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Bagger, Jesper; Birchenall, Javier A.; Mansour, Hani; … - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2013

We introduce a general framework to analyze the trade-off between education and family size. Our framework incorporates parental preferences for birth order and delivers theoretically consistent birth order and family size effects on children's educational attainment. We develop an empirical...

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Estimating Person-Centered Treatment (PeT) Effects Using Instrumental Variables

Basu, Anirban - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2012

treatment evaluation in health care. …

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Identification and Inference with Many Invalid Instruments

Chetty, Raj; Glaeser, Edward Ludwig; Imbens, Guido; … - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2011

We analyze linear models with a single endogenous regressor in the presence of many instrumental variables. We weaken a key assumption typically made in this literature by allowing all the instruments to have direct effects on the outcome. We consider restrictions on these direct effects that...

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Wanna Get Away? RD Identification Away from the Cutoff

Angrist, Joshua; Rokkanen, Miikka - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2012

In the canonical regression discontinuity (RD) design for applicants who face an award or admissions cutoff, causal effects are nonparametrically identified for those near the cutoff. The impact of treatment on inframarginal applicants is also of interest, but identification of such effects...

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The Benefits of College Athletic Success: An Application of the Propensity Score Design with Instrumental Variables

Anderson, Michael L. - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2012

Spending on big-time college athletics is often justified on the grounds that athletic success attracts students and raises donations. Testing this claim has proven difficult because success is not randomly assigned. We exploit data on bookmaker spreads to estimate the probability of winning...

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In a Small Moment: Class Size and Moral Hazard in the Mezzogiorno

Angrist, Joshua; Battistin, Erich; Vuri, Daniela - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2014

An instrumental variables (IV) identification strategy that exploits statutory class size caps shows significant achievement gains in smaller classes in Italian primary schools. Gains from small classes are driven mainly by schools in Southern Italy, suggesting a substantial return to class size...

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Charters Without Lotteries: Testing Takeovers in New Orleans and Boston

Angrist, Joshua; Abdulkadiroğlu, Atila; Hull, Peter D.; … - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2014

Lottery estimates suggest oversubscribed urban charter schools boost student achievement markedly. But these estimates needn’t capture treatment effects for students who haven’t applied to charter schools or for students attending charters for which demand is weak. This paper reports...

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The Roles of Cognitive and Non-Cognitive Skills in Moderating the Effects of Mixed-Ability Schools on Long-Term Health

Basu, Anirban; Jones, Andrew M.; Dias, Pedro Rosa - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2014

-term health and smoking behaviour. We explore the roles that cognitive and non-cognitive skills may play in moderating these … schooling system produced significant negative effects on long-term health and increased smoking behavior among a small fraction … transmission channel of the long-term impact on health outcomes. …

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How Does China's New Labor Contract Law Affect Floating Workers?

Freeman, Richard B.; Li, Xiaoying - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2013

China's new Labor Contract Law took effect on January 2008 and required firms to give migrant workers written contracts, strengthened labor protections for workers and contained penalties for firms that did not follow the labor code. This paper uses survey data of migrant workers in the Pearl...

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Productivity, Safety, and Regulation in Coal Mining: Evidence from Disasters and Fatalities

Gowrisankaran, Gautam; He, Charles; Lutz, Eric A.; … - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2015

Coal mining is a dangerous occupation where safety is an important output. Fatalities and disasters may change future accident costs at or near a mine. We use this variation to understand the tradeoffs between mineral output and safety. We find that government inspections and penalties increase...

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