Accelerators have become crucial facilitators of entrepreneurial growth, yet empirical research on their effectiveness remains fragmented and inconclusive. To this extent, this paper conducts a comprehensive meta-analysis to synthesize quantitative findings and assess the impact of accelerator...

Behavioral science interventions like incentives, nudges, and boosts are increasingly used in public policy, but their effectiveness remains debated. We conducted a meta-meta-analysis on behavior change interventions across health, finance, and sustainability outcomes. Our analysis covers 838...

This paper conducts a meta-regression analysis of 319 estimates from 76 empirical studies that quantify the unexplained component of hukou-based relative wage gaps in China. On average, the reported unexplained relative hukou wage gap across studies is 10.6%. We investigate how methodological...

Process curves are multivariate finite time series data coming from manufacturing processes. This paper studies machine learning that detect drifts in process curve datasets. A theoretic framework to synthetically generate process curves in a controlled way is introduced in order to benchmark...

Migration brings strong economic benefits in the short term and even greater long-term benefits as it contributes to innovation, investment and economic dynamism. The costs of additional migrants are borne by communities that feel pressure on local services, while the benefits are spread more...

The number of Indian migrants in Germany has risen sharply in recent years. In particular, they are helping alleviate the shortage of skilled workers in STEM professions. For Germany, India is the most important country of origin for labour and education migration. Currently, the profile of...

We study macroeconomic fluctuations in the United Kingdom over seven centuries (1271-2022) using a time-varying VAR with stochastic volatility. We identify business cycle shocks as innovations explaining the largest share of future output variance. Before 1900, these shocks display a...

This study scrutinizes the portrayal of Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) in the Turkish series “A Miracle” and its reception. Through meticulous content analysis grounded in DSM-5 criteria, 1081 symptoms were identified, predominantly reflecting social communication deficits (69%) and...

In this paper, we study the coexistence of cash and electronic payments introducing some distortions in the payments markets to understand the widespread use of cash, specially in emerging countries. Following Lagos and Wright (2005) we model explicitly some frictions in the exchange process...

We adapted a violence-prevention, parenting program (the Irie Homes Toolbox, or IHT) for integration into Jamaican preschool services. The adapted IHT was evaluated in a mixed-method feasibility trial in Kingston, Jamaica. Twenty-four preschools were randomly assigned to intervention (n12) or...