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Does Prison Harden Inmates? A Discontinuity-based Approach

Chen, M. Keith; Shapiro, Jesse M. - EconWPA - 2003

Some two million Americans are currently incarcerated, with roughly six hundred thousand to be released this year. Despite this, little is known about the effects of confinement on the post-release lives of inmates. Focusing on post-release criminal activity, we identify the effect of prison...

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Vouchers, Public School Response and the Role of Incentives: Evidence from Florida

Chakrabarti, Rajashri - EconWPA - 2005

In this paper, I analyze the behavior of public schools facing vouchers. The literature on the effect of voucher programs on public schools typically focuses on student and mean school scores. This paper tries to go inside the black box to investigate some of the ways in which schools facing the...

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Private, Private Government-Dependent and Public schools. An International Effectiveness Analysis

Vandenberghe, Vincent - EconWPA - 2003

/public status from the other determinants of achievement like family resources or socio-economic background. But regression …

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Private, Private Government-Dependent and Public schools. An International Efficiency Analysis using Propensity Score Matching

Vincent, Vandenberghe; Stéphane, Robin - EconWPA - 2003

private/public status from the other determinants of achievement like family resources or socio-economic background. But OLS …

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Economics in a Family Way

Bergstrom, Theodore C. - EconWPA - 1995

of the family. The discussion references many papers from anthropology and biology. Because of the intimate connection … between the family and reproduction, it should not be surprising that there is much to be learned about the economics of the … family from the study of evolutionary biology. Given the increased prevalence in recent decades of unwed parenthood, divorce …

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A double gender-family inequality phenomenon in the international mobility of young researchers

Moguérou, Philippe - EconWPA - 2004

there differences among genders? Does “family” have an impact? Is the effect of family related variables similar among … internationally, especially in direction of the United States. The impact of the “family” on the probability of taking a postdoc …

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First Home Ownership

Commission, Productivity - EconWPA - 2004

The terms of reference for the inquiry on First Home Ownership asked the Commission to evaluate the affordability and availability of housing for first home buyers. The Commission’s preliminary findings were released for public comment in December. In its final assessment, the Commission...

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