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Banks and innovation : microeconometric evidence on Italian firms
Benfratello, Luigi (contributor);  … - 2006
In this paper we investigate the effect of local banking development on firms' innovative activities, using a rich data set on innovation for a large number of Italian firms over the 1990's. There is evidence that banking development affects the probability of process innovation, particularly...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003297705
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The effects of California's paid family leave program on mothers' leave-taking and subsequent labor market outcomes
Rossin-Slater, Maya; Ruhm, Christopher J.; Waldfogel, Jane - 2011
examine how California's first in the nation paid family leave (PFL) program affected leave-taking by mothers following … childbirth, as well as subsequent labor market outcomes. We obtain robust evidence that the California program more than doubled …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009524387
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Lost in translation? : teacher training and outcomes in high school economics classes
Valletta, Robert G.; Hoff, K. Jody; Lopus, Jane S. - 2012
Using data on 24 teachers and 982 students from a 2006 survey of California high school economics classes, we assess …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009533309
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Does uninsurance affect the health outcomes of the insured? : evidence from heart attack patients in California
Daysal, N. Meltem - 2012
hospital financial data from California (1999-2006). My results indicate that uninsured patients have an economically …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009533985
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Affirmative action and university fit : evidence from proposition 209
Arcidiacono, Peter; Aucejo, Esteban; Coate, Patrick; … - 2012
Proposition 209 banned using racial preferences in admissions at California's public colleges. We analyze unique data … for all applicants and enrollees within the University of California (UC) system before and after Prop 209. After Prop 209 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009665527
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Searching for rehabilitation in nonparametric regression models with exogenous treatment assignment
Henderson, Daniel J.; Maasoumi, Esfandiar - 2012
This paper offers some new directions in the analysis of nonparamertric models with exogenous treatment assignment. The nonparametric approach opens the door to the examination of potentially different distributed outcomes. When combined with cross-validation, it also identifies potentially...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009629111
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Experimental evidence on the effects of home computers on academic achievement among schoolchildren
Fairlie, Robert W.; Robinson, Jonathan - 2013
,123 schoolchildren grades 6-10 in 15 California schools participated in the experiment. Although the program significantly increased …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009715023
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University differences in the graduation of minorities in STEM fields : evidence from California
Arcidiacono, Peter; Aucejo, Esteban; Hotz, Vincent Joseph - 2013
-level data on the University of California system during a period in which racial preferences were in place, we show significant …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009717228
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The changing profile of Mexican migrants to the United States : new evidence from California and Mexico
Cornelius, Wayne A. (contributor);  … - 2000
Using recent data from southern California and Mexico we challenge the notion that the demographic profile of post-1970 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009520497
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Labor market conditions and post-reform declines in welfare receipt among immigrants
Lofstrom, Magnus; Bean, Frank D. - 2001
lowered immigrant participation, and others have argued that this is true only in California. This paper analyzes the role of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011403338