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Risk-Coping through Sexual Networks: Evidence from Client Transfers in Kenya
Risk-Coping through Sexual Networks Evidence Client Transfers Kenya
2016/3/9
Why do women engage in transactional sex? While much of the explanation is that sex-for-money pays more than other jobs, we use a unique panel data set constructed from 192 self-reported diaries of se...
Teacher Pay Reform and Productivity:Panel Data Evidence from Adoptions of Q-Comp in Minnesota
Teacher Pay Reform Productivity:Panel Data Q-Comp in Minnesota
2016/3/3
This paper studies the impacts of teacher pay-for-performance (P4P) reforms adopted with complementary human resource management (HRM) practices on student achievement and workforce flows. Since 2005,...
Saving Lives:Evidence from a Conditional Food Supplementation Program
Saving Lives Conditional Food Supplementation Program
2016/3/3
This paper evaluates the impact of a conditional food supplementation program on child mortality in Ecuador. The program (PANN 2000) was implemented by regular staff at local public health posts and c...
Do Religious Proscriptions Matter?:Evidence from a Theory-Based Test
Religious Proscriptions Matter Theory-Based Test
2016/3/3
A large literature shows that religious participation is associated with various behaviors and outcomes, but researchers lack an accepted instrument for religion and have struggled to establish whethe...
Is Smoking Inferior?:Evidence from Variation in the Earned Income Tax Credit
Smoking Variation Earned Income Tax Credit
2016/3/3
In this paper we estimate the causal income elasticity of smoking participation, cessation, and cigarette demand conditional upon participation. Using an instrumental variables (IV) estimation strateg...
Low-Skilled Immigration and Parenting Investments of College-Educated Mothers in the United States:Evidence from Time-Use Data
Low-Skilled Immigration Parenting Investments College-Educated Mothers United States Time-Use Data
2016/3/3
This paper uses several decades of U.S. time-diary surveys to assess the impact of low-skilled immigration, through lower prices for commercial childcare, on parental time investments. Using an instru...
When Opportunity Knocks,Who Answers?:New Evidence on College Achievement Awards
Opportunity Knocks College Achievement Awards
2016/3/3
We evaluate the effects of academic achievement awards for first-and second-year college students studying at a Canadian commuter college. The award scheme offered linear cash incentives for course gr...
Birth Order and Human Capital Development:Evidence from Ecuador
Birth Order Human Capital Development Ecuador
2016/3/3
In this paper we examine the effect of birth order on human capital development in Ecuador. Using family fixed effects models we find positive and persistent birth order effects; earlier-born children...
Dangerous Liquidity and the Demand for Health Care:Evidence from the 2008 Stimulus Payments
Dangerous Liquidity and the Demand Health Care Stimulus Payments
2016/3/3
Household finances can affect health and health care through several channels. To explore these channels, we exploit the randomized timing of the arrival of the 2008 Economic Stimulus Payments. We fin...
Government Regulation and the Quality of Healthcare:Evidence from Minimum Staffing Legislation for Nursing Homes
Government Regulation Quality of Healthcare Minimum Staffing Legislation Nursing Homes
2016/3/3
This paper investigates the effect of a regulation mandating a minimum nurse-staffing level on the quality of healthcare in nursing homes. To comply with the regulation, firms increase employment of n...
Do Extended Unemployment Benefits Lengthen Unemployment Spells?:Evidence from Recent Cycles in the U.S. Labor Market
Extended Unemployment Benefits Lengthen Unemployment Spells U.S. Labor Market
2016/3/3
In response to the recession of 2007–2009, the maximum duration of U.S. unemployment insurance (UI) benefits was extended to an unprecedented 99 weeks. We exploit variation in the timing and size of t...
Ironing Out Deficiencies:Evidence from the United States on the Economic Effects of Iron Deficiency
Ironing Out Deficiencies United States Economic Iron Deficiency
2016/3/3
Iron deficiency reduces productive capacity in adults and impairs cognitive development in children. In 1943, the United States government required the fortification of bread with iron to reduce iron ...
Obesity,Weight Loss,and Employment Prospects:Evidence from a Randomized Trial
Obesity Weight Loss Employment Prospects Randomized Trial
2016/3/3
This study presents credible estimates for the causal effect of BMI growth on employment among the obese. By exploring random assignment of a weight-loss intervention based on monetary rewards, I prov...
The Socioeconomic Gradient of Child Development:Cross-Sectional Evidence from Children 6–42 Months in Bogota
Socioeconomic Gradient Child Development Children 6–42 Months Bogota
2016/3/3
We study the socioeconomic gradient of child development on a sample of low- and middle-income children aged 6–42 months in Bogota using the Bayley Scales of Infant and Toddler Development. We find an...
Peer Effects in Disadvantaged Primary Schools Evidence from a Randomized Experiment
Disadvantaged Primary Schools Randomized Experiment
2016/3/2
Using data from a well- executed randomized experiment, we fi nd that the
average classroom peer achievement adversely infl uences own student
achievement in math and reading in primar...