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Balboni, Clare; Bandiera, Oriana; Burgess, Robin; … - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2021

There are two broad views as to why people stay poor. One emphasizes differences in fundamentals, such as ability, talent or motivation. The other, the poverty traps view, differences in opportunities which stem from access to wealth. To test between these two views, we exploit a large-scale,...

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The Second World War, Inequality and the Social Contract in England

Heldring, Leander; Robinson, James A.; Whitfill, Parker J. - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2022

What is the impact of warfare on inequality and the social contract? Using local data on bombing, the evolution of wealth inequality and vote shares for the Labour Party in England around World War II we establish two results. First, on average, we find no impact of bombing on inequality....

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Legacy and Athlete Preferences at Harvard

Arcidiacono, Peter - 2019

The lawsuit Students For Fair Admissions v. Harvard University provided an unprecedented look at how an elite school makes admissions decisions. Using publicly released reports, we examine the preferences Harvard gives for recruited athletes, legacies, those on the dean's interest list, and...

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The Impact of Diversity on Perceptions of Income Distribution and Preferences for Redistribution

Londoño Vélez, Juliana - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2022

Does diversity affect people's perceptions of income distribution and their preferences for redistribution? I leverage variation from a Colombian financial aid reform boosting the share of low-income students at an elite university. Combining college records and original survey data, I study how...

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A Synthetic Model of Disruption and Experimentation

Gans, Joshua - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2021

This paper examines how a firm's choice of the type of experiment impacts on its potential exploitation of new technological opportunities. It does so in the context of the failure of successful firms (or disruption) where the literature has informally suggested that firms undertake errors in...

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An Analysis of the Selection of Arbitrators

Bloom, David E. - 1986

This paper analyses data on union and employer rankings of different panels of arbitrators in an actual arbitration system. A random utility model of bargainer preferences is developed and estimated. The estimates indicate that unions and employers have similar preferences, in favor of lawyers,...

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Education for All? A Nationwide Audit Study of School Choice

Bergman, Peter - 2018

School choice may allow schools to impede access to students perceived as costlier to educate. To test this, we sent emails from fictitious parents to 6,452 charter schools and traditional public schools subject to school choice in 29 states and Washington, D.C. The fictitious parent asked...

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Selection on Welfare Gains : Experimental Evidence from Electricity Plan Choice

Ito, Koichiro; Ida, Takanori; Tanaka, Makoto - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2021

simulations quantify the optimal take-up incentives that exploit observed and unobserved heterogeneity in selection and welfare …

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Improving the Quality of Choices in Health Insurance Markets

Abaluck, Jason - 2016

Insurance product choice is a central feature of health insurance markets in the United States, yet there is ongoing concern over whether consumers choose appropriately in such markets - and little evidence on solutions to any choice inconsistencies. This paper addresses these omissions from the...

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Insurers' Response to Selection Risk : Evidence from Medicare Enrollment Reforms

Decarolis, Francesco - 2016

Evidence on insurers' behavior in environments with both risk selection and market power is largely missing. We fill … changes in selection. Our strategy exploits a 2012 reform allowing Medicare enrollees to switch to 5-star contracts at anytime …. This policy increased enrollment into 5-star contracts, but without risk selection worsening. Our findings show that this …

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