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In the Anglo-American constitutional tradition, judicial checks and balances are often seen
as crucial guarantees of freedom. Hayek (1960) distinguishes two ways in which the
judiciary provides such checks and balances: judicial independence and constitutional ...
This study examines educational and labor outcomes of children affected by a ban on
abortions. I use evidence from Romania, where in 1966 dictator Nicolae Ceausescu
declared abortion and family planning illegal. Birth rates doubled in 1967 because ...
W Kopczuk… - 2005 - nber.org
In 2002 more than 18 million low-income individual taxpayers received the Earned Income
Tax Credit (EITC). Despite its size, non-participation in this program is a concern and
substantial effort is devoted by the IRS, local governments and many non-profits to ...
O Malamud… - 2010 - nber.org
This paper uses a regression discontinuity design to estimate the effect of home computers
on child and adolescent outcomes. We collected survey data from households who
participated in a unique government program in Romania which allocated vouchers for ...
O Malamud… - 2008 - nber.org
Abstract This paper examines the impact of having access to a home computer on various
child outcomes. To avoid the bias due to non-random access to home computers, we exploit
a unique government program which provided vouchers towards the purchase of a ...
Publikationsansicht. 44422505. Transition in Romania : three essays on private sector
development / (1998). Pop-Eleches, Cristian. Abstract. Thomas T. Hoopes Prize--Harvard
University, 1998.. Thesis (AB, Honors in Economics)--Harvard University, 1998.. ...
This paper: i) estimates the effect that going to a better school has on students' academic
achievement, and ii) explores whether this intervention induces behavioral responses on the
part of children, their parents, and the school system. For the first task, we exploit almost ...
O Malamud… - The Review of Economics and Statistics, 2010 - MIT Press
Abstract This paper examines the relative benefits of general education and vocational
training during Romania's transition to a market economy. We examine a 1973 educational
reform that shifted a large proportion of students from vocational training to general ...
O Malamud… - 2008 - nber.org
This paper examines the relative benefits of general education and vocational training in
Romania, a country which experienced major technological and institutional change during
its transition from Communism to a market economy. To avoid the bias caused by non- ...
J Habyarimana, B Mbakile… - Draft April, 2007 - nber.org
Abstract In 2001, the Debswana Diamond Company started the first firm-based program in
Africa to provide free ARV treatment to its workforce affected by HIV/AIDS. We link individual
health information from the firm's treatment program to a unique panel dataset of all the ...
O Malamud… - Journal of Public Economics, 2011 - Elsevier
When students are tracked into vocational and academic secondary schools, access to
higher education is usually restricted to those who complete an academic track. Postponing
such tracking may increase university attendance among disadvantaged students if ...
[CITATION] Andrei, 2004. Judicial checks and balances
R La Porta, F Lopez&de&Silanes… - Journal of Political Economy
Abstract: This paper addresses the question of whether incumbents can buy political support
through targeted public spending. Using a regression discontinuity approach which takes
advantage of the quasi-experimental design of a recent Romanian government program ...
M Goldstein,
JG Zivin… - Unpublished …, 2008 - economics.uchicago.edu
Abstract HIV testing and counseling for pregnant women has been scaled&up in sub&
Saharan Africa on the grounds that it enables the delivery of medicines that prevent
mother&to&child transmission of the virus and promotes behavioral changes among ...
J Habyarimana, B Mbakile… - Journal of Human …, 2010 - jhr.uwpress.org
Abstract We characterize medium and long-run labor market impacts of HIV/AIDS and ARV
treatment using unique panel data of worker absenteeism and information from an AIDS
treatment program at a large mining firm in Botswana. We present robust evidence of an ...
[CITATION] Is Shock Therapy for Everyone
C Pop-Eleches… - … in Comparative Perspective, paper presented at …, 2001
C Pop-Eleches - Journal of Human Resources, 2010 - jhr.uwpress.org
Abstract This paper investigates the effect of the supply of birth control methods on fertility
behavior by examining Romania's 23-year period of pronatalist policies. Following the lifting
of the restrictions in 1989 the immediate decrease in fertility was 30 percent. Women who ...
[CITATION] _, and _, 2003.“What Works in Securities Laws?”
R La Porta, F Lopez-de-Silanes, C Pop-Eleches… - Working paper, Harvard University
M Goldstein,
JG Zivin, J Habyarimana… - 2009 - nber.org
Abstract We estimate changes in sexual behavior for HIV-positive individuals enrolled in an
AIDS treatment program using longitudinal household survey data collected in western
Kenya. We find that sexual activity is lowest at the time that treatment is initiated and ...
[CITATION] 'Local Government and Private Businesses in Sibui, Romania
C Pop-Eleches - manuscript, Cambridge, MA, 1997
[CITATION] General education vs. vocational training: Evidence from a transition economy
O Malamud… - NBER Working Paper, 2008
[CITATION] Judicial Balances and Checks
R La Porta, FL de Silanes, C Pop-Eleches… - J. POL. ECON., 2004
[CITATION] General Education vs. Vocational Training: Evidence from an Economy in Transition
M Ofer… - NBER Working Paper, 2008
[CITATION] Are Americans Saving “Optimally” for Retirement? Are Americans Saving “Optimally” for Retirement?(pp. 607-643) Contains supplements
JK Scholz, A Seshadri, S Khitatrakun… - Journal of Political …, 2006 - JSTOR
A Shleifer, R La Porta, FL de Silanes… - Yale School of …, 2002 - ideas.repec.org
Hayek (1960) distinguishes the institutions of English freedom, which guarantee the
independence of judges from political interference in the administration of justice, from those
of American freedom, which allow judges to restrain law-making powers of the sovereign ...
[CITATION] The Effect of Vocational Training on Labor Market Outcomes: Evidence from an Educational Reform in Romania
O Malamud… - 2005
O Malamud… - Working Papers, 2005 - harrisschool.uchicago.edu
Abstract Vocational training and general education are the two predominant forms of
secondary schooling around the world. Most studies that compare the effect of vocational
and general education on labor market outcomes in the cross-section suffer from selection ...
H Thirumurthy,
C Pop-Eleches… - Forum for Health …, 2012 - degruyter.com
We estimate changes in sexual behavior for HIV-positive individuals enrolled in an AIDS
treatment program using longitudinal household survey data collected in western Kenya. We
find that sexual activity is lowest at the time that treatment is initiated and increases ...
Mass., Harvard Univ., Dep. of Economics, Diss.--Cambridge, 2003.. Kopie, ersch. im Verl.
UMI, Ann Arbor, Mich. - Enth. 3 Beitr. ... Dissertation -- Thesis. Familienplanung / Fruchtbarkeit
/ Bildung / Rumänien. Gewaltenteilung / Justiz / Verfassung / Freiheit / Welt. Sammlung ...
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