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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...
Risk-Taking Behavior in the Wake of Natural Disasters
Risk-Taking Behavior Natural Disasters
2016/3/3
We investigate whether experiencing a natural disaster affects risk-taking behavior. We conduct standard risk games (using real money) with randomly selected individuals in rural Indonesia. We find th...
All-Cause Mortality Reductions from Measles Catchup Campaigns in Africa
All-Cause Mortality Reductions Measles Africa
2016/3/3
As recently as 1999, 13 million measles cases and 500,000 measles-related deaths occurred in sub-Saharan Africa per year. Over the past decade, vaccination coverage across the continent has improved d...
Long-Term Intergenerational Persistence of Human Capital An Empirical Analysis of Four Generations
Intergenerational Persistence Human Capital Four Generations
2016/3/3
Most previous studies of intergenerational transmission of human capital are restricted to two generations: how parents influence their children. In this study, we use a Swedish data set that links in...
Intensive Math Instruction and Educational Attainment
Math Instruction Educational Attainment
2016/3/3
We study an intensive math instruction policy that assigned low-skilled ninth graders to an algebra course that doubled instructional time, altered peer composition and emphasized problem solving skil...
The proportion of students taking a first algebra course in middle school has doubled over the past generation and there have been calls to make eighth grade algebra universal. We use significant poli...
We exploit variation in wage growth induced by increases in world oil prices to estimate the elasticity of young men’s labor market participation and school enrollment with respect to after-tax wages....
To Love or to Pay
to Love to Pay
2016/3/3
This paper develops a dynamic structural lifecycle model to study how heterogeneous health and medical spending shocks affect the savings behavior of the elderly. Individuals are allowed to respond to...
Booms, Busts, and Fertility Testing the Becker Model Using Gender- Specifi c Labor Demand
Booms Busts Fertility
2016/3/2
In this paper, I present estimates of the effect of local labor demand shocks
on birth rates. To identify exogenous variation in male and female labor
demand, I create indices that exploit cross- ...
Prenatal Testosterone and the Earnings of Men and Women
Men and Women Prenatal Testosterone
2016/3/2
Testosterone, which induces sexual differentiation of the male fetus, is
believed to transfer from males to their littermates in placental mammals.
Among humans, individuals with a male twin have ...
How Do Unemployment Insurance Benefi ts Affect the Decision to Apply for Social Security Disability Insurance?
Social Security Disability Unemployment Insurance Benefi
2016/3/2
This paper examines whether Unemployment Insurance (UI) benefi ts affect
the decision to apply for Social Security Disability Insurance (DI). Using
data from the Survey of Income and Bene...
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...
Generosity and Prosocial Behavior in Healthcare Provision Evidence from the Laboratory and Field
Generosity and Prosocial Behavior Healthcare
2016/3/2
Do health workers sometimes have intrinsic motivation to help their
patients? We examine the correlation between the generosity of clinicians—as measured in a laboratory experiment—and the quality o...
Heterogeneous Income Profi les and Lifecycle Bias in Intergenerational Mobility Estimation
Lifecycle Bias Intergenerational Mobility Estimation
2016/3/2
Using short snapshots of income in intergenerational mobility estimation
causes “lifecycle bias” if the snapshots cannot mimic lifetime outcomes.
We use uniquely long series of Swedish income data...