public goods. Combined with capitalization of taxes into housing prices and nonhomothetic housing demand, this implies that the incidence of ...
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作者：Rodemeier, Matthias
作者单位：Bocconi University
摘要：Are consumers in the marketplace aware of their cognitive limitations? I answer this question in the context of a ubiquitous form of price discrimination: instant rebates that require active redemption. In a large-scale field experiment with a major online retailer, I find that consumers correctly increase demand when the firm offers a redemption reminder, but they fail to reduce demand when the firm increases the hassle required to redeem. Structural estimates reveal that, while consumers are...
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作者：Anagol, Santosh; Ferreira, Fernando; Rexer, Jonah
作者单位：University of Pennsylvania; National Bureau of Economic Research; The World Bank
摘要：We estimate the economic value of zoning reform in S & atilde;o Paulo, which altered maximum permitted construction along transportation corridors. Developers increased filings for multifamily construction in blocks affected by the reform, leading to more housing supply and lower housing prices in neighborhoods that allow more densification. Our equilibrium model of housing markets estimates an aggregate 1.6 percent increase in housing stock and a 0.4 percent reduction in prices, resulting in ...
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作者：Demalach, Elad; Schlosser, Analia
作者单位：Bank of Israel; Tel Aviv University
摘要：We estimate the causal impacts of universal preschool by leveraging a quasi-experimental design based on Israel's implementation of free public preschool for children ages 3 and 4 beginning in September 1999. We focus on the Arab population, who were the main beneficiaries of the first phase of the law's implementation. Using a difference-in-differences (DID) research design, we find that universal preschool enhanced individuals' academic performance from elementary school through high school,...
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作者：Castell, Laura; Gurgand, Marc; Imbert, Clement; Tochev, Todor
作者单位：Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS); Paris School of Economics; Universite PSL; Ecole Normale Superieure (ENS); Institut d'Etudes Politiques Paris (Sciences Po)
摘要：We report on two nationwide experiments with job seekers in France. We first show that a meeting with social services to assess eligibility and help with applications to social benefits increased new benefit take-up by 29 percent. By contrast, an online simulator that gave personalized information on benefit eligibility did not increase take-up. Marginal treatment effects show that individuals who benefit the most from the meetings are the least likely to attend. Overall, without ruling out in...
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作者：Ager, Philipp; Hansen, Casper W.; Lin, Peter Z.
作者单位：University of Mannheim; Centre for Economic Policy Research - UK; University of Copenhagen; Western Kentucky University
摘要：We examine the impact of the free supply of diphtheria antitoxin, the first effective medical treatment for an infectious disease, on the historical health transition in Massachusetts. Using newly collected municipality-level data on the distribution of antitoxin and information from over 1.5 million death certificates from 1880 to 1914, we find that the rapid availability of antitoxin treatment significantly increased life expectancy at young ages. Our findings suggest that medicine, combined...
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作者：Bremus, Franziska; Rieth, Malte
作者单位：Leibniz Association; DIW Berlin - Deutsches Institut fur Wirtschaftsforschung; Martin Luther University Halle Wittenberg
摘要：We study the role of international financial integration in buffer-ing natural disaster shocks, using a large sample of advanced and emerging economies. Natural disasters are largely unpredictable and unrelated to the state of financial integration. We document that integration improves the absorption of such shocks: Output, con-sumption, and investment are significantly higher after a natural disaster in states with high than in states with low integration. The benefits are most clear for adv...
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作者：Baseler, Travis; Narayan, Ambar; Ng, Odyssia; Roy, Sutirtha Sinha
作者单位：University of Rochester; The World Bank
摘要：This paper studies a new program designed to make food entitlements portable throughout India. We first characterize the state of food entitlement portability using mystery shoppers and surveys of migrants and distributors. We then inform households about the program-and barriers to using it-through a cluster randomized controlled trial. Treatment impacts on beliefs about entitlement portability were initially positive but later turned negative following a general rise in beliefs. These patter...
