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 …

"This paper studies empirically the relationship between trade policy and individual income risk faced by workers, and … three steps. First, longitudinal data on workers are used to estimate time-varying individual income risk parameters in … various manufacturing sectors. Second, the estimated income risk parameters and data on trade barriers are used to analyze the …

This paper studies empirically the relationship between trade policy and individual income risk faced by workers, and … three steps. First, longitudinal data on workers are used to estimate time-varying individual income risk parameters in … various manufacturing sectors. Second, the estimated income risk parameters and data on trade barriers are used to analyze the …

This paper presents a framework for the quantitative analysis of individual income dynamics, mobility and welfare, with … ex-ante identical individuals facing a stochastic income process and market incompleteness implying that they are unable … to insure against persistent shocks to income. We show how the parameters of the income process can be estimated using …

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 …