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WP 216 The Impact of BMI on Mental Health: Further Evidence from Genetic Markers

Vikesh Amin, Carlos A. Flores & Alfonso Flores-Lagunes

The authors examine the relationship between body mass index and mental health for young adults and elderly individuals.

July 31, 2019

WP 215 The Effects of EITC Exposure in Childhood on Marriage and Early Childbearing

Katherine Michelmore & Leonard M. Lopoo

This study analyzes the effect of exposure to the Earned Income Tax Credit in childhood on marriage and childbearing in early adulthood.

March 31, 2019

See related: Parenting & Family

WP 214 Structural Changes in Heterogeneous Panels with Endogenous Regressors

Badi H. Baltagi, Qu Feng & Chihwa Kao

This paper extends Pesaran (2006) by allowing for endogenous regressors in large heterogeneous panels with unknown common structural changes.

March 31, 2019

WP 213 Testing for Shifts in a Time Trend Panel Data Model

Badi H.Baltagi, Chihwa Kao & Long Liu

The testing is done with serially correlated error component disturbances, without any prior knowledge of whether the error term is stationary or nonstationary.

January 31, 2019

WP 212 Who Benefits from Accountability-Driven School Closure? Evidence from New York City

Robert Bifulco & David Schwegman

November 30, 2018

WP 211 Contagious Exporting and Foreign Ownership

Badi H. Baltagi, Peter H. Egger, and Michaela Kesina

Findings show foreign investor and export success result in some firms reducing costs associated with exporting or foreign ownership in other firms.

March 31, 2018

WP 210 Rental Market Discrimination against Same-Sex Couples

David Schwegman

December 31, 2017

See related: State & Local

WP 203 Let Them Eat Lunch: The Impact of Universal Free Meals on Student Performance

Amy Ellen Schwartz & Michah Rothbart

This paper investigates the impact of extending free school lunch to all students on academic performance in New York City middle schools.

November 30, 2017

WP 209 Determinants of Firm-Level Domestic Sales and Exports with Spillovers: Evidence from China

Badi H. Baltagi, Peter H. Egger, and Michaela Kesina

August 31, 2017

WP 207 Network Effects on Labor Contracts of Internal Migrants in China

Badi H. Baltagi, Ying Deng & Xiangjun Ma

August 31, 2017

WP 208 Robust Linear Static Panel Data Models Using ε-Contamination

adi H. Baltagi, Georges Bresson, Anoop Chaturvedi & Guy Lacroix

August 31, 2017

WP 206 Pregnancy Medicaid Expansions and Fertility

Lincoln H. Groves, Sarah Hamersma & Leonard M. Lopoo

The authors revisit the 1980s Medicaid expansions for pregnant women to estimate the heterogeneous impacts of public health insurance access on childbirth.

July 31, 2017

WP 204 Financing Central Cities

Michael Wasylenko

The working paper reviews the urban economics and local public finance literature in the context of fiscal viability of central cities.

June 30, 2017

WP 202 What are the Financial Implications of Public Quality Disclosure?

Rachel Meltzer, Michah W. Rothbart, Amy Ellen Schwartz, Thad Calabrese, Diana Silver, Tod Mijanovich & Meryle Weinstein

This paper explores the possible meaningful financial repercussions of restaurant grading.

March 31, 2017

WP 200 The Effects of State and Federal Mental Health Parity Laws on Working Time

Jinqi Ye

The author provides empirical evidence on the impacts of state & federal mental health parity laws on related labor market outcomes, particularly working time.

January 31, 2017

WP 201 The Effect of Workplace Inspections on Worker Safety

Ling Li & Perry Singleton

January 31, 2017

WP 199 Measuring the Financial Shocks of Natural Disasters: A Panel Study of U.S. States

Qing Miao, Yilin Hou & Michael Abrigo

This paper employs panel vector autoregression to examine the dynamic fiscal response to disaster shocks.

November 30, 2016

See related: Natural Disasters

WP 193 Incentivizing Healthy Eating in Children

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

WP 198 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

WP 194 The Identification and Estimation of a Large Factor Model with Structural Instability

Badi H. Baltagi, Chihwa Kao & Fa Wang

October 31, 2016