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The Impact of COVID-19 on Workers' Expectations and Preferences for Remote Work

Chen, Yuting; Cortés, Patricia; Koşar, Gizem; Pan, Jessica - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2023

We study how COVID-19 affected the prevalence, expectations, and attitudes toward remote work using specially designed surveys. The incidence of remote work remains higher than pre-pandemic levels and both men and women expect this to persist post-pandemic. Workers also report increased...

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The Impact of the Philadelphia Beverage Tax on Prices and Product Availability

Cawley, John - 2018

In recent years, numerous cities in the U.S. have enacted taxes on beverages to promote health and raise revenue. This paper examines the impact of Philadelphia's beverage tax, enacted in 2017, on the prices and availability of taxed beverages and untaxed beverages that may be substitutes for...

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Ambulance Utilization in New York City after the Implementation of the Affordable Care Act

Courtemanche, Charles - 2018

Expanding insurance coverage could, by insulating patients from having to pay full cost, encourage the utilization of arguably unnecessary medical services. It could also eliminate (or at least diminish) the need for emergency services through increasing access to preventive care. Using publicly...

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The Demand for Effective Charter Schools

Walters, Christopher R. - 2014

This paper studies the demand for charter schools in Boston, Massachusetts, with an emphasis on comparative advantage … score gains for disadvantaged, low-achieving students, but demand for charters is stronger among richer students and high …

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Access to Health Insurance and the Use of Inpatient Medical Care : Evidence from the Affordable Care Act Young Adult Mandate

Antwi, Yaa Akosa - 2014

The Affordable Care Act of 2010 expanded coverage to young adults by allowing them to remain on their parent's private health insurance until they turn 26 years old. While there is evidence on insurance effects, we know very little about use of general or specific forms of medical care. We study...

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Foreign Demand Shocks to Production Networks : Firm Responses and Worker Impacts

Dhyne, Emmanuel; Kikkawa, Ayumu Ken; Komatsu, Toshiaki; … - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2022

We quantify and explain the firm responses and worker impacts of foreign demand shocks to domestic production networks … estimates of firm responses suggest that Belgian firms pass on a large share of a foreign demand shock to their domestic … in foreign demand propagate through a small open economy and affect firms and workers. Our results suggest that the way …

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Health at older ages : the causes and consequences of declining disability among the elderly

Cutler, David M. (ed.); Wise, David A. (contributor) - 2008

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Risk Matters : The Real Effects of Volatility Shocks

Fernández-Villaverde, Jesús - 2009

This paper shows how changes in the volatility of the real interest rate at which small open emerging economies borrow have a quantitatively important effect on real variables like output, consumption, investment, and hours worked. To motivate our investigation, we document the strong evidence...

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Consumption, Income, and Material Well-Being After Welfare Reform

Meyer, Bruce D. - 2006

This paper investigates how material well-being has changed over time for those at the bottom of the distributions of income and consumption. We document the sharp differences between recent trends in measured income and consumption, focusing on families headed by a single mother. Since the...

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Growth-Rate and Uncertainty Shocks in Consumption : Cross-Country Evidence

Nakamura, Emi - 2012

We provide new estimates of the importance of growth rate and uncertainty shocks for developed countries. The shocks we estimate are large and correspond to well-known macroeconomic episodes such as the Great Moderation and the productivity slowdown. We compare our results to earlier estimates...

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