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The Missing Link? Using LinkedIn Data to Measure Race, Ethnic, and Gender Differences in Employment Outcomes at Individual Companies

Berry, Alexander; Maloney, Elizabeth M.; Neumark, David - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2024

Stronger enforcement of discrimination laws can help to reduce disparities in economic outcomes with respect to race, ethnicity, and gender in the United States. However, the data necessary to detect possible discrimination and to act to counter it is not publicly available - in particular, data...

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Trends in World Inequality in Life Span Since 1970

Edwards, Ryan D. - 2010

Previous research has revealed much global convergence over the past several decades in life expectancy at birth and in infant mortality, which are closely linked. But trends in the variance of length of life, and in the variance of length of adult life in particular, are less well understood. I...

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Do Principals Fire the Worst Teachers?

Jacob, Brian A. - 2010

This paper takes advantage of a unique policy change to examine how principals make decisions regarding teacher dismissal. In 2004, the Chicago Public Schools (CPS) and Chicago Teachers Union (CTU) signed a new collective bargaining agreement that gave principals the flexibility to dismiss...

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Quantifying the Uncertainty of Imputed Demographic Disparity Estimates : The Dual-Bootstrap

Lu, Benjamin; Wan, Jia; Ouyang, Derek; Goldin, Jacob; … - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2024

Measuring average differences in an outcome across racial or ethnic groups is a crucial first step for equity assessments, but researchers often lack access to data on individuals' races and ethnicities to calculate them. A common solution is to impute the missing race or ethnicity labels using...

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The Timing and Spacing of Births and Women's Labor Force Participation : An Economic Analysis

Ross, Sue Goetz - 1974

This dissertation analyzes the timing and spacing of child-births within an economic framework. I have attempted to explain when women in the United States begin child bearing - i.e., the "timing" (of the first birth) - and the length of the interval they spend in child bearing - i.e., the...

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The Effect of Child Endowment on Fertility Choices

Lavy, Victor; Nussbaum, Yeshaya - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2023

Does the intellectual endowment of children affect parents' fertility choices? The quantity-quality model of fertility … estimate the effect of her birth on further fertility. We find that the birth of a gifted child increases family size. However … endowment as an important factor in determining fertility choices …

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Drinking Water Contaminant Concentrations and Birth Outcomes

DiSalvo, Richard W.; Hill, Elaine L. - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2023

Previous research in the US has found negative health effects of contamination when it triggers regulatory violations. An important question is whether levels of contamination that do not trigger a health-based violation impact health. We study the impact of drinking water contamination in...

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Sex, Power, and Adolescence : Intimate Partner Violence and Sexual Behaviors

Shah, Manisha; Seager, Jennifer; Montalvao, Joao; … - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2023

Adolescents in Sub-Saharan Africa have some of the highest rates of intimate partner violence across the globe. This paper evaluates the impact of a randomized controlled trial that offers females a goal setting activity to improve their sexual and reproductive health outcomes and offers their...

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Ten Facts about Son Preference in India

Jayachandran, Seema - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2023

This article discusses son preference in India, including both greater investment in sons and the fertility preference … eldest sons, whom parents favor, and other sons. Fertility preferences likewise center on eldest sons. The desire to have at …

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Heterogeneous and Racialized Impacts of State Incarceration Policies on Birth Outcomes in the U.S

Boen, Courtney; Bair, Elizabeth; Lee, Hedwig; … - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2023

While state incarceration policies have received much attention in research on the causes of mass incarceration in the U.S., their roles in shaping population health and health disparities remain largely unknown. We examine the impacts of two signature state incarceration policies adopted during...

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