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作者：Wang, Di; Zhang, Peng; Chen, Shuai; Zhang, Ning
作者单位：China Agricultural University; The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen; Zhejiang University; Zhejiang University; Shandong University; University of Cambridge
摘要：Causal evidence for adaptation effects of specific agricultural instruments is scant but important for identifying potentially useful adaptive measures for climate change in the future. To address this gap, we leverage quasi-experimental variations in irrigation induced by a natural experiment for irrigation expansion started in 1996 and quantify the contribution of irrigation access to the overall adaptation effect. There are three primary findings. First, using a period-specific panel fixed ...
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作者：Xie, Enze; Xu, Mingzhi; Yu, Miaojie
作者单位：Zhejiang University; Peking University; Liaoning University of Technology
摘要：This paper studies the impact of trade liberalization on the heterogeneity of labor market power among manufacturing firms, which is a potential source of misallocation. The model shows that heterogeneity of labor market power distorts the allocation of the factors of production, and the variance in the natural log of the markdown serves as a sufficient statistic to infer its negative impact on overall production efficiency. Using China's accession to the World Trade Organization (WTO) as a na...
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作者：Schwank, Hanna
摘要：Millions of families migrate every year in search of better opportunities. Whether these opportunities materialize for the children brought with them depends on the quality of the destination that their parents selected. Exploiting variation in the age of migration, I analyze the impact of destination quality on the educational outcomes of childhood internal migrants in Indonesia. Using Population Census microdata from 2000 and 2010, I show that children who spend more time growing up in distr...
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作者：Banerjee, Abhijit, V; Chiplunkar, Gaurav
作者单位：Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT); University of Virginia
摘要：This paper provides evidence of matching frictions in the Indian labor market. Using several methods to elicit genuine preferences of job-seekers over jobs, we show that: (a) there is substantial variation in job-seekers preferences over the same jobs; and (b) placement officers, responsible for placing job-seekers in jobs, have poor knowledge of it. Providing placement offers with this information improves matching of job-seekers to interviews, even after taking into account redistribution of...
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作者：Aygun, Aysun Hiziroglu; Kirdar, Murat Guray; Koyuncu, Murat; Stoeffler, Quentin
作者单位：Istanbul Technical University; Bogazici University; Bogazici University; Universite de Bordeaux; University of Minnesota System; University of Minnesota Twin Cities
摘要：This paper investigates whether unconditional cash transfers can keep refugee children in school and out of work. We raise this question in the unique context of Turkey, which hosts the world's largest refugee population (including 3.6 million Syrians). Refugees in Turkey are supported by the world's largest cash transfer program for refugees, the Emergency Social Safety Net (ESSN). We exploit a program eligibility criterion to identify the causal impacts of the ESSN program using a regression...
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作者：Provenzano, Sandro
作者单位：University of London; London School Economics & Political Science
摘要：This paper documents that in Sub-Saharan Africa areas isolated from the capital city are less economically developed and examines potential underlying mechanisms. We apply a boundary-discontinuity design using national borders that divide pre-colonial ethnic homelands to obtain quasi-experimental variation in distance to the national capital city. We find that isolation significantly reduces nightlights at the intensive and extensive margin, and that a one percent increase in distance to the c...
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作者：Acuna, Julio; Balza, Lenin H.; Gomez-Parra, Nicolas
作者单位：University of Mississippi; Inter-American Development Bank
摘要：To study the causal impact of oil royalties on human capital, we exploit quasi-experimental variation arising from a law in Ecuador that prescribes an algorithm to assign oil royalties to municipalities regardless of their oil-producing status. We find that royalties increase the likelihood of students completing primary and secondary education. Students reaching high school are also more likely to pass and excel on the exit exam. Furthermore, schools are more likely to remain open, increase t...
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作者：Graff, Tilman
作者单位：Harvard University
摘要：I assess the efficiency of transport networks for every country in Africa. Using spatial data from various sources, I simulate trade flows over more than 70,000 links covering the entire continent. I maximise over the space of networks and find the optimal road system for every African state. My simulations predict that Africa would gain 1.3% of total welfare from reorganising its national road systems, and 0.8% from optimally expanding it by a tenth. I then construct a dataset of local networ...
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作者：Chatruc, Marisol Rodriguez; Rozo, Sandra, V
作者单位：Inter-American Development Bank; The World Bank
摘要：This study investigates the effectiveness of online, low-cost, scalable interventions aimed at reducing prejudice against an out-group through the use of perspective taking. We conducted an online experiment in which Colombian natives were randomly assigned to either watch a video documentary about Venezuelan forced migrants crossing the Colombian border on foot or to play an online game that immersed them in the life of a Venezuelan forced migrant. Compared to a control group, both treatments...
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作者：Kotsadam, Andreas; Somville, Vincent
作者单位：Norwegian School of Economics (NHH)
摘要：Does wealth make people more selfish or more generous? While this question has been at the center stage of the research on charitable giving, causal evidence is lacking. We offer winners and losers of a large Ethiopian housing lottery the opportunity to give to charities. Winners experience a very large increase in wealth, yet they are not more likely to donate money. They give slightly higher amounts to charities in absolute monetary value but nothing more in proportion to their income. We co...
