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作者：Mollerstrom, Johanna; Strulov-Shlain, Avner; Taubinsky, Dmitry
作者单位：George Mason University; Research Institute of Industrial Economics (IFN); University of Chicago; University of California System; University of California Berkeley; National Bureau of Economic Research
摘要：We report the results of an online experiment studying preferences for giving and preferences for group-wide redistribution in small (4-person) and large (200-person) groups. We find that the desire to engage in voluntary giving decreases significantly with (perceived) group size. However, voting for group-wide redistribution is precisely estimated to not depend on group size. Moreover, people's perceptions of what constitutes the relevant group are malleable, and affect their desire to give. ...
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作者：Garriga, Pablo; Tortarolo, Dario
摘要：We show that delegating tax collection duties to large firms can bolster tax capacity in weak -enforcement settings. We exploit two reforms in Argentina that dramatically expanded and subsequently reduced turnover tax withholding by firms. Combining firm -to -firm data with regression discontinuity and difference -in -differences methods centered on revenue eligibility thresholds, we find that: (i) appointing large firms as collection agents (CAs) does not hinder their economic activity, (ii) ...
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作者：Yu, Zhixiu
作者单位：Louisiana State University System; Louisiana State University
摘要：This paper investigates the role of Social Security reforms in explaining the increase in labor supply of older men across cohorts and evaluates the labor response by health status. I develop and estimate a rich dynamic life -cycle model of labor supply, savings, and Social Security application that captures the key structure of Social Security retirement benefits, disability insurance, and pension systems, while accounting for uncertainties in health, survival, wages, and medical expenditures...
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作者：Machado, Caio
作者单位：Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile
摘要：How should policymakers distribute firm subsidies when supply shocks hit some firms and spill over to others through demand externalities? I propose a model to answer that question. The optimal policy depends on the severity of the supply shock and the degree of substitution across goods. If shocks are not too large or widespread, it is optimal to subsidize only firms not hit by supply shocks. For larger and more widespread shocks, the results depend on the elasticity of substitution: If compl...
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作者：Braun, Sebastian T.; Stuhler, Jan
作者单位：University of Bayreuth; IZA Institute Labor Economics; Universidad Carlos III de Madrid
摘要：Despite millions of war widows worldwide, little is known about the economic consequences of being widowed by war. We use life history data from West Germany to show that war widowhood increased women's employment immediately after World War II but led to lower employment rates later in life. War widows, therefore, carried a double burden of employment and childcare while their children were young but left the workforce when their children reached adulthood. We show that the design of compensa...
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作者：Boudot-Reddy, Camille; Butle, Andre
作者单位：University of London; Birkbeck University London; University of Cambridge
摘要：The prevailing view in the economic literature is that voters are particularly myopic, encouraging governments to leverage short-term re-election strategies. Under such conditions, public capital investment with long-term rewards - despite its central role in the process of sustained economic development - may be neglected. In the context of India's rural road construction programme, this study evaluates the role which large-scale public infrastructure initiatives have on the electoral account...
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作者：Albanese, Andrea; Cockx, Bart; Dejemeppe, Muriel
作者单位：Ghent University; IZA Institute Labor Economics; Leibniz Association; Ifo Institut; Maastricht University
摘要：We use regression discontinuity design and difference-in-differences methods to estimate the impact of a onetime hiring subsidy for low-educated unemployed youths in Belgium during the recovery from the Great Recession. Within a year of unemployment, the subsidy increases job-finding in the private sector by 10 percentage points. Over six years, high school graduates secure 2.8 more quarters of private employment. However, they transition from public jobs and self-employment, resulting in no n...
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作者：Armentano, Vincent; McIntosh, Craig; Monestier, Felipe; Pineiro-Rodriguez, Rafael; Rosenblatt, Fernando; Tunon, Guadalupe
作者单位：University of California System; University of California San Diego; Universidad de la Republica, Uruguay; Universidad Catolica del Uruguay; University of Manchester; Princeton University
摘要：We report on a large-scale urban resettlement program in Uruguay. Under the program, thousands of low- to middle-income households were randomly assigned over the course of seven years to ownership of apartments in new buildings in more central areas and received a subsidy averaging $44,000 per household. We match applicants to comprehensive administrative data on employment, schooling, fertility, and voting over the decade after the move. We find that the program led to a small decline in fer...
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作者：Fiva, Jon H.; Izzo, Federica; Tukiainen, Janne
作者单位：BI Norwegian Business School; University of California System; University of California San Diego; University of Turku; VATT Institute for Economic Research
摘要：Political parties play a crucial gatekeeping role in elections, including controlling electoral resources, candidate recruitment, and electoral list compositions. In making these strategic choices, parties aim to encourage candidates to invest in the campaign, while also trying to secure advantages for their preferred candidates. We study how parties navigate this trade-off using a specific feature of the Norwegian local electoral system in which parties can give advantaged positions to some c...
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作者：Piza, Caio; Zwager, Astrid; Ruzzante, Matteo; Dantas, Rafael; Loureiro, Andre
作者单位：The World Bank; Northwestern University; The World Bank
摘要：We provide experimental evidence from an education program in Brazil that empowers public school teachers, through a combination of technical assistance and earmarked funding, to design and introduce locally adapted pedagogical innovations. While the study encompasses grades 5, 6, and 10, we find consistent and pronounced impacts on learning and school progression in 6th grade, a critical transition year from primary to lowersecondary education. Positive effects are concentrated in schools whe...
