Effects of Maternal Work Incentives on Youth Crime -- by Hope Corman, Dhaval...
This study exploits differences in the implementation of welfare reform across states and over time to identify causal effects of maternal work incentives, and by inference employment, on youth arrests...
View ArticleImperfect Markets versus Imperfect Regulation in U.S. Electricity Generation...
This paper measures changes in electricity generation costs caused by the introduction of market mechanisms to determine output decisions in service areas that were previously using...
View ArticleRelated Investing: Corporate Ownership and Capital Mobilization during Early...
Scholars engage in extensive debate about the role of families and corporations in economic growth. Some propose that personal ties provide a mechanism for overcoming such transactions costs as...
View ArticleThe Economic Consequences of Family Policies: Lessons from a Century of...
We draw lessons from existing work and our own analysis on the effects of parental leave and other interventions aimed at aiding families. The outcomes of interest are female employment, gender gaps in...
View ArticleTargeted Remedial Education: Experimental Evidence from Peru -- by Juan...
An outstanding challenge in education is improving learning among low-achieving students. We present results from the first randomized experiment of an inquiry-based remedial science-education program...
View ArticleFDI and Capital Formation in Developing Economies: New Evidence from...
We contribute to the long debated issue of whether inward foreign direct investment (FDI) can stimulate investment in developing countries by introducing a novel measure of FDI, based on industry-level...
View ArticleOpen Borders in the European Union and Beyond: Migration Flows and Labor...
In 2004, the European Union admitted 10 new countries, and wages in these countries were generally well below the levels in the existing member countries. Citizens of these newly-admitted countries...
View ArticleThe Rise of American Ingenuity: Innovation and Inventors of the Golden Age --...
We examine the golden age of U.S. innovation by undertaking a major data collection exercise linking historical U.S. patents to state and county-level aggregates and matching inventors to Federal...
View ArticleExit, Tweets and Loyalty -- by Joshua S. Gans, Avi Goldfarb, Mara Lederman
Hirschman's Exit, Voice, and Loyalty highlights the role of "voice" in disciplining firms for low quality. We develop a formal model of voice as a relational contact between firms and consumers and...
View ArticleSubsidizing Fuel Efficient Cars: Evidence from China's Automobile Industry --...
The Chinese automobile market is the largest in the world with annual sales exceeding 20 million vehicles. The tremendous growth in sales---over 200 percent from 2008 to 2015---and concerns over local...
View ArticleThe Effect of State Medicaid Expansions on Prescription Drug Use: Evidence...
This study provides a national analysis of how the 2014 Affordable Care Act (ACA) Medicaid expansions have affected aggregate prescription drug utilization. Given the prominent role of prescription...
View Article'Acting Wife': Marriage Market Incentives and Labor Market Investments -- by...
Do single women avoid career-enhancing actions because these actions could signal personality traits, like ambition, that are undesirable in the marriage market? We answer this question through two...
View ArticlePrestige and Profit: The Royal Society of Arts and Incentives for Innovation,...
Debates have long centered around the relative merits of prizes and other incentives for technological innovation. Some economists have cited the experience of the prestigious Royal Society of Arts...
View ArticlePolitical Determinants of Competition in the Mobile Telecommunication...
We study how political factors shape competition in the mobile telecommunication sector. We show that the way a government designs the rules of the game has an impact on concentration, competition, and...
View ArticleThe Power of Positive Destruction: How to Turn a Business Idea Into a Revolution
It's no longer good enough to build a company to last; today it's about building a company to ignite change. The Power of Positive Destruction reveals how to start a new business, disrupt an industry,...
View ArticleDigital Sense: The Common Sense Approach to Effectively Blending Social...
Digital Sense provides a complete playbook for organizations seeking a more engaged customer experience strategy. By reorganizing sales and marketing to compete in today's digital-first, omni-channel...
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January 2017 Data Update 3: Cracking the Currency Code
There was a time in the not so distant past, where analysts could do their analysis in their local currencies and care little or not at all about foreign currencies, how they moved and why. This was...
View ArticleTax Lot and Shareholder Accounting - Hedge Fund Software -...
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View Article7 Methods To Crush Your First Draft
So, you have a great idea for a research paper. Now all you have to do is write it. If only that were as easily done as it was for you to say you’re going to do. Theses can spend years marinating in...
View ArticleHow Deutsche Bank Made a $462 Million Loss Disappear
How Deutsche Bank Made a $462 Million Loss Disappear. A dubious trade leads to a criminal trial https://t.co/7rHJyyv9y3 â moneyscience (@moneyscience) Januaryâ¦
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