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61“...This paper documents the structure and composition of social networks on university campuses and investigates the processes that lead to their formation. Using...”
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63“...This paper describes a dynamic stochastic general equilibrium model featuring a fraction of non-Ricardian agents in order to estimate the effects of fiscal...”
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64“...This paper tests the proposition that a free press may be a powerful control on corruption. We find evidence of a significant relationship between more press...”
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65“...This paper provides new evidence on job search intensity of the unemployed in the U.S., modeling job search intensity as time allocated to job search...”
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66by Meer, Jonathan Published in Journal of public economics (2011)“...While the effects of peer pressure in charitable giving have been of considerable interest to social scientists, there is little empirical evidence on the...”
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67“...Does fiscal decentralization lead to more efficient governance, better public goods, and higher economic growth? This paper tests Riker's [Riker, W. (1964)...”
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68by Milligan, Kevin Moretti, Enrico Oreopoulos, Philip Published in Journal of public economics (2004)“...Many studies document an association between schooling and civic participation, but none credibly investigate causal links. We explore the effect of extra...”
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69by Dee, Thomas S Published in Journal of public economics (2004)“...The hypothesized effects of educational attainment on adult civic engagement and attitudes provide some of the most important justifications for government...”
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70“...Many recent studies have investigated trends in U.S. men's earnings volatility, but the studies based on the Panel Study of Income Dynamics appear to conflict...”
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71“...In settings such as investing for retirement or choosing a drug plan, individuals typically face a large number of options. In this paper, we analyze how the...”
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72“...Exploiting a rich panel data child survey merged with administrative records along with a pseudo-experiment generating variation in the take-up of preschool...”
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73“...This paper takes a fresh look at the trade-off between centralized and decentralized provision of local public goods. It argues that the sharing of the costs...”
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74“...We design an experiment to study the effects of social identity on preferences over redistribution. The experiment highlights the trade-off between social...”
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75by Shelton, Cameron A Published in Journal of public economics (2007)“...This paper tests several leading hypotheses on determinants of government expenditure. The purpose is to avoid omitted variables bias by testing the prominent...”
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76by Clots-Figueras, Irma Published in Journal of public economics (2011)“...This paper uses panel data from the 16 larger states in India during the period 1967-2000 to study the effects of female political representation in the State...”
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77“...In this paper, we investigate how housing prices react to the quality of education offered by neighboring public and private schools. The organization of...”
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78“...In this paper we test the hypothesis that municipalities aligned with upper-tier grantor governments (i.e., controlled by the same party) will receive more...”
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79by Gregg, Paul Grout, Paul A Ratcliffe, Anita Smith, Sarah Windmeijer, Frank Published in Journal of public economics (2011)“...A number of papers have suggested that pro-social behaviour in the workplace may be sensitive to the institutional environment, but there is little empirical...”
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80“...We provide a formal model of entrepreneurship in human development. The framework is provided by the capabilities approach (CA). Hence we extend not only the...”