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Birth order and delinquency : evidence from Denmark and Florida
Breining, Sanni Nørgaard; Doyle, Joseph J.; Figlio, … - 2017
and the state of Florida to examine these outcomes and explore potential mechanisms. Despite large differences in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011602688
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Hurricane insurance in Florida
Jametti, Mario; Ungern-Sternberg, Thomas von - 2009
This paper studies the evolution of hurricane insurance in Florida over the last decades. Hurricanes (and other natural …. The state of Florida has reacted to the incapacity of the private sector to insure hurricane risks at reasonable premium … levels with the creation of Citizens Property Insurance Corporation (an insurer of last resort) and the Florida Hurricane …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003883015
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Do more effective teachers earn more outside of the classroom?
Chingos, Matthew M.; West, Martin R. - 2010
We examine earnings records for 90,000 classroom teachers employed by Florida public schools between the 2001-02 and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003949076
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The impact of alternative grade configurations on student outcomes through middle and high school
Schwerdt, Guido; West, Martin R. - 2011
We use statewide administrative data from Florida to estimate the impact of attending public schools with different …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009240871
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The effects of test-based retention on student outcomes over time : regression discontinuity evidence from Florida
Schwerdt, Guido; West, Martin R. - 2013
A growing number of American states require that students who do not demonstrate basic reading proficiency at the end of third grade be retained and provided with remedial services. We exploit a discontinuity in the probability of third grade retention under Floridaś test-based promotion policy...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009733008
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Competitive effects of charter schools
Figlio, David N.; Hart, Cassandra M. D.; Karbownik, … - 2024
identification strategies, we explore how increase in access to charter schools in twelve districts in Florida affects students …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014469186
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Introducing activity-based payment in the hospital industry : evidence from French data
Choné, Philippe; Evain, Franck; Wilner, Lionel; … - 2013
Many countries have reformed hospital reimbursement policies to provide stronger incentives for quality and cost reduction. The purpose of this work is to understand how the effect of such reforms depends on the intensity of local competition. We build a nonprice competition model to examine the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009765047
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Firm types, price-setting strategies, and consumption-tax incidence
Harju, Jarkko; Kosonen, Tuomas; Nordström Skans, Oskar - 2015
Studying very detailed micro data collected around two different VAT reforms in Europe, we show that tax incidence is heavily dependent on the characteristics of the price-setting firms. The reforms generated bimodal price-change distributions; nearly all independent restaurants left prices...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011405204
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Swallow this : childhood and adolescent exposure to fast food restaurants, BMI, and cognitive ability
Abrahamsson, Sara; Bütikofer, Aline; Karbownik, Krzysztof - 2023
Using spatial and temporal variation in openings of fast food restaurants in Norway between 1980 and 2007, we study the effects of changes in the supply of high caloric nutrition on the health and cognitive ability of young adult males. Our results indicate that exposure to these establishments...
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A tale of two debt crises : a stochastic optimal control analysis
Stein, Jerome L. (contributor) - 2008
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003641668