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Taken by Storm : Hurricanes, Migrant Networks, and U.S. Immigration
Mahajan, Parag - 2017
How readily do potential migrants respond to increased returns to migration? Even if origin areas become less attractive vis-à-vis migration destinations, fixed costs can prevent increased migration. We examine migration responses to hurricanes, which reduce the attractiveness of origin...
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Effects of Low-Skilled Immigration on U.S. Natives : Evidence from Hurricane Mitch
Kugler, Adriana - 2008
In the 1980s the composition of immigrants to the U.S. shifted towards less-skilled workers. Around this time, real wages and employment of younger and less-educated U.S. workers fell. Some blame recent immigration shifts for the misfortunes of unskilled workers in the U.S. OLS estimates using...
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The Economics of Hurricanes in the United States
Nordhaus, William D. - 2006
The year 2005 brought record numbers of hurricanes and storm damages to the United States. Was this a foretaste of increasingly destructive hurricanes in an era of global warming? This study examines the economic impacts of U.S. hurricanes. The major conclusions are the following: First, there...
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In-Person Schooling and Youth Suicide : Evidence from School Calendars and Pandemic School Closures
Hansen, Benjamin; Sabia, Joseph J.; Schaller, Jessamyn - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2022
lowest during summer months (June through August) and also establish that areas with schools starting in early August … experience increases in teen suicides in August, while areas with schools starting in September don't see youth suicides rise … many K-12 schools returned to in-person instruction. Third, using county-level variation in school reopenings in Fall 2020 …
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School Accountability, Long-Run Criminal Activity, and Self-Sufficiency
Eren, Ozkan; Figlio, David N.; Mocan, Naci; Ozturk, … - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2023
This paper examines the impact of school accountability on adult crime and economic self-sufficiency. We employ a unique source of linked administrative data from a Southern state and exploit exogenous variation generated by the state's accountability regime. Our findings indicate that a...
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Managing to Learn
Beg, Sabrin; Fitzpatrick, Anne E.; Lucas, Adrienne M. - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2023
To improve public services, public sector managers must encourage reticent civil servants to enact effective reforms. We show through a randomized controlled trial that school principals, i.e., school mangers, can act as leaders to improve Instructional Management (0.3SD) and student learning...
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The Human Capital Century and American Leadership : Virtues of the Past
Goldin, Claudia - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2001
The modern concept of the wealth of nations emerged by the early twentieth century. Capital embodied in people human capital mattered. The United States led all nations in mass postelementary education during the human-capital century.' The American system of education was shaped by New World...
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Does School Quality Matter? Returns to Education and the Characteristics of Public Schools in the United States
Card, David - 1990
data from the 1980 Census, we find that men who were educated in states with higher quality schools have a higher return to …
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Trauma at School : The Impacts of Shootings on Students' Human Capital and Economic Outcomes
Cabral, Marika - 2020
A growing number of American children are exposed to gun violence at their schools, but little is known about the … exposure to shootings at schools on children's educational and economic outcomes, using individual-level longitudinal … administrative data from Texas. We analyze the universe of shootings at Texas public schools that occurred between 1995 and 2016, and …
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To What Extent Does In-Person Schooling Contribute to the Spread of COVID-19? : Evidence from Michigan and Washington
Goldhaber, Daniel D.; Imberman, Scott A.; Strunk, … - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2021
The decision about how and when to open schools to in-person instruction has been a key question for policymakers … throughout the COVID-19 pandemic. The instructional modality of schools has implications not only for the health and safety of …
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