Quantifying Threshold Manipulation in the Presence of Rounding: The Case of Lead Monitoring in U.S. Drinking Water [0.03%]
阈值操纵下的定量问题：美国饮用水中铅含量监测案例分析
Tihitina Andarge,Dalia Ghanem,David A Keiser et al.
Tihitina Andarge et al.
Many laws and economic actions depend on thresholds. As a consequence, threshold manipulation is a common concern in a variety of settings. Existing methods for detecting and quantifying threshold manipulation assume a continuous counterfac...
David Arnold,Will Dobbie,Peter Hull
David Arnold
We develop new quasi-experimental tools to understand algorithmic discrimination and build non-discriminatory algorithms when the outcome of interest is only selectively observed. We first show that algorithmic discrimination arises when th...
Alberto Ciancio,Fabrice Kämpfen,Hans-Peter Kohler et al.
Alberto Ciancio et al.
When there is no treatment available for a life-threatening disease, providing personal health information could lead to despair or fatalistic behaviors resulting in negative health outcomes. We document this possibility utilizing an experi...
RELIGIOUS FESTIVALS AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT: EVIDENCE FROM THE TIMING OF MEXICAN SAINT DAY FESTIVALS [0.03%]
宗教节日与经济发展：来自墨西哥圣徒日庆宴时间分布的证据
Eduardo Montero,Dean Yang
Eduardo Montero
Does variation in how religious festivals are celebrated have economic consequences? We study the economic impacts of the timing of Catholic patron saint day festivals in Mexico. For causal identification, we exploit cross-locality variatio...
Aaron Chalfin,Benjamin Hansen,Emily K Weisburst et al.
Aaron Chalfin et al.
We report novel empirical estimates of the race-specific effects of larger police forces in the United States. Each additional police officer abates approximately 0.1 homicides. In per capita terms, effects are twice as large for Black vers...
The Impact of Financial Assistance Programs on Health Care Utilization: Evidence from Kaiser Permanente [0.03%]
财政援助计划对医疗保健利用的影响：来自凯萨永久健康保险公司的证据
Alyce Adams,Raymond Kluender,Neale Mahoney et al.
Alyce Adams et al.
Most hospitals have financial assistance programs for low-income patients. We use administrative data from Kaiser Permanente to study the effects of financial assistance on healthcare utilization. Using a regression discontinuity design bas...
The Liquidity Sensitivity of Healthcare Consumption: Evidence from Social Security Payments [0.03%]
基于社会保障支付的医疗消费流动敏感性证据研究
Tal Gross,Timothy J Layton,Daniel Prinz
Tal Gross
Insurance is typically viewed as a mechanism for transferring resources from good to bad states. Insurance, however, may also transfer resources from high-liquidity periods to low-liquidity periods. We test for this type of transfer from he...
Ran Abramitzky,Leah Boustan,Katherine Eriksson
Ran Abramitzky
Using millions of historical census records and modern birth certificates, we document that immigrants assimilated into US society at similar rates in the past and present. We measure cultural assimilation as immigrants giving their childre...