A rich economic literature has examined the human capital impacts of disease-eliminating health interventions, such as the rollout of new vaccines. This literature is based on reduced-form approaches which exploit proxies for disease burden, such as mortality, instead of actual infection counts,...

This paper studies the consequences of the buildup of a new economic sector—the Norwegian petroleum industry—on investment in human capital. We assess both short-term and long-term effects for a broad set of educational margins, by comparing individuals in regions exposed to the new sector...

Have the recent changes in reproductive rights changed women's perceptions of discrimination and fair treatment relative to men's perceptions? To address this question, we collected online survey data (N=1,374) during spring 2023 using a randomized design that provided information about the...