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Sick Leave Cuts and (Unhealthy) Returns to Work Journal of Labor Economics (IF 4.179) Pub Date : 2022-04-28 Olivier Marie,Judit Vall Castello
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The Direct and Spillover Effects of a Nationwide Socio-Emotional Learning Program for Disruptive Students Journal of Labor Economics (IF 4.179) Pub Date : 2022-04-18 Clement de Chaisemartin,Nicolás Navarrete
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The Health and Welfare Effects of Increases in Workers’ Compensation Benefits Journal of Labor Economics (IF 4.179) Pub Date : 2022-04-18 Lu Jinks
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Understanding the Effect of Parental Education and Financial Resources on the Intergenerational Transmission of Income Journal of Labor Economics (IF 4.179) Pub Date : 2022-04-12 Aiday Sikhova
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Interactions with Powerful Female Colleagues Promote Diversity in Hiring Journal of Labor Economics (IF 4.179) Pub Date : 2022-04-12 Marco Battaglini,Jorgen Harris,Eleonora Patacchini
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Wage Inequality in Germany after the Minimum Wage Introduction Journal of Labor Economics (IF 4.179) Pub Date : 2022-04-12 Mario Bossler,Thorsten Schank
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The Effect of School and Neighborhood Peers on Achievement, Misbehavior, and Adult Crime Journal of Labor Economics (IF 4.179) Pub Date : 2022-04-06 Stephen Billings,Mark Hoekstra
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Childcare over the Business Cycle Journal of Labor Economics (IF 4.179) Pub Date : 2022-04-01 Jessica H. Brown,Chris M. Herbst
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The Intergenerational Transmission of Human Capital: Evidence from the Golden Age of Upward Mobility Journal of Labor Economics (IF 4.179) Pub Date : 2022-04-01 David Card,Ciprian Domnisoru,Lowell Taylor
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Minimum Wages, Wages, and Price Pass-Through: The Case of McDonald’s Restaurants Journal of Labor Economics (IF 4.179) Pub Date : 2022-04-01 Orley Ashenfelter,Štěpán Jurajda
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Artificial Intelligence and Jobs: Evidence from Online Vacancies Journal of Labor Economics (IF 4.179) Pub Date : 2022-04-01 Daron Acemoglu,David Autor,Jonathon Hazell,Pascual Restrepo
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Seeing beyond the Trees: Using Machine Learning to Estimate the Impact of Minimum Wages on Labor Market Outcomes Journal of Labor Economics (IF 4.179) Pub Date : 2022-04-01 Doruk Cengiz,Arindrajit Dube,Attila Lindner,David Zentler-Munro
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Wage Posting or Wage Bargaining? A Test Using Dual Jobholders Journal of Labor Economics (IF 4.179) Pub Date : 2022-04-01 Marta Lachowska,Alexandre Mas,Raffaele Saggio,Stephen A. Woodbury
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Nonlinear Class Size Effects on Cognitive and Noncognitive Development of Young Children Journal of Labor Economics (IF 4.179) Pub Date : 2022-04-01 Marie Connolly,Catherine Haeck
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Why Do Sectoral Employment Programs Work? Lessons from WorkAdvance Journal of Labor Economics (IF 4.179) Pub Date : 2022-04-01 Lawrence F. Katz,Jonathan Roth,Richard Hendra,Kelsey Schaberg
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Introduction to a Special Issue in Honor of Alan B. Krueger Journal of Labor Economics (IF 4.179) Pub Date : 2022-04-01 David Card,Alexandre Mas
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Elite Schools and Opting In: Effects of College Selectivity on Career and Family Outcomes Journal of Labor Economics (IF 4.179) Pub Date : 2022-04-01 Suqin Ge,Elliott Isaac,Amalia Miller
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Does Money Still Matter? Attainment and Earnings Effects of Post-1990 School Finance Reforms Journal of Labor Economics (IF 4.179) Pub Date : 2022-04-01 Jesse Rothstein,Diane Whitmore Schanzenbach
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The Impact of Ford Motor Company’s Voluntary Equal Wage Policy on Detroit’s Wage Gap in the 1940s Journal of Labor Economics (IF 4.179) Pub Date : 2022-04-01 Jonathan A. Lanning,C. Lockwood Reynolds
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Why Do Women Earn Less than Men? Evidence from Bus and Train Operators Journal of Labor Economics (IF 4.179) Pub Date : 2022-04-01 Valentin Bolotnyy,Natalia Emanuel
Female workers earn $0.89 for each male-worker dollar even in a unionized workplace where tasks, wages, and promotion schedules are identical for men and women by design. Using administrative time-card data on bus and train operators, we show that this earnings gap can be explained by female operators taking fewer hours of overtime and more hours of unpaid time-off than male operators. Female operators
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The Effect of Grade Retention on Adult Crime: Evidence from a Test-Based Promotion Policy Journal of Labor Economics (IF 4.179) Pub Date : 2022-04-01 Ozkan Eren,Michael F. Lovenheim,H. Naci Mocan
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World War II, the Baby Boom, and Employment: County-Level Evidence Journal of Labor Economics (IF 4.179) Pub Date : 2022-04-01 Abel Brodeur,Lamis Kattan
This paper examines the impact of male casualties due to World War II on fertility and female employment in the United States. We rely on the number of casualties at the county-level and use a difference-in-differences strategy. While most counties in the U.S. experienced a Baby Boom following the war, we find that the in- crease in fertility was lower in high-casualty rate counties than in low-casualty
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Constraints on Hours within the Firm Journal of Labor Economics (IF 4.179) Pub Date : 2022-04-01 Claudio Labanca,Dario Pozzoli
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Does Minimum Wage Increase Labor Productivity? Evidence from Piece Rate Workers Journal of Labor Economics (IF 4.179) Pub Date : 2022-04-01 Hyejin Ku
We examine worker effort as a potential margin of adjustment to a minimum wage hike using unique data on piece rate workers who perform a homogenous task and whose individual output is rigorously recorded. By employing a difference-in-differences strategy that exploits the increase in Florida’s minimum wage from $6.79 to $7.21 on January 1, 2009, and worker location on the pre-2009 productivity distribution
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How Much Should we Trust Estimates of Firm Effects and Worker Sorting? Journal of Labor Economics (IF 4.179) Pub Date : 2022-03-24 Stephane Bonhomme,Kerstin Holzheu,Thibaut Lamadon,Elena Manresa,Magne Mogstad,Bradley Setzler
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The Consequences of Letter Grades on Labor Market Outcomes and Student Behavior Journal of Labor Economics (IF 4.179) Pub Date : 2022-03-23 Brandon Joel Tan
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When the Stadium Goes Silent: How Crowds Affect the Performance of Discriminated Groups Journal of Labor Economics (IF 4.179) Pub Date : 2022-03-22 Mauro Caselli,Paolo Falco,Gianpiero Mattera
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Network Connections and Board Seats: Are Female Networks Less Valuable? Journal of Labor Economics (IF 4.179) Pub Date : 2022-03-22 Emma von Essen,Nina Smith
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Foreign Students in College and the Supply of STEM Graduates Journal of Labor Economics (IF 4.179) Pub Date : 2022-03-22 Massimo Anelli,Kevin Shih,Kevin Williams
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Optimal Allocation of Seats in the Presence of Peer Effects: Evidence from a Job Training Program Journal of Labor Economics (IF 4.179) Pub Date : 2022-03-22 Isaac M Opper,Matthew D Baird,John Engberg
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Putting the Husband Through: Role of Credit Constraints in Timing of Marriage and Spousal Education Journal of Labor Economics (IF 4.179) Pub Date : 2022-03-04 Murat Iyigun,Jeanne Lafortune
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Mothers Working during Preschool Years and Child Skills: Does Income Compensate? Journal of Labor Economics (IF 4.179) Pub Date : 2022-03-04 Emma Tominey,Cheti Nicoletti,Kjell Salvanes
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Borrowing Constraints and the Dynamics of Return and Repeat Migration Journal of Labor Economics (IF 4.179) Pub Date : 2022-03-04 Joseph-Simon Goerlach
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Workplace Incentives and Organizational Learning Journal of Labor Economics (IF 4.179) Pub Date : 2022-03-04 Francesco Amodio,Miguel Angel Martinez-Carrasco
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The Minimum Wage, Self-Employment, and the Online Gig Economy Journal of Labor Economics (IF 4.179) Pub Date : 2022-03-04 Benjamin Glasner
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Nevertheless She Persisted? Gender Peer Effects in Doctoral STEM Programs. Journal of Labor Economics (IF 4.179) Pub Date : 2022-02-11 Valerie K Bostwick,Bruce A Weinberg
We study the effects of peer gender composition in STEM doctoral programs on persistence and degree completion. Leveraging unique new data and quasi-random variation in gender composition across cohorts within programs, we show that women entering cohorts with no female peers are 11.7pp less likely to graduate within 6 years than their male counterparts. A 1 sd increase in the percentage of female
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Education Transmission and Network Formation Journal of Labor Economics (IF 4.179) Pub Date : 2022-01-18 Vincent Boucher,Carlo L. Del Bello,Fabrizio Panebianco,Thierry Verdier,Yves Zenou
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School Finance Equalization Increases Intergenerational Mobility Journal of Labor Economics (IF 4.179) Pub Date : 2022-01-18 Barbara Biasi
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Explaining Recent Trends in US School Segregation Journal of Labor Economics (IF 4.179) Pub Date : 2022-01-18 Gregorio Caetano,Vikram Maheshri
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Does Remedial Education in Late Childhood Pay Off After All? Long-Run Consequences for University Schooling, Labor Market Outcomes, and Intergenerational Mobility Journal of Labor Economics (IF 4.179) Pub Date : 2022-01-01 Victor Lavy,Assaf Kott,Genia Rachkovski
We analyze the long-term effects of a high school remedial education program almost two decades after its implementation. Treated students experienced an 11% increase in completed years of postsecondary schooling, a 4% increase in annual earnings, and a significant increase in intergenerational income mobility. These gains reflect improvement of students mainly from below-median-income families. We
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Demand Conditions and Worker Safety: Evidence from Price Shocks in Mining Journal of Labor Economics (IF 4.179) Pub Date : 2022-01-01 Kerwin Kofi Charles,Matthew S. Johnson,Melvin Stephens,Do Q. Lee
We investigate how demand conditions affect employers’ provision of safety—something about which theory is ambivalent. Positive demand shocks relax financial constraints that limit safety investment but simultaneously raise the opportunity cost of increasing safety rather than production. We study the US metals mining sector, leveraging exogenous demand shocks from short-term variation in global commodity
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Legacy and Athlete Preferences at Harvard Journal of Labor Economics (IF 4.179) Pub Date : 2022-01-01 Peter Arcidiacono,Josh Kinsler,Tyler Ransom
We use public documents from the Students for Fair Admissions v. Harvard University lawsuit to examine admissions preferences for recruited athletes, legacies, those on the dean’s interest list, and children of faculty and staff (ALDCs). More than 43% of white admits are ALDC; the share for African American, Asian American, and Hispanics is less than 16%. Our model of admissions shows that roughly
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Affirmative Action and Human Capital Investment: Evidence from a Randomized Field Experiment Journal of Labor Economics (IF 4.179) Pub Date : 2022-01-01 Christopher S. Cotton,Brent R. Hickman,Joseph P. Price
We conduct a field experiment paying students according to relative performance on a mathematics exam and tracking study efforts on a mathematics website to test the incentive effects of affirmative action (AA) policies on study effort and math proficiency. AA increases study effort and exam performance for the majority of disadvantaged students targeted by the policy. While the performance of the
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How Widespread Are Social Network Effects? Evidence from the Early Twentieth-Century United States Journal of Labor Economics (IF 4.179) Pub Date : 2022-01-01 Hui Ren Tan
How widespread are social network effects? To answer this, I introduce a page-based approach for identifying individuals living in close proximity and compare how the propensity to work in the same industry varies among worker pairs residing in the same versus different areas. Across the 70 largest cities in the early twentieth-century United States, those from the same area are more likely to work
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Motivating Employees through Career Paths Journal of Labor Economics (IF 4.179) Pub Date : 2022-01-01 Heski Bar-Isaac,Raphaël Lévy
Firms have discretion over task allocations, which may dampen employees’ career prospects and, hence, their motivation. Task assignments and worker motivation interact through the extent of labor market competition—that is, the possibility of moving to another firm. More competition enhances motivation but decreases firms’ incentives to assign workers to informative tasks. One consequence is that competitive
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Firm Decisions and Variation across Universities in Access to High-Wage Jobs: Evidence from Employer Recruiting Journal of Labor Economics (IF 4.179) Pub Date : 2022-01-01 Russell Weinstein
I show that firm location decisions create barriers to accessing high-wage employers for students at distant universities. I collect office locations and campus recruiting strategies for more than 70 banking and consulting firms from 2000 to 2013. After firms open an office, students at nearby universities are nearly four times more likely to have on-campus access to the firm. Access increases for
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A Different Land of Opportunity: The Geography of Intergenerational Mobility in the Early 20th-Century US Journal of Labor Economics (IF 4.179) Pub Date : 2021-12-17 Hui Ren Tan
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Understanding the Effects of Workfare Policies on Child Human Capital Journal of Labor Economics (IF 4.179) Pub Date : 2021-12-17 Jorge Rodriguez
Workfare policies induce people to work more and thus increase their economic self-sufficiency. However, as parents spend less time at home, workfare policies might have negative effects on children’s development. I study the mechanisms by which workfare policies affect children by exploiting experimental evidence from “New Hope” (Milwaukee, 1994-1997). The program randomly assigned an earnings subsidy—similar
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What Causes the Child Penalty? Evidence from Adopting and Same-Sex Couples Journal of Labor Economics (IF 4.179) Pub Date : 2021-12-17 Martin Andresen,Emily Nix
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Scaring or Scarring? Labour Market Effects of Criminal Victimisation Journal of Labor Economics (IF 4.179) Pub Date : 2021-12-17 Anna Bindler,Nadine Ketel
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Reconciling Occupational Mobility in the Current Population Survey Journal of Labor Economics (IF 4.179) Pub Date : 2021-12-17 Christian vom Lehn,Cache Ellsworth,Zachary Kroff
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Empowerment, Task Commitment, and Performance Pay Journal of Labor Economics (IF 4.179) Pub Date : 2021-12-08 Michael Beckmann,Matthias Kräkel
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Specialization, Comparative Advantage, and the Sexual Division of Labor Journal of Labor Economics (IF 4.179) Pub Date : 2021-12-07 Peter Siminski,Rhiannon Yetsenga
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Matching in the Dark? Inequalities in Student to Degree Match Journal of Labor Economics (IF 4.179) Pub Date : 2021-12-07 Stuart Campbell,Lindsey Macmillan,Richard Murphy,Gill Wyness
This paper examines inequalities in the match between student quality and university quality using linked administrative data from schools, universities and tax authorities. We analyse two measures of match at the university-subject (degree) level, based on student academic achievement, and graduate earnings. We find that students from lower socio-economic groups systematically undermatch for both
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Name Your Friends, but Only Five? The Importance of Censoring in Peer Effects Estimates using Social Network Data Journal of Labor Economics (IF 4.179) Pub Date : 2021-11-01 Alan Griffith
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The EITC and Maternal Time Use: More Time Working and Less Time with Kids? Journal of Labor Economics (IF 4.179) Pub Date : 2021-10-20 Jacob Bastian,Lance Lochner
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The Relative Effectiveness of Teachers and Learning Software: Evidence from a Field Experiment in El Salvador Journal of Labor Economics (IF 4.179) Pub Date : 2021-10-20 Konstantin Büchel,Martina Jakob,Christoph Kühnhanss,Daniel Steffen,Aymo Brunetti
This study provides novel evidence on the relative effectiveness of computer-assisted learning (CAL) software and traditional teaching. Based on a randomized controlled trial in Salvadoran primary schools, we evaluate three interventions that aim to improve learning outcomes in mathematics: (i) teacher-led classes, (ii) CAL classes monitored by a technical supervisor, and (iii) CAL classes instructed
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Does Ageist Language in Job Ads Predict Age Discrimination in Hiring? Journal of Labor Economics (IF 4.179) Pub Date : 2021-10-20 Ian Burn,Patrick Button,Luis Munguia Corella,David Neumark
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A Pay Change and Its Long-term Consequences Journal of Labor Economics (IF 4.179) Pub Date : 2021-10-20 Miriam Krueger,Guido Friebel
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World War II and Black Economic Progress Journal of Labor Economics (IF 4.179) Pub Date : 2021-08-23 Andreas Ferrara