almost 60 years, for both the affected cohorts and for their children. To do this, we exploit a natural experiment provided … faced by immigrant children were not correlated with other factors that affected the long-term outcomes of individuals. We … locality of residence was a Yemenite enclave. We find that children who were placed in a better environment (i.e. with better …

ability distribution drive the impact of peer quality on students‟ achievements. To do so, we use census data for four cohorts … of pupils taking their age-14 national tests, and measure students‟ ability by their prior achievements at age-11. We …

targeted disadvantaged students in Israel. I show that the program led to significant gains in post-secondary education … universities. Free school choice increased also earnings at adulthood of treated students. Male students had much larger … improvements in college schooling and labor market outcomes. Female students, however, experienced higher increases in marriage and …

Many studies find that households increase their consumption after the receipt of expected income payments, a result … inconsistent with the life-cycle/permanent income hypothesis. Consumption can increase adverse health events, such as traffic … accidents, heart attacks and strokes. In this paper, we examine the short-term mortality consequences of income receipt. We find …

There is widespread and longstanding agreement that life expectancy and income are positively correlated. However, it … has proven much more difficult to establish a causal relationship since income and health are jointly determined. We use a … major change in the Social Security law as exogenous variation in income to examine the impact of income on mortality in an …

through which these peer effects operate. We identify as low ability students those who are enrolled at least one year behind … repeaters and regular students. The status of repeaters is mostly determined by first grade; therefore, it is unlikely to have … variation in the proportion of these low ability students across cohorts of middle and high school students in Israel, we find …