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Abrams, David S.: Estimating the Deterrent Effect of Incarceration using Sentencing Enhancements

Aker, Jenny Carson; Ksoll, Christopher and Lybbert, Travis: Can Mobile Phones Improve Learning? Evidence from a Field Experiment in Niger

Almeida, Rita and Carneiro, Pedro: Enforcement of Labor Regulation and Informality

Attanasio, Orazio Pietro; Barr, Abigail; Cardenas, Juan-camilo; Genicot, Garance and Meghir, Costas: Risk Pooling, Risk Preferences, and Social Networks [Preview] [Data Set] [Appendix]

Bailey, Martha Jane; Hershbein, Brad J. and Miller, Amalia Rebecca: The Opt-In Revolution? Contraception and the Gender Gap in Wages

Bailey, Martha Jane: Reexamining the Impact of Family Planning Programs on Fertility: Evidence from the U.S. War on Poverty and the Early Years of Title X [Preview]

Basker, Emek: Raising the Barcode Scanner: Technology and Productivity in the Retail Sector

Brachet, Tanguy; David, Guy and Drechsler, Andrea M.: The Effect of Shift Structure on Performance [Preview] [Data Set]

Brown, Kristine M. and Laschever, Ron A.: When They're Sixty-Four: Peer Effects and the Timing of Retirement [Preview] [Data Set] [Appendix]

Card, David and Cardoso, Ana Rute: Can Compulsory Military Service Raise Civilian Wages? Evidence from the Peacetime Draft in Portugal

Drago, Francesco and Galbiati, Roberto: Indirect Effects of a Policy Altering Criminal Behavior: Evidence from the Italian Prison Experiment [Preview] [Data Set]

Dunn, Abe: Drug Innovations and Welfare Measures Computed from Market Demand: The Case of Anti-cholesterol Drugs [Preview] [Data Set] [Appendix]

Dustmann, Christian and Schoenberg, Uta: What Makes Firm-based Vocational Training Schemes Successful? The Role of Commitment [Preview] [Data Set]

Dustmann, Christian and Schoenberg, Uta: Expansions in Maternity Leave Coverage and Children's Long-Term Outcomes

Garthwaite, Craig: The Economic Benefits of Pharmaceutical Innovations: The Case of Cox-2 Inhibitors [Preview] [Data Set]

Hnatkovska, Viktoria; Lahiri, Amartya and Paul, Sourabh B.: Castes and Labor Mobility [Preview] [Data Set]

Kaboski, Joseph and Townsend, Robert M.: The Impact of Credit on Village Economies [Preview] [Data Set] [Appendix]

Løken, Katrine; Mogstad, Magne and Wiswall, Matthew: What Linear Estimators Miss: The Effects of Family Income on Child Outcomes [Preview] [Data Set]

Macours, Karen; Schady, Norbert and Vakis, Renos: Cash Transfers, Behavioral Changes, and Cognitive Development in Early Childhood: Evidence from a Randomized Experiment [Preview] [Data Set] [Appendix]

Magruder, Jeremy R.: High Unemployment Yet Few Small Firms: The Role of Centralized Bargaining in South Africa [Preview] [Data Set] [Appendix]

Rodriguez-Planas, Nuria: Longer-term Impacts of Mentoring, Educational Services, and Learning Incentives: Evidence from a Randomized Trial in the United States [Preview] [Data Set] [Appendix]

Santavirta, Torsten: How Large Are the Effects from Temporary Changes in Family Environment: Evidence from a Child-Evacuation Program during World War II [Preview] [Data Set] [Appendix]

Stoyanov, Andrey and Zubanov, Nikolay: Productivity Spillovers Across Firms through Worker Mobility [Preview] [Data Set] [Appendix]

Sukhtankar, Sandip: Sweetening the Deal? Political Connections and Sugar Mills in India [Preview] [Data Set] [Appendix]









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AOL Daily Finance writes about Philip Oreopoulos, Till von Wachter, and Andrew Heisz's research on the career effects of graduating in a recession, published in the January 2012 issue of AEJ: Applied.

The Daily Mail Online writes about Philip Oreopoulos, Till von Wachter, and Andrew Heisz's findings that graduating in a recession leads to earnings losses that last for 10 years after graduation, published in the January 2012 issue of AEJ: Applied.

Rema Hanna's findings that American environmental regulations have contributed to the flight of manufacturing overseas, published in the July 2010 issue of AEJ: Applied, are discussed in an article in The American on the impact of environmental regulation on jobs.

The New York Times writes about David Deming's research on the long-term impact of Head Start in an article making the case for investment in early childhood education. Deming's research appeared in the July 2009 issue of Applied Economics.

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