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to attitudes collected in large U.K. surveys, we find that unusually hot weather caused significant reductions in support …
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Driving restrictions are popular interventions in rapidly urbanizing developing countries. Their relatively inexpensive implementation appeals to the pressing need to reduce traffic congestion and pollution. Their effectiveness however, remains contested. Using high frequency data from the...
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In May 2018, Scotland introduced a minimum unit price on alcohol. We examine the impact of this policy on traffic fatalities and drunk driving accidents. Using administrative data on the universe of vehicle collisions in Britain and a range of quasi-experimental modeling approaches, we do not...
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The presence of a heavy truck on the road can impose an externality if accidents occur that would not have otherwise. We find each additional truck on the road increases the risk of a truck accident – but also, at an even higher rate, the risk of a car-on-car collision. Our estimates imply two...
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The existing literature provides evidence that public opinion and attitudes often affect public policy. However, little … is known on how public policy might affect public attitudes and norms. I present new evidence on this topic by using age … with statistically significant deterioration in attitudes towards the necessity of health insurance among young adults who …
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This paper analyses immigrants' views about immigration, filling an important void in the immigration literature. In particular, it explores the role of statistical discrimination as a cause of possible opposition to immigration in absence of stringent immigration policies and large volumes of...
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In this paper, we empirically evaluate the effect of exposure to broadband Internet on attitudes towards immigrants. We …-in-difference instrumental variable model. We document a positive effect of broadband Internet penetration on attitudes towards immigrants at the …
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negative stereotypes, and can also deteriorate attitudes toward Hispanics. We rule out concerns that apprehensions might be …
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about the welfare system, are often believed to manifest themselves in hostile attitudes towards population groups that are … considered to be competitors for these resources. The question of how attitudes of majority populations towards immigration are … such attitudes. Our analysis is based on the British Social Attitudes Survey, which includes questions on attitudes towards …
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This paper provides a snapshot of the stock of immigrants in Germany using the 1995 wave of the Microzensus with a particular emphasis on distinguishing first- and second-generation migrants. On the basis of this portrait, we draw attention to the empirically most relevant groups of immigrants...
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