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Temperature and the Allocation of Time: Implications for Climate Change

Graff Zivin, Joshua; Neidell, Matthew J. - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2010

In this paper we estimate the impacts of climate change on the allocation of time using econometric models that exploit plausibly exogenous variation in daily temperature over time within counties. We find large reductions in U.S. labor supply in industries with high exposure to climate and...

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Goldilocks Economies? Temperature Stress and the Direct Impacts of Climate Change

Heal, Geoffrey; Park, Jisung - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2015

We review recent literature on the effect of temperature stress on economic activity, operating through basic human physiology. There is growing evidence from both micro and macro studies of causal impacts of extreme temperature on health, labor supply, and labor productivity, driven in large...

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Does School Autonomy Make Sense Everywhere? Panel Estimates from PISA

Hanushek, Eric; Woessmann, Ludger; Link, Susanne - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2011

Decentralization of decision-making is among the most intriguing recent school reforms, in part because countries went in opposite directions over the past decade and because prior evidence is inconclusive. We suggest that autonomy may be conducive to student achievement in well-developed...

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Medieval Universities, Legal Institutions, and the Commercial Revolution

Cantoni, Davide; Yuchtman, Noam - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2012

We present new data documenting medieval Europe's "Commercial Revolution'' using information on the establishment of markets in Germany. We use these data to test whether medieval universities played a causal role in expanding economic activity, examining the foundation of Germany's first...

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Empowering Women Through Education: Evidence from Sierra Leone

Mocan, Naci H.; Cannonier, Colin - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2012

-school age children but did not benefit children who were older. We exploit the variation in access to the program generated by … regarding violence against women. An increase in education has also reduced the number of desired children by women and …

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Estimating the Production Function for Human Capital: Results from a Randomized Control Trial in Colombia

Attanasio, Orazio; Meghir, Costas; Cattan, Sarah; … - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2015

We examine the channels through which a randomized early childhood intervention in Colombia led to significant gains in … cognitive and socio-emotional skills among a sample of disadvantaged children. We estimate production functions for cognitive …

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Institutions, Human Capital and Development

Acemoglu, Daron; Robinson, James Alan; Gallego, Francisco - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2014

In this paper we revisit the relationship between institutions, human capital and development. We argue that empirical models that treat institutions and human capital as exogenous are misspecified both because of the usual omitted variable bias problems and because of differential measurement...

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Human Capital, Economic Growth, and Inequality in China

Heckman, James J.; Yi, Junjian - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2012

China's rapid growth was fueled by substantial physical capital investments applied to a large stock of medium skilled labor acquired before economic reforms began. As development proceeded, the demand for high skilled labor has grown, and, in the past decade, China has made substantial...

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The Effect of Village-Based Schools: Evidence from a Randomized Controlled Trial in Afghanistan

Burde, Dana; Linden, Leigh L. - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2012

We conduct a randomized evaluation of the effect of village-based schools on children's academic performance using a … sample of 31 villages and 1,490 children in rural northwestern Afghanistan. The program significantly increases enrollment … and test scores among all children, eliminates the 21 percentage point gender disparity in enrollment, and dramatically …

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The Effects of "Girl-Friendly" Schools: Evidence from the BRIGHT School Construction Program in Burkina Faso

Kazianga, Harounan; Levy, Dan; Linden, Leigh L.; Sloan, Matt - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2012

enrollment of all children between the ages of 5 and 12 by 20 percentage points and increased their test scores by 0.45 standard … deviations. The change in test scores for those children caused to attend school by the program is 2.2 standard deviations. We …

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