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The economics of age at school entry : insights from evidence and methods

Cavallo, Mariagrazia; Dhuey, Elizabeth; Fumarco, Luca; … - 2026

This article reviews the growing literature on age at school entry (ASE) and its effects across the life course. ASE affects a wide range of outcomes, including education, labor-market performance, health, social relationships, and family formation. We synthesize the evidence using a conceptual...

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State and local tax policy in a time of telework

Agrawal, David R.; Chen, Xinyu - 2026

The taxing authority of subnational governments is limited by the geographic location of individuals and economic activity. The rise of telework decouples a worker's residence from the employer's location, creating challenges for personal income taxes, corporate income taxes, and unemployment...

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Do firms share their profits equally with women and men? : the role of human capital, managerial positions and unions

Pineda-Hernández, Kevin; Rycx, François; Volral, Mélanie - 2026

While rent-sharing is known to vary according to worker characteristics, the impact of profits on the gender wage gap warrants closer examination. Most studies adopt a single-gender view, neglecting factors tied to bargaining power. Our paper aims to fill this gap by leveraging rich matched...

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Using subjective well-being as a headline indicator in dashboards to track human progress

Burger, Martijn J.; Courchesne, Sarah; Greyling, Talita; … - 2026

Gross Domestic Product (GDP) has long been used as a proxy for human progress, despite growing recognition of its limitations. Recently, numerous "beyond GDP" initiatives have emerged, promoting multidimensional dashboards to assess quality of life. However, these often lack a clear headline...

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From past ventures to present success : does human capital drive performance in entrepreneurship?

Rai, Sabhya - 2026

Accumulated entrepreneurial experience, as a form of human capital, plays a critical role in shaping current venture revenue. Building on insights from entrepreneurship and human capital theory, the study establishes a causal inverted U-shaped relationship between prior entrepreneurial...

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Female political leaders and public funding attraction : evidence from Italian municipalities

Picchio, Matteo; Santolini, Raffaella - 2026

We study the role of mayoral gender in attracting public funding in Italian municipalities. We exploit a novel administrative dataset containing detailed information on all projects aimed at the digitalisation of local public administrations and funded under Italy's National Recovery and...

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Burning rage : how heat shapes gender-based violence

Aina, Carmen; Parisi, Lavinia; Picchio, Matteo - 2026

Gender-based violence (GBV) remains a critical threat to women's safety and equality worldwide, yet the role of climate and environmental stressors in shaping violence against women remains underexplored, particularly in developed countries. This study identifies the causal impact of short-run...

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Cultural evolution and the deep roots of cooperation : a unified perspective

Galor, Oded - 2026

This essay frames the evolution of human cooperation as a two-layer process. A foundational layer, rooted in subsistence and ecological pressures, shaped cooperative dispositions unevenly, whereas an expansionary layer, rooted in conflict, political stratification, and shared infrastructure,...

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When the state takes over : nationalization, firm performance, and political backlash

González, Felipe; Prem, Mounu - 2026

We study the economic effects of a large nationalization program using newly assembled firmlevel data from Chile under Salvador Allende (1970-73). Using a difference-in-differences design, we show that nationalization substantially reduced firm performance and international business activity...

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Risk adjustment for ADRD in medicare advantage and health care experiences

Fu, Wei; Qian, Yuting; Karimi, Seyed; Zarei, Hamid; Chen, Xi - 2026

Failure to account for the full complexity and costs of high-need populations in the risk-adjusted capitated payment model for Medicare Advantage (MA) plans may create financial disincentives for plans to invest in comprehensive care for affected beneficiaries, potentially exacerbating health...

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