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Journal of Public Economics edited by @nhendren82 and @wwwojtekk
Joined November 2018
We're excited to announce the creation of a new Short Paper submission option at the Journal of Public Economics! . AERI rules apply, submissions are now open! . See details here:.
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Just published in @JPubEcon:. "How does parental divorce affect children’s long-term outcomes?". By @WFrimmel (@jku_econ), @HallaMartin (@WU_econ), @EbmerWinter (@IHS_Vienna).
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In the US, states pay for incarceration but county-level officials (eg, judges) determine sentences. Incarceration rates fell dramatically in California after 1996, when a reform shifted the costs of incarceration (but not other responsibilities) from the state to the county.
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College students assigned to a 7:30am intro course are 10% less likely to major in that subject. A similar effect is found for fatigue-inducing back-to-back courses. Why? Attribution bias. Students appear to misattribute their bad experience to the subject rather than fatigue
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Announcing the Journal of Public Economics twitter feed!. We'll highlight newly accepted and published papers each much, so check us out for all the latest in Public Economics research.
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We are excited to announce that we appointed three new co-editors. @smilleralert and @peterbergman_ will begin shortly and @nomadj1s will join us in June. Welcome to the team!.
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We are excited to announce that we acquired @JournalTax and @AEAjournals' AEJ:Policy. The combined journal will retain the @JPubEcon name. Library subscriptions are available at $100k/year and prospective authors are welcome to pre-submit at low introductory fee of $9999 (+vat).
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Recently published paper in the @JPubEcon :. "Misaligned Incentives and the Scale of Incarceration in the United States".Vol 191 (Nov 2020). by Aurelie Ouss (@AurelieOuss ).
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We are delighted to welcome four new co-editors to the Journal of Public Economics: @SarahCohodes, @rdmetcalfe, @jesspan13, and @SeimSeim. Welcome aboard!.
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Announcing a special call for papers at the Journal of Public Economics on COVID-19!. * Shorter papers (6K words). * Fast turnaround (4-6 weeks) w/ an up-or-down decision. * Broad range of policy-relevant fields. More details below; please submit!.
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Just published in @JPubEcon:. "Do renewable energy investments create local jobs?". By @NataliaFabra, Eduardo Gutiérrez (@BancoDeEspana), Aitor Lacuesta (@BancoDeEspana), Roberto Ramos (@BancoDeEspana).
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We are pleased to announce that as of 10/1/2021 Nathan Hendren (@nhendren82) will join @wwwojtekk as a co-editor-in-chief at @JPubEcon. We are grateful to @John_N_Friedman for his work on the journal and wish him good luck in his new editorial role at the AER!.
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Just published in @JPubEcon:. "The unintended consequences of merit-based teacher selection: Evidence from a large-scale reform in Colombia". By Matias Busso (@the_IDB), @smontanco (@UofMaryland), @juansebastmunoz (@IESEG), & Nolan Pope (@UofMaryland).
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Just published in @JPubEcon:. "Should I Stay (in School) or Should I Go (to Work)" . By @LeeTHendry (@UniofBath).
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Just published:. "When weather wounds workers: The impact of temperature on workplace accidents". By @KathiDrescher & @Ben_Janz
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Just published in @JPubEcon:. "Job displacement costs of phasing out coal" . by @juanpablorud (@RHULECON), @mikesimmonsecon (@umeauniversity), @GerhardToews, & @fernandomaragon (@SFUEcon).
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Just published in @JPubEcon:. "Spillovers in fields of study: Siblings, cousins, and neighbors". By @stnavdeev, Nadine Ketel, @hooster1, @BasvdKlaauw . (@VUamsterdam & @UvA_Amsterdam).
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Just published in @JPubEcon:. "From Viewers to Voters: Tracing Fox News' Impact on American Democracy". By @ellliottt, @sergallet, @matteopins, & @cwarshaw.
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Just published in @JPubEcon:. "No country for young people? The rise of anti-immigration politics in ageing societies". By @valerio_dotti .
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Most 21st century dictators survive not through terror and ideology but by manipulating information. They use low-key censorship and propaganda to boost their appeal. “Informational autocrats” do best where the educated elite is medium-sized and TV is mostly state-owned.
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Recently published paper in the @JPubEcon :. "The $100 Million Nudge: Increasing Tax Compliance of Firms using a Natural Field Experiment".Vol 218 (Feb 2023). by @Justin_E_Holz , @Econ_4_Everyone , @zentnerale , @marvin_cardoza , & @joaquinzent .
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Just published in @JPubEcon:. "Myths of official measurement: Limits to test-based education reforms with weak governance". By @singhabhi & Petter Berg (@handels_sse).
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Recently published paper in the @JPubEcon :. "Affirmative Action and the Choice of Schools".Vol 219 (Mar 2023). by Ursula Mello (@ursulammello ).
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Just published in @JPubEcon:. "Women’s economic empowerment and intimate partner violence". By @Sanna_Bergvall (@goteborgsuni).
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How much of violent crime in Germany can be attributed to professional football games?. Violent crime increases by 17% on a match day, causing costs of 58 million euros annually. Our findings can be rationalized by social identity explanations of football hooliganism.
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How do policies that increase tax enforcement affect progressivity?. Using cross-municipal variation in reforms in Italy, event-study results show that stricter tax enforcement raises the progressivity of income and property tax rates.
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Just published in @JPubEcon:. "Rounded Up: Using round numbers to identify tax evasion". By Robert Breunig (@ANUCrawford), Nathan Deutscher (@ANUCrawford), & @Shamiltonian (@GWtweets).
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Recently published paper in @JPubEcon:. "Should congested cities reduce their speed limits? Evidence from São Paulo, Brazil" vol 184 (April). by Amanda Ang (@aang_econ), Peter Christensen (@pa_christensen), Renato Vieira (@renato_s_vieira).
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Just published in @JPubEcon:. "Labor supply effects of a universal cash transfer". By Jan Gromadzki (@wu_vienna, @iza_bonn).
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Just published in @JPubEcon:. "The impossible trinity: Competitive markets, free entry, and efficiency". By Halvor Mehlum (@UniOslo), Gisle J. Natvik (@HandelshoyskBI), Ragnar Torvik (@NTNU).
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Just published in @JPubEcon: . "The political economy of coastal development". By @SoleOlle, @magontierp, @eviladecans .
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Just published!. "Place-based policies, structural change and female labor: Evidence from India’s Special Economic Zones". By Johannes Gallé (@MCC_Berlin), Daniel Overbeck (Mannheim), Nadine Riedel (@uni_muenster), Tobias Seidel (@unidue)
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Recently published paper in the @JPubEcon :. "Bureaucrats Under Populism".Vol 202 (Oct 2021). by Greg Sasso (@gregsasso ) & Massimo Morelli (@Unibocconi ).
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Just published in @JPubEcon:. "Industrialization and pollution: The long-term Impact of early-life exposure on human capital formation". By @PanxChen (@CUBoulder)
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Just published in @JPubEcon:. "Listen to her: Gender differences in information diffusion within the household". By @dietmarfehr (@Uni_Stuttgart ), Johanna Mollerstrom (@GeorgeMasonU), @pereztruglia (@uclaanderson).
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Recently published paper in the @JPubEcon :. "Do Environmental Markets Cause Environmental Injustice? Evidence from California's Carbon Market".Vol 217 (Jan 2023). by Danae Hernandez-Cortes (@danaehernandezc ) & Kyle C. Meng (@kyle_c_meng ).
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Just published in @JPubEcon: . "Migrant exposure and anti-migrant sentiment: The case of the Venezuelan exodus". By @jeremy_lebow, @JMorenoMedina, @salma_mousa_, @HoracioC_ .
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Road injuries are the leading cause of accidental deaths worldwide. Sao Paulo's 2015 speed limit reductions resulted in 104 averted fatalities in the first 18 months - twice as large as effects from policies designed to reduce violent crime. Primary beneficiaries are low income.
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Recently published paper in the @JPubEcon :. "Firms as Tax Collectors".Vol 233 (May 2024). by Pablo Garriga (@pgarriga ) & Dario Tortarolo (@dtortarolo ).
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Recent paper in the @JPubEcon :. "Brains or Beauty? Causal Evidence on the Returns to Education and Attractiveness in the Online Dating Market".Vol 196 (April 2021). by Johan Egebark, Mathias Ekström, Erik Plug, & Mirjam van Praag (@MvP_VanPraag ).
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Just published in @JPubEcon:. "Heard the news? Environmental policy and clean investments". By @JoelleNoailly, @Laura_Nowzohour, @Mat_vdH, & @IreneuPla .
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Recent paper in the @JPubEcon :. "Lost Boys?: Secondary Education and Crime".Vol 218 (Feb 2023). by Kristiina Huttunen (@KristiinaHuttu2 ), Tuomas Pekkarinen (@VATT_research ), Roope Uusitalo (@roope_uusitalo ) & Hanna Virtanen (@hanna_virtanen_ ).
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Just published in @JPubEcon:. "Willingness to pay for crime reduction: The role of information in the Americas". By @pdomingr (@ucatolica) & Carlos Scartascini (@the_IDB).
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Just published in @JPubEcon:. "Specialised courts and the reporting of intimate partner violence: Evidence from Spain" . By @jorgeghombrados (@UamTeh, @iza_bonn), @martammatute (@UamTeh, @iza_bonn), & @carmenvillaecon (@warwickecon, @TheIFS).
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Recently published paper in the @JPubEcon :. "Assessing Knowledge or Classroom Behavior? Evidence of Teachers' Grading Bias".Vol 216 (Dec 2022). by Bruno Ferman (@bruno_ferman ) & Luiz Felipe Fontes (@Luizffontes ).
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Using exogenous variation from gender-balance at fathers’ workplace, they find that parental divorce has persistent effects on children's future labor market outcomes, for both boys & girls. Boys are more likely to die early and girls more likely to have children at an early age.
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Recently published paper in the @JPubEcon :. "Cigarette Taxes, Smoking, and Health in the Long Run".Vol 222 (June 2023). by @FriedsonAndrew , @li_moyan , @KatherineMeckel , Dan I. Rees, & @sacksdaniel .
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Recently published paper in the @JPubEcon :. "Who Pays for and Who Benefits from Minimum Wage Increases? Evidence from Israeli Tax Data on Business Owners and Workers".Vol 199 (July 2021). by Lev Drucker, Katya Mazirov, & David Neumark (@NeumarkDN ).
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Recently published paper in the @JPubEcon :. "Minimum Wages, Retirement Timing, and Labor Supply".Vol 224 (Aug 2023). by Matt Hampton (@MattHampAPSU ) & Evan Totty.
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Recently published paper in the @JPubEcon :. "Cutting Special Interests by the Roots: Evidence from the Brazilian Amazon".Vol 215 (Nov 2022). by Arthur Bragança (@arthurbraganca7 ) & Ricardo Dahis (@rdahis ).
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Just published in @JPubEcon:. "The long run impact of childhood interracial contact on residential segregation". By @lmerlino1 (@ecares_ulb), @steinhardt_max (@FU_Berlin) & @LLiamWrenLewis (@PSEresearch).
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Just published in @JPubEcon:. "Intrahousehold inequality and the joint taxation of household earnings". By @cassianobreno, @Cdacosta, @FelipeLobel, Humberto Moreira (@FGV_EPGE).
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Just published in @JPubEcon:. "The economic consequences of being widowed by war: A life-cycle perspective". By @SebastianTBraun & Jan Stuhler (@uc3m).
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Recent short paper in the @JPubEcon :. "Moving to Density: Half a Century of Housing Costs and Wage Premia from Queens to King Salmon".Vol 222 (June 2023). by Philip G. Hoxie (@phoxie58 ), Daniel Shoag (@caseweatherhead ), & Stan Veuger (@stanveuger ).
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Recently published paper in the @JPubEcon :. "The Political Economy of Public Sector Absence".Vol 218 (Feb 2023). by Michael Callen, Saad Gulzar (@saadgulzar ), Ali Hasanain (@AliHasanain ), Muhammad Yasir Khan (@yasirmkh ), & Arman Rezaee (@arezaee ).
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Just published in @JPubEcon:. "Personal norms — and not only social norms — shape economic behavior". By @BasicZvonimir (@UofGlasgow) & @VerrinaEugenio (@sciencespo).
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Just published in @JPubEcon:. "Effects of the expanded Child Tax Credit on employment outcomes". By @LizAnanat, @BenGlasner, @ChristalH8, @clpignatti, @zparolin.
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Why do people seek power? A new experiment shows that almost 30% of people seek power for its own sake: they pay to dictate payoffs of others, without any benefits to themselves. And their choices are mostly detrimental to others.
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Recently published COVID paper in the @JPubEcon :. "Does re-opening schools contribute to the spread of SARS-CoV-2? Evidence from staggered summer breaks in Germany".Vol 198 (June 2021). by @IngoIsphording , @LipfertMarc , @NPestel83 .
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Recent paper in the @JPubEcon :. "Attribution Bias in Major Decisions: Evidence from the United States Military Academy".Vol 200 (August 2021). by Kareem Haggag (@k_haggag ), Richard Patterson (@Richwpatt ), Nolan Pope (@nolangpope ), & Aaron Feudo.
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Recent ahort paper in the @JPubEcon :. "Place-Based Consequences of Person-Based Transfers: Evidence from Recessions".Vol 224 (Aug 2023). by Brad Hershbein (@BHershbein @UpjohnInstitute ) & Bryan Stuart (@BryanAStuart @PhilFedResearch ).
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Can institutions constrain political leaders from enriching themselves?. In Norway, large windfalls to local government revenues from hydropower and petroleum massively boost gov revenue and spending, they have precisely zero effect on personal income or wealth of politicians.
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Recent short paper in the @JPubEcon :. "Climate Adaptation Policies and Infant Health: Evidence from a Water Policy in Brazil".Vol 220 (Apr 2023). by @DaMataDan , @lucas_emanuels , @vit_pereira , @Brenorsampaio .
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Recently published paper in the @JPubEcon :. "The Anatomy of Behavioral Responses to Social Assistance when Informal Employment is High".Vol 193 (Jan 2021). by Marcelo Bergolo & Guillermo Cruces (@deFCEA ,@CEDLAS, @UoNEConomics ).
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What is the urban wage premium when one accounts for the cost of housing?. College workers still earn a large urban wage premium, but non-college workers now face an urban wage penalty
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Just published in @JPubEcon:. "The EITC and the extensive margin: A reappraisal". By Henrik Kleven (@PrincetonEcon).
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Recent short paper in the @JPubEcon :. "Measuring corruption in the field using behavioral games".Vol 218 (Feb 2023). by Alex Armand (@ARMANDalex ), Alexander Coutts (@alexcoutts ), Pedro Vicente (@pedrocvicente ), & Inês Vilela (@IVilelaines ).
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Recently published paper in the @JPubEcon :. "Fiscal Multipliers in Advanced and Developing Countries: Evidence from Military Spending".Vol 208 (April 2022). by Viacheslav Sheremirov (@BostonFed ) & Sandra Spirovska (@sspirovs @WIeconomics ).
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Just published in @JPubEcon:. "Do second chances pay off? Evidence from a natural experiment with low-achieving students". By @AspasiaB (@VATT_research), @rmegal (@MonashUni), & Ştefania Simion (@BristolUniEcon).
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Recent short paper in the @JPubEcon :. "Emergency Cash Transfers for Informal Workers: Impact Evidence from Mexico".Vol 219 (Mar 2023). by Ana P. Cañedo (@ana_canedog ), Raissa Fabregas (@raissafabregas ), & Prankur Gupta (@prankur432 ).
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Just published in @JPubEcon: . "The long-run implications of slum clearance: A neighborhood analysis" . by @JessicaLavoice @BowdoinCollege .
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A field experiment shows that when the best teachers in a school are publicly praised, their students perform better on standardized exams. The improvement is large, at 0.17 standard deviations. The students of teachers who were not praised did not perform any worse on exams.
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Recently published paper in the @JPubEcon :. "Behavioural Responses to Inheritance and Gift Taxation: Evidence from Germany".Vol 193 (Jan 2021). by Ulrich Glogowsky (@Uglogowsky ) from @jku_econ @jkulinz.
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Recently published short paper in the @JPubEcon :. "The Effects of Post-Dobbs Abortion Bans on Fertility".Vol 234 (June 2024). by Daniel Dench (@danieldench1 ), Mayra Pineda-Torres (@MayraPinedaT ), & Caitlin Knowles Myers (@Caitlin_K_Myers ) .
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Recently published paper in the @JPubEcon :. "Effects of Unemployment Insurance Duration on Mental and Physical Health".Vol 226 (Oct 2023). by Alexander Ahammer (@AhammerAlex ) & Analisa Packham (@analisapackham ).
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Recently published paper in the .@JPubEcon :. "Pass-through, welfare, and incidence under imperfect competition".Vol 211 (July 2022). by Taka Adachi (@taka_adachi ) & Michal Fabinger (@fabinger ).
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Just published in @JPubEcon:. "Misperceived effectiveness and the demand for psychotherapy" . By Christopher Roth, Peter Schwardmann, & @EgonTripodi.
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Special Issue in the @JPubEcon :. “New Perspectives on Consumption Measures”. ed. Camille Landais (@landais_camille ) and Johannes Spinnewijn. Papers from @silvermd , @GregWKaplan , @glviolante , @Jonheathcote , and more….
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Recently published paper in the @JPubEcon :. "Progressive Consumption Taxes".Vol 220 (Apr 2023). by Carlos E. da Costa (@FGVBrazil ) & Marcelo R. Santos (@Insper ).
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Are big admin databases worthwhile in poor countries? . Pakistan made a nat'l household registry to remove discretion from welfare targeting. Favoritism & transfers to wealthy HHs dropped; benefits were 7X its costs. Public perceptions improved, especially in opp areas.
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Recently published paper in the Journal of Public Economics:. "Do Peers Influence Occupational Preferences? Evidence from Randomly-Assigned Peer Groups at West Point" Vol 184 (April 2020). by Todd R. Jones (@toddrjones) and Michael S. Kofoed (@mikekofoed).
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Recently published paper in the @JPubEcon :. "Does Weak Enforcement Deter Tax Progressivity?".Vol 219 (Mar 2023). by Enrico Rubolino (@enrico_rubolino ).
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Recently published paper in the @JPubEcon :. "Football, Alcohol, and Domestic Abuse".Vol 230 (Feb 2024). by Ria Ivandić (@RiaIvandic ), Tom Kirchmaier (@KirchmaierTom ), Yasaman Saeidi (@Yasaman_Sa_ ), & Neus Torres Blas (@neustorresblas ).
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Recently published paper in the @JPubEcon :. "The Economics of Religious Communities".Vol 201 (Sept 2021). by Jean-Paul Carvalho (@OxfordEconDept ) & Michael Sacks (@MSacksEcon ).
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Recent short paper in the @JPubEcon :. "Using Payroll Taxes as a Redistribution Tool".Vol 226 (Oct 2023). by Antoine Bozio (@AntoineBozio ), Thomas Breda, & Malka Guillot (@MalkaGuillot ).
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Just published in @JPubEcon:. "The price and employment response of firms to the introduction of minimum wages". By Sebastian Link (@ifo_Institut).
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Recently published paper in the @JPubEcon :. "Noise Pollution and Violent Crime".Vol 215 (Nov 2022). by Timo Hener (@TimoHener @Aarhus_BSS ).
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Just published!. "The Scale and Nature of Neighborhood Effects on Children". By @BillingsEcon (@CUSystem), Mark Hoekstra (@Baylor), & @RotgerPons
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Just published in @JPubEcon:. ""Where and why do politicians send pork? Evidence from central government transfers to French municipalities" . By Brice Fabre & Marc Sangnier. #econtwitter
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Recently published short paper in the @JPubEcon :. "Do Senators and House Members Beat the Stock Market? Evidence from the STOCK Act".Vol 207 (March 2022). by William Belmont, Bruce Sacerdote (@DartmouthEcon ), Ranjan Sehgal, & Ian Van Hoek.
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