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The Output Contributions of Computer Equipment and Personnel : A Firm- Level Analysis
Lichtenberg, Frank R. - 2021
This paper examines the output contributions of capital and labor deployed in information systems (IS) at the firm level during the period 1988-91 throughout the business sector, using two different sources of data on these inputs. Our production function estimates suggest that there are...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013225934
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Does Voting Technology Affect Election Outcomes? Touch-Screen Voting and the 2004 Presidential Election
Card, David; Moretti, Enrico - 2021
Supporters of touch-screen voting claim it is a highly reliable voting technology, while a growing number of critics argue that paperless electronic voting systems are vulnerable to fraud. In this paper we use county-level data on voting technologies in the 2000 and 2004 presidential elections...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013226185
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The Real Effects of Modern Information Technologies : Evidence from the EDGAR Implementation
Goldstein, Itay; Yang, Shijie; Zuo, Luo - 2022
Using the implementation of the EDGAR system from 1993 to 1996 as a shock to information dissemination technologies, we examine the potential benefits and costs of modern information technologies on the real economy. On the one hand, we document that broader information dissemination leads to a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013307856
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Life at the Top : The Benefits of Height
Deaton, Angus - 2011
explained by the positive association between height and both income and education, both of which are positively linked to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013134585
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The Long-Run Impacts of Early Childhood Education : Evidence from a Failed Policy Experiment
DeCicca, Philip - 2011
We investigate short and long-term effects of early childhood education using variation created by a unique policy …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013124550
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Financial Literacy, Financial Education and Economic Outcomes
Hastings, Justine S. - 2012
In this article we review the literature on financial literacy, financial education, and consumer financial outcomes … addresses whether financial education improves financial literacy or personal financial outcomes. We discuss the extent to which … on the efficacy and cost of financial education. Finally, we discuss directions for future research …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013100358
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The Impact of Physical Education on Obesity Among Elementary School Children
Cawley, John - 2012
have advocated increasing the time that elementary school children spend in physical education (PE) classes. However …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013101508
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Suffrage, Schooling, and Sorting in the Post-Bellum U.S. South
Naidu, Suresh - 2012
This paper estimates the political and economic effects of the 19th century disenfranchisement of black citizens in the U.S. South. Using adjacent county-pairs that straddle state boundaries, I examine the effect of voting restrictions on political competition, public goods, and factor markets....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013105449
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Fostering and Measuring Skills : Interventions that Improve Character and Cognition
Heckman, James J. - 2013
This paper reviews the recent literature on measuring and boosting cognitive and noncognitive skills. The literature establishes that achievement tests do not adequately capture character skills--personality traits, goals, motivations, and preferences--that are valued in the labor market, in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013072864
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Adolescent Cognitive and Non-Cognitive Correlates of Adult Health
Kaestner, Robert - 2009
associations with adult health. Net of adolescent influences, completed education has a significant association with adult health …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013160334