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Divorce and Property Division Laws Shape Human Capital Investment
Blair, Peter Q.; Neilson, Elijah - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2023
In theory, unilateral divorce laws alter the private incentive to invest in human capital by permitting either spouse to initiate the division of the marital assets. Using several causal research designs we show that both men and women are less likely to attain a bachelor's degree in states with...
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The Founding of the Federal Reserve, the Great Depression and the Evolution of the U.S. Interbank Network
Jaremski, Matthew S. - 2019
Financial network structure is an important determinant of systemic risk. This paper examines how the U.S. interbank network evolved over a long and important period that included two key events: the founding of the Federal Reserve and the Great Depression. Banks established connections to...
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Nothing Propinks Like Propinquity : Using Machine Learning to Estimate the Effects of Spatial Proximity in the Major League Baseball Draft
Ahmadi, Majid; Durst, Nathan; Lachman, Jeff; List, John A. - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2022
Recent models and empirical work on network formation emphasize the importance of propinquity in producing strong interpersonal connections. Yet, one might wonder how deep such insights run, as thus far empirical results rely on survey and lab-based evidence. In this study, we examine...
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Learning by doing in markets, firms, and countries
Lamoreaux, Naomi R. (ed.); Raff, Daniel M. G. (contributor);  … - 1999
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Accelerating energy innovation : insights from multiple sectors
Henderson, Rebecca (ed.); Newell, Richard G. (contributor) - 2011
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The U.S. Patent System in Transition : Policy Innovation and the Innovation Process
Jaffe, Adam B. - 1999
relating to patenting, robust conclusions regarding the empirical consequences for technological innovation of changes in …
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Opening up Military Innovation : Causal Effects of ‘Bottom-Up' Reforms to U.S. Defense Research
Howell, Sabrina T.; Rathje, Jason; Van Reenen, John; … - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2021
the U.S. Air Force Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program that transitioned from "Conventional topics," which … innovation even in less specific Conventional topics. The results suggest that government (and perhaps private sector) innovation …
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Economic Growth and Bank Innovation
Gorton, Gary; He, Ping - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2021
since the mid-1930s when banks invented the term loan. Concurrently, bank innovation first involved the invention of credit … analysis and covenant design. Later, bank innovation included the advent of loan sales, increased loan syndications, the … calibrate a model of bank innovation to determine the quantitative contribution of bank innovation to economic growth …
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Closing the Innovation Gap in Pink and Black
Cook, Lisa D.; Gerson, Janet; Kuan, Jennifer - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2021
economy as a whole. Racial and gender inequality can limit the entire economy's productive capacity and innovation outcomes … and commercialization data, we examine racial and gender disparities at each stage of the innovation process …
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