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作者：Schiprowski, Amelie
作者单位：University of Bonn
摘要：Caseworkers are the main human resources used to provide social services. This paper asks whether and how much caseworkers matter for the outcomes of unemployed individuals. Using large-scale administrative data, I exploit exogenous variation in unplanned absences among Swiss unemployment insurance caseworkers. I find that individuals who lose a meeting with their caseworker stay unemployed 5% longer. Results show large heterogeneity in the personal impact of caseworkers: the effect of a forgo...
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作者：Breining, Sanni; Doyle, Joseph; Figlio, David N.; Karbownik, Krzysztof; Roth, Jeffrey
作者单位：Aarhus University; Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT); National Bureau of Economic Research; The Santa Fe Institute; Northwestern University; Emory University; State University System of Florida; University of Florida
摘要：Little is known about the role birth order plays in delinquency and adult crime outcomes that carry significant externalities. We use rich data sets from Denmark and Florida to examine these outcomes and explore potential mechanisms. Despite large environmental differences between the areas, we find remarkably consistent results: in families with two or more children, secondborn boys are 20%-40% more likely to be disciplined in school and enter the criminal justice system than are their firstb...
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作者：Gilraine, Michael
作者单位：New York University
摘要：In many settings, a policy discontinuity comprises several treatments that cannot be separately identified using a standard regression discontinuity design. I propose a method for identifying distinct treatment components from a single discontinuity by exploiting the asymmetry between entities entering versus exiting treatment. Using data from New York City for 2009-13, I apply my strategy to the discontinuity associated with the introduction of class size caps-a widespread approach for reduci...
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作者：Bingley, Paul; Lundborg, Petter; Lyk-Jensen, Stephanie Vincent
作者单位：Lund University; IZA Institute Labor Economics
摘要：Conscription forces young men to serve in the military, irrespective of their opportunity costs. Using random assignment in the Danish draft lottery, we find a negative average effect of peacetime military service on earnings, an effect varying by ability, with high-ability men facing a $23,000 lifetime earnings penalty but with low-ability men facing none. This gradient is robust to different measures of labor market prospects. Educational disruption is an important mechanism, while service h...
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作者：Tannenbaum, Daniel, I
作者单位：University of Nebraska System; University of Nebraska Lincoln
摘要：This paper studies the expansion of US child support policies from 1977 to 1992 and its consequences for marriage and fertility decisions. I develop a model showing that child support enforces ex ante commitment from men to provide financial support in the event of a child, which (1) increases premarital sex among couples unlikely to marry and (2) reduces the abortion rate by reducing the cost of child-rearing to single moms. Using variation in the rollout relative to the timing of nonmarital ...
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作者：Speroni, Cecilia; Wellington, Alison; Burkander, Paul; Chiang, Hanley; Herrmann, Mariesa; Hallgren, Kristin
作者单位：Mathematica
摘要：This paper presents findings from a national experimental evaluation of performance bonuses funded by the Teacher Incentive Fund grant program. The study finds no robust evidence of positive impacts of bonuses on student achievement, although some specifications suggest a small positive effect that compares favorably with other education interventions. When controlling for covariates, we find that offering bonuses of an average yearly cost of $100 per student had a small significant impact of ...
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作者：Ly, Son Thierry; Maurin, Eric; Riegert, Arnaud
作者单位：Paris School of Economics
摘要：This paper reports findings from a randomized evaluation of an intensive tutoring program conducted in underprivileged high schools. Within each school, the intervention targets students identified as having the ability to pursue a college education. The program is designed to strengthen their readiness for higher education. We demonstrate that such an intervention can have negative effects on a large fraction of participants, even though participation is entirely voluntary. This result is con...
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作者：Marinescu, Ioana; Wolthoff, Ronald
作者单位：University of Pennsylvania; National Bureau of Economic Research; University of Toronto
摘要：On the leading job board CareerBuilder.com, high-wage job postings unexpectedly attract fewer applicants, and this is the case even within a detailed occupation. Viewed through the lens of our directed search model, this negative relationship is indicative of substantial applicant heterogeneity within an occupation. Empirically, we find that job title heterogeneity is key: within a job title, jobs with 10% higher wages do attract 7.7% more applicants. Furthermore, our findings are consistent w...
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作者：Mezza, Alvaro; Ringo, Daniel; Sherlund, Shane; Sommer, Kamila
作者单位：Federal Reserve System - USA; Federal Reserve System Board of Governors
摘要：We estimate the effect of student loan debt on subsequent homeownership in a uniquely constructed administrative data set for a nationally representative cohort. We instrument for the amount of individual student debt using changes to the in-state tuition rate at public 4-year colleges in the student's home state. A $1,000 increase in student loan debt lowers the homeownership rate by about 1.8 percentage points for public 4-year college-goers during their mid-20s, equivalent to an average del...
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作者：Valletta, Robert G.; Bengali, Leila; van der List, Catherine
作者单位：Federal Reserve System - USA; Federal Reserve Bank - San Francisco; University of California System; University of California Los Angeles; University of British Columbia
摘要：The fraction of the US workforce identified as involuntary part-time workers rose to new highs during the US Great Recession and came down only slowly in its aftermath. We assess the determinants of involuntary part-time work using an empirical framework that accounts for business cycle effects and persistent structural features of the labor market. We conduct regression analyses using state-level panel data for the years 2003-16. The results indicate that structural factors, notably shifts in...
