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Do Labor Market Policies Have Displacement Effects? Evidence from a Clustered Randomized Experiment
Crépon, Bruno; Duflo, Esther; Gurgand, Marc; Rathelot, … - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2012
This paper reports the results from a randomized experiment designed to evaluate the direct and indirect (displacement) impacts of job placement assistance on the labor market outcomes of young, educated job seekers in France. We use a two-step design. In the first step, the proportions of job...
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Fat City: Questioning the Relationship Between Urban Sprawl and Obesity
Eid, Jean; Overman, Henry G; Puga, Diego; Turner, Matthew A - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2007
We study the relationship between urban sprawl and obesity. Using data that tracks individuals over time, we find no … evidence that urban sprawl causes obesity. We show that previous findings of a positive relationship most likely reflect a … neighbourhoods. Our results indicate that current interest in changing the built environment to counter the rise in obesity is …
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Reading to young children: a head-start in life?
Kalb, Guyonne; Ours, Jan C van - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2013
This paper investigates the importance of parents reading to their young children. Using Australian data we find that parental reading to children at age 4 to 5 has positive and significant effects on reading skills and cognitive skills of these children at least up to age 10 or 11. Our findings...
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Mafia and Public Spending: Evidence on the Fiscal Multiplier from a Quasi-experiment
Acconcia, Antonio; Corsetti, Giancarlo; Simonelli, Saverio - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2011
We estimate the multiplier relying on differences in spending in infrastructure across Italian provinces and an instrument identifying investment changes that are large and exogenous to local cyclical conditions. We derive our instrument from the Law mandating the interruption of public work on...
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Using Randomization in Development Economics Research: A Toolkit
Duflo, Esther; Glennerster, Rachel; Kremer, Michael - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2007
This paper is a practical guide (a toolkit) for researchers, students and practitioners wishing to introduce randomization as part of a research design in the field. It first covers the rationale for the use of randomization, as a solution to selection bias and a partial solution to publication...
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The Evolution of Cooperative Norms: Evidence from a Natural Field Experiment
Bandiera, Oriana; Barankay, Iwan; Rasul, Imran - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2005
We document the establishment and evolution of a cooperative norm among workers using evidence from a natural field experiment on a leading UK farm. Workers are paid according to a relative incentive scheme under which increasing individual effort raises a worker's own pay but imposes a negative...
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The Price of Prejudice
Hedegaard, Morten; Tyran, Jean-Robert - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2014
We present a new type of field experiment to investigate ethnic prejudice in the workplace. Our design allows us to study how potential discriminators respond to changes in the cost of discrimination. We find that ethnic discrimination is common but remarkably responsive to the "price of...
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You Can Pick Your Friends, But You Need to Watch Them: Loan Screening and Enforcement in a Referrals Field Experiment
Bryan, Gharad; Karlan, Dean S.; Zinman, Jonathan - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2012
We examine a randomized trial that allows separate identification of peer screening and enforcement of credit contracts. A South African microlender offered half its clients a bonus for referring a friend who repaid a loan. For the remaining clients, the bonus was conditional on loan approval....
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Non-cognitive skill formation in poor neighbourhoods of urban India
Krishnan, Pramila; Krutikova, Sofya - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2013
Recent labour market research has shown that a good education comprises investment in both cognitive and non-cognitive skills. We examine the impact of a long-term programme designed to raise non-cognitive skills of children and adolescents in slums in Bombay. We use a cross-cutting design with...
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Agricultural Decisions after Relaxing Credit and Risk Constraints
Karlan, Dean S.; Osei, Robert; Osei-Akoto, Isaac; Udry, … - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2012
The investment decisions of small-scale farmers in developing countries are conditioned by their financial environment. Binding credit market constraints and incomplete insurance can reduce investment in activities with high expected profits. We conducted several experiments in northern Ghana in...
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