Inequality and City Size [0.03%]
不平等与城市规模
Nathaniel Baum-Snow,Ronni Pavan
Nathaniel Baum-Snow
Between 1979 and 2007 a strong positive monotonic relationship between wage inequality and city size has developed. This paper investigates the links between this emergent city size inequality premium and the contemporaneous nationwide incr...
Iris Kesternich,Bettina Siflinger,James P Smith et al.
Iris Kesternich et al.
We investigate long-run effects of World War II on socio-economic status and health of older individuals in Europe. We analyze data from SHARELIFE, a retrospective survey conducted as part of SHARE in Europe in 2009. SHARELIFE provides deta...
Can Self-Control Explain Avoiding Free Money? Evidence from Interest-Free Student Loans [0.03%]
自我控制能解释为什么人们会放弃无息助学贷款的免费资金吗？
Brian C Cadena,Benjamin J Keys
Brian C Cadena
This paper uses insights from behavioral economics to explain a particularly surprising borrowing phenomenon: One in six undergraduate students offered interest-free loans turn them down. Models of impulse control predict that students may ...
Firing Costs and Flexibility: Evidence from Firms' Employment Responses to Shocks in India [0.03%]
解雇成本与灵活性：来自印度企业就业响应的证据
Achyuta Adhvaryu,A V Chari,Siddharth Sharma
Achyuta Adhvaryu
A key prediction of dynamic labor demand models is that firing restrictions attenuate firms' employment responses to economic fluctuations. We provide the first direct test of this prediction using data from India. We exploit the fact that ...
Chronic Disease Burden and the Interaction of Education, Fertility, and Growth [0.03%]
慢性病负担及教育、生育和经济增长的相互作用关系
Hoyt Bleakley,Fabian Lange
Hoyt Bleakley
This study considers the eradication of hookworm disease from the American South as a test of the quantity-quality (Q-Q) framework of fertility. Eradication was principally a shock to the price of quality because of three factors: hookworm ...
Kasey S Buckles,Daniel M Hungerman
Kasey S Buckles
Season of birth is associated with later outcomes; what drives this association remains unclear. We consider a new explanation: variation in maternal characteristics. We document large changes in maternal characteristics for births througho...
James P Smith
James P Smith
This paper examines impacts of childhood health on SES outcomes observed during adulthood-levels and trajectories of education, family income, household wealth, individual earnings and labor supply. The analysis is conducted using data that...
Tibor Besedeš,Cary Deck,Sudipta Sarangi et al.
Tibor Besedeš et al.
Using controlled experiments, we examine how individuals make choices when faced with multiple options. Choice tasks are designed to mimic the selection of health insurance, prescription drug, or retirement savings plans. In our experiment,...
Robert T Jensen,Nolan H Miller
Robert T Jensen
Many developing countries use food-price subsidies or controls to improve nutrition. However, subsidizing goods on which households spend a high proportion of their budget can create large wealth effects. Consumers may then substitute towar...
The Power of the Pill for the Next Generation: Oral Contraception's Effects on Fertility, Abortion, and Maternal & Child Characteristics [0.03%]
下一代的避孕药力：口服避孕药对生育、堕胎及母子体质特征的影响
Elizabeth Oltmans Ananat,Daniel M Hungerman
Elizabeth Oltmans Ananat
This paper considers how oral contraception's diffusion to young unmarried women affected the number and parental characteristics of children born to these women. In the short-term, pill access caused declines in fertility and increases in ...