CAS: Economics: Scholarly Papers
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Gender differences in cooperative environments? Evidence from the U.S. Congress
This paper uses data on bill sponsorship and cosponsorship in the U.S. House of Representatives to estimate gender differences in cooperative behavior. We employ a number of econometric methodologies to address the potential ... -
In the name of the Father: marriage and intergenerational mobility in the United States, 1850-1930
This paper constructs a continuous and consistent measure of intergenerational mobility in the United States between 1850 and 1930 by linking individuals with the same first name across pairs of decennial Censuses. One of ... -
Bayesian inference for duration data with unobserved and unknown heterogeneity: Monte Carlo evidence and an application
This paper describes a semiparametric Bayesian method for analyzing duration data. The proposed estimator specifies a complete functional form for duration spells, but allows flexibility by introducing an individual ... -
Using the two-period model to understand investment in human capital
(NATL TAX ASSOC, 2017-03-01)In many textbooks, the decision to invest in human capital is presented in terms of the present discounted value of the lifetime stream of costs and benefits associated with the investment. I argue that this approach, ... -
Evaluating the impact of Brazil’s central audit program on municipal provision of health services
We evaluate the success of Brazil’s Corregedoria-Geral da União’s (CGU) anti-corruption program in fostering better outcomes in the health sector using panel data from 5560 Brazilian municipalities over the period from ... -
Multiple measures of historical intergenerational mobility: Iowa 1915 to 1940
(2017)Was intergenerational economic mobility high in the early twentieth century in the United States? Comparisons of mobility across time are complicated by the constraints of the data available. I match fathers from the Iowa ... -
Women's suffrage and intergenerational mobility
Does the extension of political opportunity increase economic opportunity? I study the effects on intergenerational mobility of the expansion of the franchise to women in the United States at the state and federal level ... -
Intergenerational mobility during the Great Depression
(2015-12-01)Do severe economic downturns increase intergenerational economic mobility by breaking links between generations, or do they instead reduce mobility by limiting opportunity for the young? To answer this question, I estimate ... -
Capital Destruction and Economic Growth: The Effects of Sherman’s March, 1850-1920
(2017)Using General William Sherman’s 1864--65 military march through Georgia, South Carolina, and North Carolina during the American Civil War, this paper studies the effect of capital destruction on short- and long-run local ... -
From the bargaining table to the ballot box: political effects of right to work laws
(National Bureau of Economic Research, 2018)Labor unions play a central role in the Democratic party coalition, providing candidates with voters, volunteers, and contributions, as well as lobbying policymakers. Has the sustained decline of organized labor hurt ...
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