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Showing 1 to 20 of 64 for “"Applied Microeconomics"”.
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Essays in Applied Microeconomics
Existing literature demonstrates that peer age plays a crucial role in shaping student outcomes in elementary school. In the first chapter, I build on this literature by highlighting that differences in developmental rates between boys and girls likely lead to varying theoretical effects of peer …
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Essays in Applied Microeconomics
This dissertation has three chapters. In the first two chapters, I have studied the left-behind children issue in China. According to the latest statistics (2018 Ministry of Civil Affairs), there are 69.7 million children who are separated from their migrant worker parents and are receiving …
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Essays in Applied Microeconomics
… consists of three chapters and covers topics in applied microeconomics broadly defined as health and labor. The precise topics are varied, with their unifying thread being that they are all related to marginalized or at-risk communities. The first chapter estimates the impact of Daylight Saving …
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Essays in Applied Microeconomics
… as econometrics. Four of the essays are in the applied theory, while one is in the empirical tradition of applied economics. The first essay is concerned with the phenomenon of invormation avoidance. Several studies suggest that consumers do not always value more information about the product, …
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Essays in Applied Microeconomics
This dissertation broadly focuses on the role government should play in providing and financing education. The first chapter estimates the economic incidence of need-based student aid, one tool intended to ameliorate credit constraints in the market for higher education. The second chapter examines …
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Essays in Applied Microeconomics
This dissertation consists of three essays in applied microeconomics. The first chapter looks at whether the Social Security claiming behavior of husbands respond to the presence of Social Security spouse and survivor benefits paid to wives based on his earnings record. I separately estimate the …
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Essays in applied microeconomics
This dissertation is composed of two parts. In the first, I study a recent extension of the maternity leave mandate for public sector employees. In the second, I focus on the gender differential in housework hours and its evolution in the 2001-2009 period. For the maternity leave part, …
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Essays in applied microeconomics
This dissertation consists of three essays. The first essays, entitled ``The Effect of Insurance on Emergency Room Visits: An Analysis of the 2006 Massachusetts Health Reform,'' analyzes the impact of a major health reform in Massachusetts on emergency room (ER) visits. I exploit the variation in …
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Essays in applied microeconomics
Submission published under a 24 month embargo labeled 'Closed Access', the embargo will last until 2027-08-01
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Essays in applied microeconomics
Submission published under a 24 month embargo labeled 'U of I Access', the embargo will last until 2027-05-01
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Essays in applied microeconomics
Submission published under a 24 month embargo labeled 'U of I Access', the embargo will last until 2026-05-01
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Essays in applied microeconomics
Submission published under a 24 month embargo labeled 'Closed Access', the embargo will last until 2026-08-01
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Essays in applied microeconomics
Submission published under a 24 month embargo labeled 'U of I Access', the embargo will last until 2025-12-01
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Essays on applied microeconomics
Submission published under a 24 month embargo labeled 'U of I Access', the embargo will last until 2025-05-01
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Essays on applied microeconomics
Submission published under a 24 month embargo labeled 'Closed Access', the embargo will last until 2025-05-01
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Essays in applied microeconomics
Submission published under a 24 month embargo labeled 'Closed Access', the embargo will last until 2024-05-01
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Essays in applied microeconomics
Submission published under a 24 month embargo labeled 'Closed Access', the embargo will last until 2024-08-01
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Essays in applied microeconomics
In this dissertation, I explore three important topics in environmental, urban, and labor economics. In Chapter 1, I quantify the long-term consequences of oil and gas extraction. Pennsylvania has a long history of oil and gas extraction. When the production period ends, many wells are left behind …
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Essays on Applied Microeconomics
… dissertation includes three chapters that use applied microeconomics theory to assess three different economic questions. The first chapter analyzes the labor market effects of import competition from high-wage countries on emerging economies. Though abundant evidence shows that import …
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