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Stationary Points for Parametric Stochastic Frontier Models

William C. Horrace & Ian A. Wright
Stability of the stationary point and "wrong skew" results are derived or simulated for common parametric assumptions on the model. Identification is discussed.
October 31, 2016

The Academic Effects of Chronic Exposure to Neighborhood Violence

Amy Ellen Schwartz, Agustina Laurito, Johanna Lacoe, Patrick Sharkey & Ingrid Gould Ellen
October 31, 2016

See related: Crime & Violence

Housing Price Bubbles, New Supply, and Within-City Dynamics

Crocker H. Liu, Adam Nowak & Stuart S. Rosenthal
October 31, 2016

See related: Housing

Incentivizing Healthy Eating in Children: An Investigation of the "Ripple" and "Temporal" Effects of Reward-Based Interventions

Saied Toossi
The author examines the impact of reward-based incentives in inducing the choice and consumption of healthier foods among children.
October 31, 2016

Retention Heterogeneity in New York City Schools

Douglas Almond, Ajin Lee & Amy Ellen Schwartz
Using regression discontinuity methods, the authors find that female students are 25% more likely to be retained in their grade due to exam failure than boys. 
October 31, 2016

See related: New York State

The Health Care Expenditure and Income: A Global Perspective

Badi H. Baltagi, Raffaele Lagravinese, Francesco Moscone & Elisa Tosetti
This paper investigates the long-run economic relationship between health care expenditure and income in the world.
October 31, 2016

Government Spending and the Distribution of Economic Growth

Susan E. Mayer, Leonard M. Lopoo & Lincoln H. Groves
September 30, 2016

The Impact of Aging out of WIC on Food Security in Households with Children

Irma Arteaga, Colleen Heflin & Sara Gable
September 30, 2016

See related: Aging, Food Security

A Roadmap For Reducing Gun Violence in America

Daniel Webster
September 30, 2016

The US Presidential Candidates and the Economy

Leonard E. Burman
September 30, 2016

See related: Taxation, U.S. Elections

Do Top Dogs Rule in Middle School? Evidence on Bullying, Safety, and Belonging

Amy Ellen Schwartz, Leanna Stiefel & Michah W. Rothbart
September 30, 2016

See related: Education

The Great Recession and America’s Geography of Unemployment

Brian Thiede & Shannon M. Monnat
September 26, 2016

See related: Labor

An Analysis of the House GOP Tax Plan

Jim Nunns, Leonard E. Burman, Ben Page, Jeff Rohaly & Joe Rosenberg
September 15, 2016

See related: Taxation

Skill Transferability, Migration, and Development: Evidence from Population Resettlement in Indonesia

Samuel Bazzi, Arya Gaduh, Alexander D. Rothenberg & Maisy Wong
August 31, 2016

A Framework for Measurement Error in Self-Reported Health Conditions

Ling Li & Perry Singleton
This study develops and estimates a model of measurement error in self-reported health conditions. 
July 31, 2016

Measuring Social Tension from Income Class Segregation

Yoonseok Lee & Donggyun Shin
July 18, 2016

Why Don't Housing Choice Voucher Recipients Live Near Better Schools? Insights from Big Data

Ingrid Gould Ellen, Keren Mertens Horn & Amy Ellen Schwartz
June 26, 2016

See related: Housing

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