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Speeding, punishment, and recidivism : evidence from a regression discontinuity design

Gehrsitz, Markus - 2017

This paper estimates the effects of temporary driver's license suspensions on driving behavior. A little known rule in … should have their license suspended for one month. My regression discontinuity design exploits the quasi-random assignment of … license suspensions caused by the 365-days cut-off and shows that 1-month license suspensions lower the probability of …

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Labor market impacts of states issuing of driving licenses to undocumented immigrants

Amuedo Dorantes, Catalina; Arenas-Arroyo, Esther; … - 2018

Twelve U.S. states, plus the District of Columbia, have recently enacted measures granting undocumented immigrants access to driving licenses. We exploit the state and temporal variation in the issuing of state driving licenses to undocumented immigrants to estimate its impact on these...

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How does occupational licensing affect entry into the medical field? : an examination of EMTs

Yelowitz, Aaron S.; Ingram, Samuel J. - 2021

The COVID‐19 pandemic has led to temporary suspensions of many occupational licensing laws, especially for health care professionals, in an effort to manage surges in health care demand. The crisis highlights more general concerns about occupational licensing laws, yet convincing empirical...

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Bias and discrimination: what do we know?

Della Giusta, Marina; Bosworth, Steven - 2020

The paper presents the economic literature on gender bias, illustrating the underpinnings in the psychology of bias and stereotyping; the incorporation of these insights into current theoretical and empirical research in economics, and the literature on methods to contrast bias presenting...

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Why develop open source software? : The role of non-pecuniary benefits, monetary rewards and open source licence type

Sauer, Robert M. (contributor) - 2007

A review of the basic theory of optimal open-source software contributions points to three key factors affecting supply: non-pecuniary benefits, future expected monetary returns, and open-source licence type. This paper argues that existing large-scale software developer surveys are inadequate...

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