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作者：Postel-Vinay, Fabien; Sepahsalari, Alireza
作者单位：University of London; University College London; University of London; London School Economics & Political Science; University of Bristol
摘要：We combine information from the British Household Panel Study and the United Kingdom Household Longitudinal Study (also known as Understanding Society) to construct consistent time series of aggregate worker stocks, worker flows and earnings in the United Kingdom over the period 1992-2017. We propose a method to harmonise data between the British Household Panel Study and United Kingdom Household Longitudinal Study, which we validate by checking the consistency of some of our headline time ser...
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作者：Pollinger, Stefan
摘要：This paper studies the suppression of an infectious disease in the canonical susceptible-infectious-recovered model. It derives three results. First, if technically feasible, the optimal response to a sufficiently small outbreak is halting transmissions instead of building up immunity through infections. Second, the crucial trade-off is not between health and economic costs, but between the intensity and duration of control measures. A simple formula of observables characterises the optimum. T...
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作者：Eichner, Thomas; Kollenbach, Gilbert; Schopf, Mark
作者单位：Fern University Hagen; Fern University Hagen
摘要：In a Hotelling model with a climate coalition and a free-riding fringe, we compare demand-side and supply side climate policies aimed at keeping CO2 concentration below a ceiling equivalent to global warming of 2 degrees C. With the demand-side policy, the coalition caps its fuel demand. The corresponding allocation is intra-temporally distorted. With the supply-side policy, the coalition purchases deposits. The corresponding allocation is inter-temporally distorted and the fuel extraction pat...
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作者：Frisancho, Veronica
作者单位：Inter-American Development Bank
摘要：Relying on a large-scale experiment in Peru, this study evaluates the effects of an in-class intervention on financial literacy and financial behaviour. As soon as the programme is over, treated students record significant financial literacy gains that do not hinder their academic performance. The programme also leads to immediate changes in downstream financial behaviour as measured by financial autonomy and financial savviness. Credit bureau records gathered three years later show that early...
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作者：Haaland, Venke Furre; Rege, Mari; Solheim, Oddny Judith
作者单位：Universitetet i Stavanger; Universitetet i Stavanger
摘要：We present a field experiment investigating treatment effects of an additional teacher in the classroom on student learning. The treatment targets literacy instruction during first and second grades. Nearly 6,000 students in 300 classrooms participated in the experiment. The treatment has on average no effects on student learning. However, boys seem to benefit, with treatment impacts of about 0.12 and 0.09 standard deviations on the national literacy assessment and the reading self-concept, re...
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作者：Rebeyrol, Vincent
作者单位：Universite de Toulouse; Universite Toulouse 1 Capitole; Toulouse School of Economics
摘要：This paper shows that non-tariff measures may fully respect the non-discrimination principle of the World Trade Organisation and still act as a protectionist device. Non-tariff measures that raise costs of all firms induce some exit, reallocating market shares towards the most efficient firms. The paper analyses when this mechanism generates protectionism. With political economy motives, trade liberalisation increases the use of non-tariff measures in the non-cooperative equilibrium and a trad...
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作者：Wang, Ao; Wang, Shaoda; Ye, Xiaoyang
作者单位：National University of Singapore; University of Chicago; National Bureau of Economic Research; Brown University
摘要：We experimentally test how psychological motivations can impact the processing of purely objective information. We first document that, when the high-stakes College Entrance Exam is held in the month of Ramadan, Chinese Muslim students perform significantly worse. When asked about the impact of fasting, they severely underestimate the cost of taking the exam during Ramadan, even when presented with direct empirical evidence. In the experiment, we randomly offer students reading materials in wh...
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作者：Greaves, Ellen; Hussain, Iftikhar; Rabe, Birgitta; Rasul, Imran
作者单位：University of Bristol; University of London; London School Economics & Political Science; University of Sussex; University of Essex; University of London; University College London
摘要：We study the interaction between family and school inputs by identifying the causal impact of information about school quality on parental time investment into children. Inspection ratings provide news that shifts parental beliefs about school quality, and hence investment into children. We study this using household panel data from England, linked to administrative records on school inspection ratings. We find that parents receiving good news over school quality significantly decrease time in...
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作者：Brotherhood, Luiz; Herskovic, Bernard; Ramos, Joao
作者单位：University of Barcelona; Getulio Vargas Foundation; University of California System; University of California Los Angeles; National Bureau of Economic Research; University of Southern California
摘要：We study whether college admissions should implement quotas for lower-income applicants. We develop an overlapping-generation model and calibrate it to data from Brazil, where such a policy is widely implemented. In our model, parents choose how much to invest in their child's education, thereby increasing both human capital and likelihood of college admission. We find that, in the long run, the optimal income-based affirmative action increases welfare and aggregate output. It improves the poo...
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作者：Breda, Thomas; Grenet, Julien; Monnet, Marion; Van Effenterre, Clementine
作者单位：Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS); Paris School of Economics; Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS); Paris School of Economics; Universite Bourgogne Europe; University of Toronto
摘要：We show in a large-scale field experiment that a brief exposure to female role models working in scientific fields affects high school students' perceptions and choices of undergraduate major. The classroom interventions reduced the prevalence of stereotypical views on jobs in science and gender differences in abilities. They also made high-achieving girls in grade 12 more likely to enrol in selective and male-dominated science, technology, engineering and mathematics programs in college. Comp...
