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entrepreneurial elite, resulting in economic policy and institutions which are more conducive to entrepreneurship and productivity …
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We provide causal evidence that children's school schedules contribute to the persistence of the gender pay gap between parents. Historically, French children have had no school on Wednesdays. In 2013, a reform reallocated some classes to Wednesday mornings. Exploiting variations in the...
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The Ottoman Empire had a profound impact in Europe, the Middle East and North Africa at the apogee of its power, covering the era between 1453 C. E. and 1699 C. E. In this paper, I exploit the empire's unique culture and institutions to examine the roles of ethnicity and religion in conflict and...
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State merit aid programs have been found to reduce the likelihood that students attend college out-of-state. Using the U.S. News & World Report rankings of colleges and universities to measure college quality and Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System data to measure enrollment, we...
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After the collapse of Communism in Central and Eastern Europe, former party members were particularly likely to start businesses and become entrepreneurs. However, it remains unclear whether this entrepreneurial activity was driven by the resources, information and opportunities provided by...
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Applications to elite US colleges have more than doubled over the past 20 years, with little change in the number of … empirical analysis. Viewed through the lens of the model, stability in the share of LA admits implies that elite colleges treat …
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, encountering three years of droughts in childhood reduces an elite's life span by about two years. A remarkably important channel …
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I take advantage of a sharp discontinuity in the probability of admission to an elite university at the admission score …. Cumulated over fifteen years, the time span of income data for my sample, the net premium of attending the elite university …
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We explore recent policy changes which aim to equalize access to elite elementary schools in Beijing, to identify the … key elementary schools through lotteries, the policy of school federation led by elite schools consolidates ordinary … primary schools through alliance with elite schools. Moreover, the designated primary school for a residential complex can …
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We study the effect of former Communist party membership on paying bribes to public officials and motivations for bribery, 25 years after the fall of communist rule. Data come from a large representative survey, conducted in post-socialist countries in 2015/16. To deal with endogeneity, we...
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