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The Impact of COVID-19 on Community College Enrollment and Student Success : Evidence from California Administrative Data

Bulman, George; Fairlie, Robert W. - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2021

Enrollment increased slightly at both the California State University and University of California systems in fall 2020 …, but the effects of the pandemic on enrollment in the California Community College system are mostly unknown and might … covering the universe of students in the 116-college California Community College system. We find that community college …

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Were Small Businesses More Likely to Permanently Close in the Pandemic?

Fairlie, Robert W.; Fossen, Frank M.; Johnsen, Reid L.; … - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2022

administrative firm-level panel data covering the universe of businesses filing sales taxes from the California Department of Tax and …

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The 2021 Paycheck Protection Program Reboot : Loan Disbursement to Employer and Nonemployer Businesses in Minority Communities

Fairlie, Robert W.; Fossen, Frank M. - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2022

Was the $278 billion reboot of the $800 billion Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) in early 2021 disbursed equitably to minority communities? This paper provides the first analysis of how PPP funds were disbursed to minority communities in the third and final round of the program, which was...

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Minority Student and Teaching Assistant Interactions in STEM

Oliver, Daniel; Fairlie, Robert W.; Millhauser, Glenn; … - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2021

Graduate student teaching assistants from underrepresented groups may provide salient role models and enhanced instruction to minority students in STEM fields. We explore minority student-TA interactions in an important course in the sciences and STEM - introductory chemistry labs - at a large...

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What Explains Low Old-Age Income? Evidence from the Health and Retirement Study

Mitchell, Olivia S.; Clark, Robert L.; Lusardi, Annamaria - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2021

We examine respondents in the Health and Retirement Study (HRS) to observe how their financial situations unfolded as they aged. We focus on low income older adults and follow them over time to identify the factors associated with having low income at baseline and thereafter. We find that (a)...

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The Evolving Impacts of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Gender Inequality in the U.S. Labor Market : The COVID Motherhood Penalty

Fairlie, Robert W.; Couch, Kenneth A.; Xu, Huanan - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2021

We explore whether COVID-19 disproportionately affected women in the labor market using CPS data through the end of 2020. We find that male-female gaps in the employment-to-population ratio and hours worked for women with school-age children have widened but not for those with younger children....

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Did the $ 660 Billion Paycheck Protection Program and $220 Billion Economic Injury Disaster Loan Program Get Disbursed to Minority Communities in the Early Stages of COVID-19?

Fairlie, Robert W.; Fossen, Frank M. - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2021

Social distancing restrictions and health- and economic-driven demand shifts from COVID-19 shut down many small businesses with especially negative impacts on minority owners. Is there evidence that the unprecedented federal government response to help small businesses - the $659 billion...

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Longevity Perceptions and Saving Decisions during the COVID-19 Outbreak : An Experimental Investigation

Hurwitz, Abigail; Mitchell, Olivia S.; Sade, Orly - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2021

We experimentally study individuals' perceptions about and advice to others regarding retirement savings and annuitization during the pandemic. Many people recommend that others save more for retirement, but those most affected by the pandemic tell others to save and annuitize less. We...

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Do Required Minimum Distribution 401(k) Rules Matter, and For Whom? Insights from a Lifecycle Model

Horneff, Vanya; Maurer, Raimond; Mitchell, Olivia S. - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2021

Tax-qualified vehicles helped U.S. private-sector workers accumulate $25Tr in retirement assets. An often-overlooked important institutional feature shaping decumulations from these retirement plans is the "Required Minimum Distribution" (RMD) regulation, requiring retirees to withdraw a minimum...

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Automated Enforcement of Irrigation Regulations and Social Pressure for Water Conservation

West, Jeremy D.; Fairlie, Robert W.; Pratt, Bryan E.; … - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2021

This study evaluates two interventions for residential water conservation. Comparing households across an enforcement algorithm's cutoff using a regression discontinuity design, we find that automated irrigation violation warnings cause substantial water conservation but also shift some...

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