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Early Socialization and the Gender Wage Gap

Getik, Demid; Meier, Armando N. - 2021

We study the impact of early socialization on gender inequality in the labor market. To this end, we link the gender environment in the primary-school cohort to later occupations and wages. We find that women exposed to more girls at this critical age earn more later on, leading to a reduction...

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In-Group Favoritism and Peer Effects in Wrongful Acquittals: NBA Referees as Judges

Mocan, Naci; Osborne-Christenson, Eric - 2022

black referees have two white peers. In case of white referees, in-group favoritism in Type-II errors emerges if white … referees have two black peers with them on the court. We provide evidence showing that the results are not attributable to …

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Bring a Friend: Strengthening Women's Social Networks and Reproductive Autonomy in India

Anukriti, S; Herrera-Almanza, Catalina; Karra, Mahesh - 2022

We experimentally test if enabling individuals to incentivize others to socialize with them can strengthen social networks and improve well-being. We examine family planning access for women in India, who tend to be socially isolated and for whom peer support may overcome intrahousehold...

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The Value of Information in Technology Adoption

Islam, Asad; Ushchev, Philip; Zenou, Yves; Zhang, Xin - 2020

farmers who are more risk-averse tend to adopt the technology less and are less influenced by their treated peers. Our results …

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First Generation Elite: The Role of School Networks

Cattan, Sarah; Salvanes, Kjell G.; Tominey, Emma - 2022

to high school peers from elite educated families ('elite peers') plays in driving such a phenomenon in Norway. Using … causal impact of elite peers on the probability of enrolling in elite education for students from different socioeconomic … (SES) backgrounds. We show that exposure to elite peers in high school does drive enrolment into elite degree programmes …

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Providers, Peers and Patients: How do Physicians' Practice Environments Affect Patient Outcomes?

Avdic, Daniel; Ivets, Maryna; Lagerqvist, Bo; … - 2021

We study the extent to which physician treatment styles are determined by their practice environment and whether such decisions affect the quality of care received by patients. Using rich data on all coronary angioplasty procedures in Sweden 2004–2013, our empirical approach compares stent...

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First generation elite: The role of school networks

Cattan, Sarah; Salvanes, Kjell G.; Tominey, Emma - 2023

High school students from non-elite backgrounds are less likely to have peers with elite educated parents than their …

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First generation elite: The role of school networks

Cattan, Sarah; Salvanes, Kjell G.; Tominey, Emma - 2022

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The influence of leveraged buyouts on target firms' competitors

Grupp, Marcel; Rauch, Christian; Umber, Marc P.; Walz, Uwe - 2015

This paper analyzes the influence Leveraged Buyouts (LBOs) have on the operating performance of the LBO target companies' direct competitors. A unique and hand-collected data set on LBOs in the United States in the period 1985-2009 allows us to analyze the effects different restructuring...

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Identification of peer effects with missing peer data: Evidence from Project STAR

Sojourner, Aaron J. - 2011

extant in the literature. …

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