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Abstract. We use a research design created by forced migrations to examine the costs and benefits of leaving agriculture in mid-20th century Finland. After

ABSTRACT. We investigate the long-run effects of government surveillance on civic capital and economic performance, studying the case of the Stasi in East

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Abstract. Personal experiences of economic outcomes, from global financial crises to individual-level job losses, can shape individual beliefs, risk attitu

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More discretion in the selection of contractors facilitates corruption, increases contract expense, and decreases contractor efficiency

Abstract. I test the land and labor market effects of a property rights reform that computerized rural land records in Pakistan, making digitized records a

Abstract. We quantify the implications of voter bias and electoral competition for politicians’ gender composition. Unfavorable voters’ attitudes toward wo

Abstract. We study whether crony governance can extend beyond economic policy to the targeting of state violence against citizens. Specifically, we examine

Abstract. We examine how workers reacted to a pay cut in a sales call center setting in the United States. The pay cut was implemented by raising two pre-e

Abstract. I take advantage of a discontinuity in the probability of admission to a highly selective private university to estimate causal returns to invest

Abstract. This paper investigates the medium- to long-term effects on refugee labour market outcomes of the temporary employment bans being imposed on asyl

Abstract. This paper studies consumers’ choice between two different water tariffs. We document a large inaction in a novel setting where customers face a

Abstract. To understand why naiveté about present-biased behavior is so prevalent and persistent, our experiment investigates how well participants learn f

Abstract. We use detailed administrative data to study the adjustment of local labor markets to industrial robots in Germany. Robot exposure, as predicted