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The COVID-19 pandemic, well-being, and transitions to post-secondary education
Sandner, Malte; Patzina, Alexander; Anger, Silke; … - 2021
This study examines the immediate and intermediate effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on the well-being of two high school graduation cohorts (2020 and 2021). We also investigate how changes in well-being at the transition to post-secondary education affect educational plans and outcomes. Our...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012651697
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The COVID-19 pandemic, well-being, and transitions to post-secondary education
Sandner, Malte; Patzina, Alexander; Anger, Silke; … - 2021
This study examines the immediate and intermediate effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on the well-being of two high school graduation cohorts (2020 and 2021). We also investigate how changes in well-being at the transition to post-secondary education affect educational plans and outcomes. Our...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012795774
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The effect of advanced placement science on students' skills, confidence, and stress
Conger, Dylan; Kennedy, Alec I.; Long, Mark C.; McGhee, … - In: Journal of human resources : JHR 56 (2021) 1, pp. 93-124
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012587436
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The case for presenteeism
Markussen, Simen; Mykletun, Arnstein; Røed, Knut - 2010
Can activation requirements control moral hazard problems in public sickness absence insurance and accelerate recovery? Based on empirical analysis of Norwegian data, we show that it can. Activation requirements not only bring down benefit claims, they also reduce the likelihood that long-term...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009312944
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Projected Health Benefits and Health Care Savings from the United States National Hepatitis C Elimination Initiative
Chhatwal, Jagpreet; Aaron, Alec; Zhong, Huaiyang; Sood, … - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2023
disease burden and cost of care in the US for the next 20 years under status quo and national hepatitis C elimination … of diabetes, and 25,000 cases of chronic kidney disease. The initiative will also avert 24,000 deaths adding 220,000 life …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014250157
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The Effects of Medical Debt Relief : Evidence from Two Randomized Experiments
Kluender, Raymond; Mahoney, Neale; Wong, Francis; Yin, … - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2024
Two in five Americans have medical debt, nearly half of whom owe at least $2,500. Concerned by this burden, governments and private donors have undertaken large, high-profile efforts to relieve medical debt. We partnered with RIP Medical Debt to conduct two randomized experiments that relieved...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014528355
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Beyond the classroom : using title IX to measure the return to high school sports
Stevenson, Betsey - 2010
expansion in female sports participation by using variation in the level of boys' athletic participation across states before … changes between pre- and post-cohorts reveals that a 10-percentage point rise in state-level female sports participation … participation. Furthermore, greater opportunities to play sports leads to greater female participation in previously male …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003938718
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Pre-College Human Capital Investments and Affirmative Action : A Structural Policy Analysis of US College Admissions
Bodoh-Creed, Aaron - 2017
We study a structural model of college admissions framed as a contest between a continuum of students for enrollment in a continuum of colleges where the contest outcome is decided by the students' choice of human capital (HC). Students have private information about their learning costs, and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012951191
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The host with the most? : the effects of the Olympic Games on happiness
Dolan, Paul; Kavetsos, Georgios; Krekel, Christian; … - 2016
We show that hosting the Olympic Games in 2012 had a positive impact on the life satisfaction and happiness of Londoners during the Games, compared to residents of Paris and Berlin. Notwithstanding issues of causal inference, the magnitude of the effects is equivalent to moving from the bottom...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011530303
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The host with the most? : the effects of the Olympic Games on happiness
Dolan, Paul; Kavetsos, Georgios; Krekel, Christian; … - 2016
We show that hosting the Olympic Games in 2012 had a positive impact on the life satisfaction and happiness of Londoners during the Games, compared to residents of Paris and Berlin. Notwithstanding issues of causal inference, the magnitude of the effects is equivalent to moving from the bottom...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011514865