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Happily Ever After : Immigration, Natives’ Marriage, and Fertility
Carlana, Michela; Tabellini, Marco - 2018
positive impact of immigration on native men’s employment and occupational standing, which increased the supply of … effects of immigrants on female employment - and provide evidence that none of them can account for a quantitatively relevant …
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Social Security and Retirement Around the World : Historical Trends in Mortality and Health, Employment, and Disability Insurance Participation and Reforms
Milligan, Kevin S.; Wise, David A. - 2011
the labor force participation of younger persons in twelve countries. We found no evidence that increasing the employment … of older persons will reduce the employment opportunities of youth and no evidence that increasing the employment of … employment circumstances of older workers. We find that these “exogenous” reforms can have a very large effect on the labor force …
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No Woman No Crime : Ban the Box, Employment, and Upskilling
Shoag, Daniel; Veuger, Stan - 2016
, or "banned the box." Using LEHD Origin-Destination Employment and American Community Survey data, we show that these bans … increased employment of residents in high-crime neighborhoods by as much as 4%. These increases are particularly large in the … of crimes, see their employment opportunities reduced …
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Straight talkers and vague talkers : the effects of managerial style in earnings conference calls
Dzielinski, Michal; Wagner, Alexander F.; Zeckhauser, … - 2017
Managers conducting earnings conference calls display distinctive styles in their word choice. Some CEOs and CFOs routinely use qualifying words such as "approximately", "probably", and "maybe". They are vague talkers. Straight talkers, by contrast, use such words less frequently. Analysts and...
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Paths to convergence : stock price behavior after Donald Trump's election
Wagner, Alexander F.; Zeckhauser, Richard; Ziegler, … - 2018 - This version: February 10, 2018
How do market prices adjust towards stability after a shock? Tracking individual stock prices following their dramatic shakeup after Donald Trump's surprise election provides an answer. Prices moved overwhelmingly in the appropriate direction on the first post-election day, albeit much too...
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The Place Premium : Wage Differences for Identical Workers Across the U.S. Border
Clemens, Michael A. - 2009
We estimate the quot;place premiumquot;-the wage gain that accrues to foreign workers who arrive to work in the United States. First, we estimate the predicted, purchasing-power adjusted wages of people inside and outside the United States who are otherwise observably identical-with the same...
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The Unwavering SES Achievement Gap : Trends in U.S. Student Performance
Hanushek, Eric A. - 2019
Concerns about the breadth of the U.S. income distribution and limited intergenerational mobility have led to a focus on educational achievement gaps by socio-economic status (SES). Using intertemporally linked assessments from NAEP, TIMSS, and PISA, we trace the achievement of U.S. student...
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Do People Shape Cities, or Do Cities Shape People? The Co-Evolution of Physical, Social, and Economic Change in Five Major U.S. Cities
Naik, Nikhil - 2015
Urban change involves transformations in the physical appearance and the social composition of neighborhoods. Yet, the relationship between the physical and social components of urban change is not well understood due to the lack of comprehensive measures of neighborhood appearance. Here, we...
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The tax cuts and jobs act : which firms won? Which lost?
Wagner, Alexander F.; Zeckhauser, Richard; Ziegler, … - 2020
The Tax Cut and Jobs Act (TCJA) slashed corporations' median effective tax rates from 31.7% to 20.8%. Nevertheless, 15% of firms experienced an increase. One fifth of firms recorded nonrecurring tax costs or benefits exceeding 3% of total assets. Proxies that existing studies employ to assess...
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The "Odd Party Out" theory of certiorari
Bonica, Adam; Chilton, Adam S.; Sen, Maya - 2020
Why the Supreme Court agrees to hear cases is among the most important topics in judicial politics. However, existing theories have overlooked a key factor: the relative ideologies of the litigating parties. We develop and test a new theory that explicitly incorporates the ideology of the...
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