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More Roads or Public Transit? Insights from Measuring City-Center Accessibility
Conwell, Lucas J.; Eckert, Fabian; Mobarak, Ahmed Mushfiq - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2023
We propose a theory-inspired measure of the accessibility of a city's center: the size of the surrounding area from which it can be reached within a specific time. Using publicly available optimal-routing software, we compute these "accessibility zones" for the 109 largest US and European...
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Harm Reduction : When Does It Improve Health, and When Does it Backfire?
Cawley, John H.; Dragone, Davide - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2023
A subset of harm reduction strategies encourages individuals to switch from a harmful addictive good to a less harmful addictive good; examples include e-cigarettes (substitutes for combustible cigarettes) and methadone and buprenorphine (substitutes for opioids). Such harm reduction methods have...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014226123
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The Cyclicality of Births and Babies' Health, Revisited : Evidence from Unemployment Insurance
Dettling, Lisa J.; Kearney, Melissa Schettini - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2023
We revisit the cyclical nature of birth rates and infant health and investigate to what extent the relationship between aggregate labor market conditions and birth outcomes is mitigated by the consumption smoothing income assistance delivered through unemployment insurance (UI). We introduce a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014226134
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Optimal Income Taxation
Kaplow, Louis - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2022
This article explores subjects in optimal income taxation characterized by recent research interest, practical importance in light of concerns about inequality, potential for misunderstanding, and prospects for advancement. Throughout, the analysis highlights paths for further investigation....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013334417
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What Leads to Measurement Errors? Evidence from Reports of Program Participation in Three Surveys
Celhay, Pablo A.; Meyer, Bruce D.; Mittag, Nikolas - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2022
Measurement errors are often a large source of bias in survey data. Lack of knowledge of the determinants of such …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012814427
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Retrospective vs. Prospective Analyses of School Inputs : The Case of Flip Charts in Kenya
Glewwe, Paul - 2000
subject to omitted variable bias despite the inclusion of control variables. If the direction of omitted variable bias were … modest than retrospective studies suggest. Bias appears to be reduced by a differences-in-differences estimator that examines …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012470713
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Omitted-Ability Bias and the Increase in the Return to Schooling
Blackburn, McKinley L. - 1991
empirical results reject the hypothesis that an increase in the upward bias of the schooling coefficient, due to a change in the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012475313
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The Role of Publication Selection Bias in Estimates of the Value of a Statistical Life
Viscusi, W. Kip - 2014
Meta-regression estimates of the value of a statistical life (VSL) controlling for publication selection bias yield … bias-corrected estimates of VSL that are higher for labor market studies using the more recent Census of Fatal Occupational … of the variable used to capture publication bias effects. Meta-regression estimates for a large sample of VSL estimates …
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Evaluating Economy-Wide Benefit Cost Analyses
Smith, V. Kerry - 2016
This paper examines a new strategy for evaluating whether the size of a new environmental regulation requires that benefit cost analyses consider general equilibrium effects. Size in the context refers to both the magnitude and distribution of cost increases across sectors and the benefits...
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The Coronavirus and the Great Influenza Pandemic : Lessons from the “Spanish Flu” for the Coronavirus’s Potential Effects on Mortality and Economic Activity
Barro, Robert J. - 2020
Mortality and economic contraction during the 1918-1920 Great Influenza Pandemic provide plausible upper bounds for outcomes under the coronavirus (COVID-19). Data for 48 countries imply flu-related deaths in 1918-1920 of 40 million, 2.1 percent of world population, implying 150 million deaths...
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