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Knowledge, Stigma, and HIV Testing : An Analysis of a Widespread HIV/AIDS Program

Yang, Dean; Allen, James E.; Mahumane, Arlete; Riddell, … - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2021

Using randomized methodologies, we study a common community HIV/AIDS program that seeks to promote HIV testing by improving knowledge and reducing stigmatizing attitudes. Contrary to expectations, the program has a substantial negative effect on HIV testing rates. We provide evidence of likely...

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Lock-downs, Loneliness and Life Satisfaction

Hamermesh, Daniel S. - 2020

Using the 2012-13 American Time Use Survey, I find that both who people spend time with and how they spend it affect their happiness, adjusted for numerous demographic and economic variables. Satisfaction among married individuals increases most with additional time spent with spouse. Among...

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The economics of poverty traps

Barrett, Christopher B. (ed.); Carter, Michael R. (ed.); … - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2019

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Agglomeration Economies and Race Specific Spillovers

Ananat, Elizabeth Oltmans; Fu, Shihe; Ross, Stephen L. - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2021

Racial social isolation within and across workplaces may reduce firm productivity. We provide descriptive evidence that African-Americans feel socially isolated from Whites. To test whether isolation affects productivity, we estimate models of Total Factor Productivity for manufacturing firms...

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Social Frictions to Knowledge Diffusion : Evidence from an Information Intervention

Alik-Lagrange, Arthur - 2016

knowledge gain from watching an information movie in rural India, while randomized village assignment identifies knowledge …

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Mental Health Stigma

Bharadwaj, Prashant - 2015

Comparing self-reports to administrative data records on diagnosis and prescription drug use, we find that survey respondents under-report mental health conditions 36% of the time when asked about diagnosis and about 20% of the time when asked about prescription drug use. Survey respondents are...

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Migration Restrictions Can Create Gender Inequality : The Story of China's Left-Behind Children

Gao, Xuwen; Liang, Wenquan; Mobarak, Ahmed Mushfiq; … - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2023

About 11% of the Chinese population are rural-urban migrants with a rural hukou that severely restricts their children …'s access to urban schools. As a result, 69 million children are left behind in rural areas. We use two regression …) behind in poor rural areas without either parent present exactly when schooling becomes expensive and restricted. The effect …

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The economics of poverty traps

Barrett, Christopher B. (ed.); Carter, Michael R. (ed.); … - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2019

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction / Barrett, Christopher B. / Carter, Michael R. / Chavas, Jean-Paul -- I. Nutrition, Health, and Human Capital Formation -- 1 Human Capital and Shocks. Evidence on Education, Health, and Nutrition / Frankenberg, Elizabeth / Thomas, Duncan...

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Does Pollution Drive Achievement? The Effect of Traffic Pollution on Academic Performance

Heissel, Jennifer - 2019

We examine the effect of school traffic pollution on student outcomes by leveraging variation in wind patterns for schools the same distance from major highways. We compare within-student achievement for students transitioning between schools near highways, where one school has had greater...

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What’s Driving Entrepreneurship and Innovation in the Transport Sector?

Choe, Derrick - 2020

In this chapter we draw from existing literature and a range of statistics to describe economic, entrepreneurial and innovative activities in the transportation and warehousing sector of the U.S. economy. We suggest multiple avenues for future work, and argue for more research on the role of...

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