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Brazilian health authorities have recommended that pregnant women take meticulous precaution to avoid mosquito bites, and use contraceptive methods to postpone/delay pregnancies. In this article, we present new estimates on the Zika virus prevalence, its correlates and preventive behaviors in...
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We exploit rules of class formation to identify the causal effect of increasing the number of immigrants in a classroom on natives test scores, keeping class size constant (Pure Composition Effect). We explain why this is a relevant policy parameter although it has been neglected so far. We show...
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Overall, children in Germany live in households with below average incomes; therefore social policies that address the vulnerable position of Germany?s children are necessary. These policies should cover targeted financial transfers as well as improvements in day care provision for children....
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Although school integration of the children of economic migrants in developed countries is well-studied in the … literature, little evidence based on large scale representative data exists on the school integration of refugee children - many …
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The 2D:4D digit ratio, the ratio of the length of the 2nd digit to the length of the 4th digit, is often considered a proxy for testosterone exposure in utero. A recent study by Nicolaou et al. (2018) reported an association between the lefthand 2D:4D and self-employment (in a sample of about...
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, such as performance. We address this question through a field experiment in an educational setting. We study the causal … impact of mindfulness meditation on academic performance through a randomized evaluation of a well-known 8-week mindfulness … and non-cognitive skills. However, it takes time before students' performance can benefit from mindfulness meditation: we …
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We examine the impact of an information intervention offered to 97 randomly chosen high schools in Finland. Graduating … students in treatment schools were surveyed and given information on the labor market prospects associated with detailed post …
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outcomes. We proxy occupational knowledge with mandatory visits to job information centers (JICs) in Germany while still … the comprehensive information service when they were young. The results suggest that individuals, who went to school in …
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information about preventive strategies, which was available at the different phases of the epidemic. …
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This paper shows that imperfect information about school quality causes low-income families to live in neighborhoods … with lower-performing, more segregated schools. We randomized the addition of school quality information onto a nationwide … website of housing listings for families with housing vouchers. We find that this information causes families to choose …
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