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Does public policy affect attitudes? : evidence from age-based health insurance coverage policies in the United States
Yörük, Barış K. - 2022
The existing literature provides evidence that public opinion and attitudes often affect public policy. However, little … is known on how public policy might affect public attitudes and norms. I present new evidence on this topic by using age … with statistically significant deterioration in attitudes towards the necessity of health insurance among young adults who …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013261891
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Border apprehensions and federal sentencing of Hispanic citizens in the United States
Bertoli, Simone; Laouénan, Morgane; Valette, Jérôme - 2023
negative stereotypes, and can also deteriorate attitudes toward Hispanics. We rule out concerns that apprehensions might be …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013499448
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Female headship and poverty in the Arab region : analysis of trends and dynamics based on a new typology
AlAzzawi, Shireen; Dang, Hai-Anh H.; Hlásny, Vladimír; … - 2023
Various challenges are thought to render female-headed households (FHHs) vulnerable to poverty in the Arab region. Yet, previous studies have mixed results and despite the availability of cross-sectional data, the absence of household panel survey data hinders analysis of poverty dynamics. We...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014442019
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The economics of language : an introduction and overview
Chiswick, Barry R. (contributor) - 2008
This paper provides an introduction and overview of my research on the Economics of Language. The approach is that language skills among immigrants and native-born linguistic minorities are a form of human capital. There are costs and benefits associated with this characteristic embodied in the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003729415
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The American family in black and white : a post-racial strategy for improving skills to promote equality
Heckman, James J. - 2011
In contemporary America, racial gaps in achievement are primarily due to gaps in skills. Skill gaps emerge early before children enter school. Families are major producers of those skills. Inequality in performance in school is strongly linked to inequality in family environments. Schools do...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009230267
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Matching with a handicap : the case of smoking in the marriage market
Chiappori, Pierre-André; Oreffice, Sonia; … - 2010
, there being more smoking men than smoking women for all education levels, so that smoking women and non-smoking men are in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009314277
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The legacies of slavery in and out of Africa
Bertocchi, Graziella - 2015
The slave trades out of Africa represent one of the most significant forced migration experiences in history. In this …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011283184
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The effects of two influential early childhood interventions on health and healthy behaviors
Conti, Gabriella; Heckman, James J.; Pinto, Rodrigo - 2015
This paper examines the long-term impacts on health and healthy behaviors of two of the oldest and most widely cited U.S. early childhood interventions evaluated by the method of randomization with long-term follow-up: the Perry Preschool Project (PPP) and the Carolina Abecedarian Project (ABC)....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011308448
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Trust of second generation immigrants : intergenerational transmission or cultural assimilation?
Moschion, Julie; Tabasso, Domenico - 2013
This paper studies the respective influence of intergenerational transmission and the environment in shaping individual trust. Focusing on second generation immigrants in Australia and the United States, we exploit the variation in the home and in the host country to separate the effect of the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009713189
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The cost of caring for young children
Rosenbaum, Dan T. (contributor);  … - 2005
This study examines the "cost burden" of child care, defined as day care expenses divided by after-tax income. Data are from the wave 10 core and child care topical modules to the 1996 Survey of Income and Program Participation. We estimate that the average child under six years of age lives in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003222496