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Voting on Public Goods : Citizens vs. Shareholders
Döttling, Robin; Levit, Doron Y.; Malenko, Nadya; … - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2024
technologies that increase investor diversification or enable pass-through voting have important implications for these trade …
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The Moral Values of "Rugged Individualism"
Bazzi, Samuel; Fiszbein, Martín; Garcia, Maximiliano - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2024
The United States is among the most individualistic societies in the world. However, unlike Western European individualism, which is imbued with moral universalism, America's "rugged individualism" is instead particularistic. We link this distinctive cultural configuration to the country's...
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The Political Effects of Immigration : Culture or Economics?
Alesina, Alberto; Tabellini, Marco - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2022
, trigger backlash, increasing support for anti-immigrant parties and lowering preferences for redistribution and diversity …
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Whose Preferences Matter for Redistribution : Cross-country Evidence
Maréchal, Michel André; Cohn, Alain; Yusof, Jeffrey; … - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2023
redistribution among citizens from different socioeconomic backgrounds and the actual extent of government redistribution. Our focus … on redistribution arises from the inherent class conflicts it engenders in policy choices, allowing us to examine whose … realized redistribution. This finding contradicts the expectations of both leading experts and regular citizens …
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Does the Delivery of Primary Health Care Improve Birth Outcomes? Evidence from the Rollout of Community Health Centers
Kose, Esra; O'Keefe, Siobhan M.; Rosales-Rueda, Maria - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2022
Introduced as part of the War on Poverty, Community Health Centers (CHCs) deliver primary care to underserved populations by locating sliding-scale clinics in economically disadvantaged areas. We investigate how this policy affected infant health using the rollout of CHCs and a flexible event...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013210075
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Cognitive Behavior Therapy Reduces Crime and Violence over 10 Years : Experimental Evidence
Blattman, Christopher; Chaskel, Sebastian; Jamison, … - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2022
In most societies, a small number of people commit the most serious violence. Short-term studies have shown that cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) can reduce such antisocial behaviors. These behavior changes may be temporary, however, especially from therapy on its own. This is unsettled,...
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Immigrant Entrepreneurship : New Estimates and a Research Agenda
Chodavadia, Saheel; Pekkala Kerr, Sari; Kerr, William R.; … - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2024
Immigrants contribute disproportionately to entrepreneurship in many countries, accounting for a quarter of new employer businesses in the US. We review recent research on the measurement of immigrant entrepreneurship, the traits of immigrant founders, their economic impact, and policy levers....
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Artificial Intelligence and the Skill Premium
Bloom, David E.; Prettner, Klaus; Saadaoui, Jamel; … - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2024
How will the emergence of ChatGPT and other forms of artificial intelligence (AI) affect the skill premium? To address this question, we propose a nested constant elasticity of substitution production function that distinguishes among three types of capital: traditional physical capital...
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Intergenerational Human Capital Impacts and Complementarities in Kenya
Duhon, Madeline; Fernald, Lia C. H.; Hicks, Joan Hamory; … - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2024
This study exploits experimental variation in parent human capital (early-life school-based deworming) and a shock to schooling (extended Covid closures) to estimate how these factors interact in the production of child human capital within a sample of 3,500 Kenyan 3-8 year olds. Parents with...
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Child Labor Standards in Regional Trade Agreements : Theory and Evidence
Abman, Ryan M.; Lundberg, Clark C.; McLaren, John; … - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2023
outcomes, including employment, education, and household inequality. We develop a stylized general equilibrium model of child … inequality through increased child earnings. Our findings are consistent with theoretical predictions from our model and the …
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