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Unconditional Cash and Family Investments in Infants : Evidence from a Large-Scale Cash Transfer Experiment in the U.S
Gennetian, Lisa A.; Duncan, Greg J.; Fox, Nathan A.; … - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2022
-scale, multi-site randomized controlled study of monthly unconditional cash transfers starting at the time of a child's birth. We … find that the cash transfers increased spending on child-specific goods and mothers' early-learning activities with their … infants. The marginal propensity to consume child-focused items from the cash transfer exceeded that from other income …
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The dynamics of welfare fraud : an econometric duration model in discrete time
Wolf, Douglas A. - In: Journal of human resources : JHR 21 (1986) 4, pp. 437-455
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A Patchwork Safety Net : A Survey of Cliometric Studies of Income Maintenance Programs in the United States in the First Half of the Twentieth Century
Fishback, Price V. - 2010
early 1900s had significant impact on labor markets, economic activity, family formation, death rates, and crime …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012462956
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Making Money
Gorton, Gary; Ross, Chase P.; Ross, Sharon Y. - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2022
It is difficult for private agents to produce money that circulates at par with no questions asked. We study two cases of privately-produced money: pre-Civil War U.S. private banknotes and modern stablecoins. Private monies are introduced when there are no better alternatives, but they initially...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012814485
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The Extent of the Market for Early American Bank Notes
Bodenhorn, Howard - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2023
How far did antebellum bank notes travel? Up to now, we did not know. Using previously overlooked data on interbank holdings of bank notes and the records of a small-time note broker, I find that most bank notes circulated within about 50 miles of the issuing banks. Few notes were observed from...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014437017
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Selling Subscriptions
Einav, Liran; Klopack, Benjamin; Mahoney, Neale - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2023
is higher for consumers that took cash advances, a proxy for low financial sophistication. Relative to a counterfactual …
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The Semblance of Success in Nudging Consumers to Pay Down Credit Card Debt
Guttman-Kenney, Benedict; Adams, Paul; Hunt, Stefan; … - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2023
We run a field experiment and a survey experiment to study an active choice nudge. Our nudge is designed to reduce the anchoring of credit card payments to the minimum payment. In our field experiment, the nudge reduces enrollment in Autopaying the minimum from 36.9% to 9.6%. However, the nudge...
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Does combat exposure make you a more violent or criminal person? : Evidence from the Vietnam draft
Rohlfs, Chris - In: Journal of human resources : JHR 45 (2010) 2, pp. 271-300
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Peer effects in academic cheating
Carrell, Scott E.; Malmstrom, Frederick V.; West, James E. - In: Journal of human resources : JHR 43 (2008) 1, pp. 173-207
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Does unemployment increase crime? : evidence from US data 1974 - 2000
Lin, Ming-jen - In: Journal of human resources : JHR 43 (2008) 2, pp. 413-436
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