Der Preis der Schwedischen Reichsbank für Wirtschaftswissenschaften im Gedenkenan Alfred Nobel geht im Jahr 2023 an Claudia Goldin, die Henry-Lee-Professorin fürWirtschaftswissenschaften an der Harvard-Universität. Sie ist sowohl Arbeitsökonominals auch Wirtschaftshistorikerin und erst die...

Atwood analyzes the effects of the 1963 U.S. measles vaccination on long-run labor market out-comes, using a generalized difference-in-differences approach. We reproduce the results of thispaper and perform a battery of robustness checks. Overall, we confirm that the measles vaccinationhad...

This paper examines the impact of tuition fees on graduation rates among high-school leavers. We analyse the introduction of fees in several German states in 2006-07 (around EUR 1,000 annually), using administrative microdata on all university graduates and a difference-in-differences approach....

To reduce cheating in written tests and exams, assessors often randomly vary the order of questions across students. However, little is known about the potential unintended side effects of question order. This paper examines whether randomizing students to start with an easier or harder question...