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作者：Bloem, Michael D.
摘要：I study whether the amount of time students take to complete their bachelor's degree affects labor outcomes after graduation using a resume-based field experiment. I randomly assign a time to degree of either 4 or 6 years to over 7,000 fictitious resumes of recent graduates and submit them to entry-level business jobs. Resumes listing degree completion in 6 years received 1% to 2% fewer employer responses than resumes indicating graduation in 4 years, which is not a statistically significant d...
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作者：Kim, Jae Yeon; Herd, Pamela; Jilke, Sebastian; Moynihan, Donald; Rodden, Kerry
作者单位：Johns Hopkins University; University of Michigan System; University of Michigan; Georgetown University
摘要：In this study we describe the potential of human-centered design principles to identify burdens, reducing the effects of administrative checkpoints. Administrative checkpoints-mandatory requirements that must be satisfied in order to progress in an administrative process-have disproportionate negative effects in excluding the public from receiving public services. Mandatory interviews are one such checkpoint. Based on consultation with safety net clients and caseworkers, we designed a field ex...
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作者：Smetters, Kent
作者单位：University of Pennsylvania; University of Pennsylvania
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作者：Hayashi, Ryotaro; Kim, Hyuncheol Bryant; Matsuda, Norihiko; Pham, Trinh
作者单位：Asian Development Bank; Yonsei University; State University System of Florida; Florida International University; KDI School of Public Policy & Management
摘要：We evaluate two randomized controlled trials in Bhutan testing whether near-peer mentoring can shift students' educational preferences toward STEM and TVET pathways. Mentors provided personalized guidance, shared their own experiences, and offered information on admissions and labor market outcomes. The interventions significantly increased students' interest and perceived knowledge, but had limited effects on actual applications or enrollment. In the STEM stream, limited follow-through appear...
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作者：Jordan, Andrew; Kim, Taeho
作者单位：Washington University (WUSTL); University of Toronto
摘要：We study how civilian complaint investigators affect officer behavior in Chicago. We exploit quasi-random assignment of complaints to supervising investigators and use variation in whether supervisors tend to acquire sworn affidavits that substantiate the complaints. When the assigned investigator opens more investigations through obtaining affidavits, accused officers accumulate fewer complaints in the first three months of the investigation. We find that, prior to a scandal, assignment to hi...
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作者：Edwards, Frank
作者单位：Rutgers University System; Rutgers University Newark
摘要：In this essay, I seek to reconcile critical and econometric approaches to diagnosing the causes of deep racial inequalities in child welfare system outcomes. Using a series of causal diagrams and critical engagement with the counterfactual causal model, I suggest policy analysts embrace a theoretical framework for quantitative inference that recognizes the complex ways that racism impacts families, places, and policy systems. Common approaches that partition inequalities into risk and bias com...
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作者：Ankney, Kevin; Leard, Benjamin
作者单位：Georgetown University; University of Tennessee System; University of Tennessee Knoxville; University of Tennessee System; University of Tennessee Knoxville
摘要：We build a vehicle purchase and disposal model to analyze a policy that links a new electric vehicle (EV) purchase subsidy with a used gasoline vehicle scrappage requirement. We evaluate the policy based on changes in sales, scrappage, subsidy dollars spent, and emissions reductions. We find that linking a purchase subsidy with a scrappage requirement is expected to result in fewer new EV sales and carbon dioxide emissions reductions relative to a policy without linking. Our modeling reveals t...
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作者：Harris, Jorgen M.; Jerch, Rhiannon
作者单位：Occidental College; University of Wisconsin System; University of Wisconsin Madison
摘要：This paper estimates the effect of Temporary Protected Status (TPS), a temporary legalization policy, on the incomes and property ownership of Salvadoran recipients over 20 years. We compare likely undocumented Salvadoran immigrants eligible for TPS to a control group of likely undocumented immigrants ineligible for TPS in an event study design that allows us to observe the policy's effects over 2 decades. We find that earnings, homeownership, and use of a car increased considerably for at lea...
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作者：Sarin, Natasha
作者单位：Yale University; Yale University
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作者：Reyes, Angela Maria; Roseth, Benjamin; Vera-Cossio, Diego
作者单位：Inter-American Development Bank
摘要：We experimentally analyze the effects of an intervention to induce the renewal of identification cards on access to a government social program in Panam & aacute;. On-time renewals and access to government transfers increased by 10 and 3.6 percentage points, respectively. Simple reminders about expiration dates generated larger effects than also enabling individuals to renew their documents through an online platform, which users struggled to use despite its being designed to simplify the proc...
