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Place-Based Economic Development and Long-Run Firm Employment and Sales : Evidence from American Indian Reservations
Aguilar, Joseph A.; Akee, Randall; Mykerezi, Elton - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2024
We examine how one of the largest U.S. place-based economic development programs, the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act (IGRA) of 1988, with annual revenues in excess of \$40 billion, affects local firm total employment and sales through direct channels and through IGRA's effects on adjacent...
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Cities as Engines of Opportunities : Evidence from Brazil
Barza, Radu; Glaeser, Edward L.; Hidalgo, César A.; … - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2024
low-income workers in Brazil for thirteen years to explore the contribution of factors such as industrial structure and … skill segregation on upward income mobility. We find that cities in the south of Brazil are more effective engines of upward … prevalent in the cities of southern Brazil than in northern cities. This segregation, which can decline with specialization and …
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Cost-Sharing in Medical Care Can Increase Adult Mortality : Evidence from Colombia
Buitrago, Giancarlo; Amaya-Nieto, Javier; Miller, Grant; … - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2023
There is substantial evidence that cost-sharing in medical care constrains total health spending. However, there is relatively little (and unclear) evidence on its health effects, particularly in low- and middle-income countries. This paper re-evaluates the link between outpatient cost-sharing...
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Local Carbon Policy
Cruz, José-Luis; Rossi-Hansberg, Esteban - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2022
We study local carbon policy to address the consequences of climate change. Standard analysis suggests that the social cost of carbon determines optimal carbon policy. We start by using the spatial integrated assessment model in Cruz and Rossi-Hansberg (2021) to measure the local social monetary...
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The Effects of Public Housing on Children : Evidence from Colombia
Camacho, Adriana; Duque, Valentina; Gilraine, Michael; … - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2022
We analyze the effect of Colombia's ambitious "Free Housing" program on children's educational outcomes. The program was generous, giving free housing to beneficiaries in desirable areas. We evaluate the program by leveraging housing lotteries and linking applicants to their children. We find...
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Melitz Meets Lewis : The Impacts of Roads on Structural Transformation and Businesses
Kaboski, Joseph Paul; Lu, Jianyu; Qian, Wei; Ren, Lixia - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2024
This paper examines the impact of roads on structural transformation and business composition theoretically and empirically. We develop a two-sector model of regional trade with endogenous firm entry that highlights two opposing forces. \textit{Ceteris paribus} lower trade costs in...
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Derisking Real Estate in China's Hybrid Economy
Xiong, Wei - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2023
This article examines the risks faced by China's real estate sector within its distinct hybrid economy, which combines market mechanisms with comprehensive state planning and government intervention. The real estate sector holds particular importance as land sale revenues are a crucial source of...
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Road Maintenance and Local Economic Development : Evidence from Indonesia's Highways
Gertler, Paul J.; González-Navarro, Marco; Gračner, Tadeja - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2022
This paper estimates the local welfare impacts of road maintenance investments. We instrument road quality exploiting Indonesia's two-step budgeting process for allocating funding to local road authorities. Using comprehensive data on road quality from 1990-2007, we find that better roads help...
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Improved Transportation Networks Facilitate Adaptation to Pollution and Temperature Extremes
Barwick, Panle Jia; Donaldson, Dave; Li, Shanjun; Lin, … - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2022
The social costs of pollution and climate change hinge critically on humans' ability to adapt. Based on transaction records from the world's largest payment network, this research compiles daily travel flows and documents that China's rapid expansion of high-speed railways (HSR) facilitates the...
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The Returns to Face-to-Face Interactions : Knowledge Spillovers in Silicon Valley
Atkin, David; Chen, Keith; Popov, Anton - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2022
The returns to face-to-face interactions are of central importance to understanding the determinants of agglomeration. However, the existing literature studying patterns of geographic proximity in patent citations or industrial co-location has struggled to disentangle the benefits of...
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