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"Mass Privatisation and the Post-Communist Mortality Crisis": Is There Really a Relationship?

Earle, John S.; Gehlbach, Scott - W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research - 2010

We reexamine the well-publicized claim that "rapid mass privatisation [of state-owned enterprises] . . . was a crucial determinant of differences in adult mortality trends in postcommunist countries" (Stuckler, King and McKee, 2009). Our analysis shows that the estimated correlation of...

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Refundable Tax Credits for Health Insurance: The Sensitivity of Simulated Impacts to Assumed Behavior

Emmons, David W.; Madly, Eva; Woodbury, Stephen A. - W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research - 2005

's modeling of health insurance coverage under a tax credit and examining the sensitivity of the results to changes in the model … family for private health insurance would reduce the number of uninsured individuals by between 17.5 and 28 percent and … effects of health insurance tax credits and suggest that progress on the issue of tax credits for health insurance will …

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The Benefits Implications of Recent Trends in Flexible Staffing Arrangements

Houseman, Susan N. - W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research - 2001

benefits. Workers in such arrangements, in turn, are much less likely to receive pension, health insurance, and other benefits …

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How Late to Pay? Understanding Wage Arrears in Russia

Earle, John S.; Sabirianova, Klara Z. - W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research - 2002

We organize an empirical analysis of Russian wage arrears around hypotheses concerning factors that create incentives for firms to pay late and for workers to tolerate late payment, both reinforced by a prevalent environment of overdue wages. Our analysis draws upon nationally representative...

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The Effects of Doubling Instruction Efforts on Middle School Students' Achievement: Evidence from a Multiyear Regression-Discontinuity Design

Bartik, Timothy J.; Lachowska, Marta - W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research - 2014

We use a regression-discontinuity design to study the effects of double blocking sixth-grade students in reading and mathematics on their achievement across three years of middle school. To identify the effect of the intervention, we use sharp cutoffs in the test scores used to assign students...

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The Wage Effects of Schooling under Socialism and in Transition: Evidence from Romania, 1950-2000

Andren, Daniela; Earle, John S.; Sapatoru, Dana - W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research

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Teacher Unions and Student Performance: Help or Hindrance?

Eberts, Randall W. - W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research

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The Short-Term Effects of the Kalamazoo Promise Scholarship on Student Outcomes

Bartik, Timothy J.; Lachowska, Marta - W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research

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From Preschool to Prosperity: The Economic Payoff to Early Childhood Education

Bartik, Timothy J. - W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research

Bartik provides evidence showing that investment in quality preschool education provides economic payoffs, particularly in lifetime earnings.

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Do Bans on Affirmative Action Hurt Minority Students? Evidence from the Texas Top 10% Plan

Cortes, Kalena E. - W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research - 2010

In light of the recent bans on affirmative action in higher education, this paper provides new evidence on the effects of alternative admissions policies on the persistence and college completion of minority students. I find that the change from affirmative action to the Top 10% Plan in Texas...

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