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1by Pugatch, Todd Published in World development (01.05.2019)“...•I quantify the effect of tropical storms on mortality in Mexico using meteorological data.•I estimate that storms killed 1598 people in Mexico from 1990 to...”
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2“...We provide the first evidence on the causal effect of border enforcement on the full spatial distribution of Mexican immigrants to the United States. We...”
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3by Pudatch, Todd Published in Labour (Rome, Italy) (2018)“...Re‐enrollment in school following a period of dropout is a common feature of school‐to‐work transitions, but has been largely ignored in the literature on...”
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4by Pugatch, Todd“...Extreme weather induced by climate change can have major consequences for human health. In this study, I quantify the effect of tropical storm frequency and...”
01.01.2019
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5“...More than two of every five students who enroll in college fail to graduate within six years. Prior research has identified ineffective study habits as a major...”
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6“...Why is the proportion of women who study Economics so low? This study assesses whether students respond to messages about majoring in Economics, and whether...”
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8“...The types of workers recruited into teaching and their allocation across classrooms can greatly influence a country's stock of human capital. This paper...”
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9“...Persistently high youth unemployment is one of the most pressing problems in South Africa. We prospectively analyze an employer wage subsidy targeted at youth,...”
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11“...We assess, via an experiment across 207 secondary schools, how a comprehensive teacher training program affects the delivery of a major entrepreneurship...”
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12“...This study analyzes the impact of large-scale fee elimination for secondary school girls in The Gambia on the quantity, composition, and achievement of...”
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13“...More than two of every five students who enrolled in college in 2007 failed to graduate by 2013. Peer tutoring services offer one approach toward improving...”
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14“...This paper investigates the relationship between child labor and status in employment in adulthood. We aim to contribute to the literature that focuses on the...”
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15“...This paper studies two experiments of early childhood development programs in The Gambia: one increasing access to services, and another improving service...”
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16by Huntington-Klein, Nick Arenas, Andreu Beam, Emily A Bertoni, Marco Bloem, Jeffrey R Burli, Pralhad Chen, Naibin Greico, Paul Ekpe, Godwin Pugatch, Todd Saavedra, Martin Stopnitzky, Yaniv“...Researchers make hundreds of decisions about data collection, preparation, and analysis in their research. We use a many-analysts approach to measure the...”
01.05.2020
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17by Pugatch, Todd Published in IZA journal of labor & development (01.12.2014)“...As an alternative to traditional academic schooling, vocational schooling in South Africa may serve as a safety valve for students encountering difficulty in...”
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18“...We assess, via a field experiment, how a comprehensive teacher training program affects the delivery of a major entrepreneurship curriculum reform in Rwanda...”
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19“...•We ran an experiment that advertised peer tutoring to college students.•Receiving a one-time message increased tutoring attendance by 7 percentage...”
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20“...In Rwanda, 72 percent of employed youth work for family firms or are self-employed. These outcomes suggest that schools may be failing to develop the skills...”