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THE EFFECT OF SAMPLE SELECTION AND INITIAL CONDITIONS IN DURATION MODELS:EVIDENCE FROM EXPERIMENTAL DATA ON TRAINING
Duration models job training sample selection
2015/9/18
We investigate the separate effects of a training program on the duration of participants' subsequent employment and unemployment spells. This program randomly assigned volunteers to treatment and con...
Instrumental Variable Estimation of the Causal Effect of Hunger Early in Life on Health Later in Life
nutrition famine ageing developmental origins height high blood pressure obesity 2SLS two-sample IV
2012/10/22
Numerous studies have evaluated the effect of nutrition early in life on health much later in life by comparing individuals born during a famine to others. Nutritional intake is typically unobserved a...
Do Firms Demand Temporary Workers When They Face Workload Fluctuation? Cross-Country Firm-Level Evidence on the Conditioning Effect of Employment Protection
temporary employment employment protection labour demand firm-level data
2012/10/19
Although the negative economic effects of temporary employment are widely discussed,
cross-country research on firms?demand for temporary employment is rare. National studies
indicate that workload ...
How schooling affects cognitive skills is a fundamental question for studies of human capital
and labor markets. While scores on cognitive ability tests are positively associated with
schooling, it ...
The Effect of Weather-Induced Internal Migration on Local Labor Markets: Evidence from Uganda
weather shocks internal migration labor market Sub-Saharan Africa
2012/10/19
Relying on census data collected in 2002 and historical weather data for Uganda, we
estimate the impact of weather-induced internal migration on the probability for non-migrants
living in the destin...
Rent Sharing as a Driver of the Glass Ceiling Effect
rent sharing gender wage gap glass ceiling quantile regressions
2012/10/22
In this paper we show that rent sharing plays a role in explaining the glass ceiling effect. We make use of a unique employer-employee panel database for Italy from 1996 to 2003, which allows controll...
Removing Financial Barriers to Organ and Bone Marrow Donation: The Effect of Leave and Tax Legislation in the U.S.
incentives altruism organ donation bone marrow donation
2012/10/22
In an attempt to alleviate the shortfall in organs and bone marrow available for transplants, many U.S. states passed legislation providing leave to organ and bone marrow donors and/or tax benefits fo...
The Effect of Job Displacement on Couples' Fertility Decisions
plant closure employment earnings divorce fertility
2012/10/23
This paper analyzes the effects of job displacement on fertility using Finnish longitudinal employer-employee data (FLEED) matched to birth records. We distinguish between male and female job losses. ...
Please Call Again: Correcting Non-Response Bias in Treatment Effect Models
survey non response sample selectivity treatment effect model randomized controlled trial
2012/10/23
We propose a novel selectivity correction procedure to deal with survey attrition, at the crossroads of the "Heckit" and of the bounding approach of Lee (2009). As a substitute for the instrument need...
Explaining the Birth Order Effect: The Role of Prenatal and Early Childhood Investments
birth order early test scores parental investment prenatal investment postnatal investment early childhood investment fetal origins hypothesis cognitive outcomes non-cognitive outcomes
2012/10/23
The critical role of prenatal and early childhood conditions on adult outcomes has been the focus of a rich body of research. In this paper, we examine various pre- and postnatal investments as possib...
The Effect of Breastfeeding on Children's Cognitive and Noncognitive Development
breastfeeding
2012/10/23
This paper uses propensity score matching methods to investigate the relationship between breastfeeding and children's cognitive and noncognitive development. We find that breastfeeding for four weeks...
The Effect of Religiosity and Religious Festivals on Positional Concerns: An Experimental Investigation of Ramadan
positional concerns religion, Ramadan Islam
2012/10/18
This paper examines the effect of religion on positional concerns using survey experiments. We focus on two of the dimensions of religion – degree of religiosity and religious festivals. By conducting...
The Effect of Religion on Cooperation and Altruistic Punishment: Experimental Evidence from Public Goods Experiments
cooperation experiment public goods punishment religion
2012/10/18
This paper experimentally examines how religious festivals and the degree of religiosity affect cooperation and altruistic punishment by using public goods experiments. We conducted the experiments in...
Health Selection and the Effect of Smoking on Mortality
life expectancy tobacco confounding
2012/10/18
We show that individuals who are in poorer health, independently from smoking, are more likely to start smoking and to smoke more cigarettes than those with better non-smoking health. We present evide...
The Effect of School Construction on Test Scores, School Enrollment, and Home Prices
school construction, test scores, home prices
2012/10/22
This paper provides new evidence on the effect of school construction projects on home prices, academic achievement, and public school enrollment. Taking advantage of the staggered implementation of a...