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American Economic Journal: Applied Economics
APP October 2016

American Economic Journal: Applied Economics

Vol. 8 No. 4 October 2016

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Front Matter (pp. i-vi)

The Long-Run Effects of Labor Migration on Human Capital Formation in Communities of Origin

Taryn Dinkelman and Martine Mariotti

(pp. 1-35)

The Long-Run Economic Consequences of High-Stakes Examinations: Evidence from Transitory Variation in Pollution

Avraham Ebenstein, Victor Lavy and Sefi Roth

(pp. 36-65)

What Does Debt Relief Do for Development? Evidence from India's Bailout for Rural Households

Martin Kanz

(pp. 66-99)

Buy the Book? Evidence on the Effect of Textbook Funding on School-Level Achievement

Kristian L. Holden

(pp. 100-127)

Does Early Life Exposure to Cigarette Smoke Permanently Harm Childhood Welfare? Evidence from Cigarette Tax Hikes

David Simon

(pp. 128-59)

Habit Formation in Voting: Evidence from Rainy Elections

Thomas Fujiwara, Kyle Meng and Tom Vogl

(pp. 160-88)

Patents as a Spur to Subsequent Innovation? Evidence from Pharmaceuticals

Duncan S. Gilchrist

(pp. 189-221)

Iron Deficiency and Schooling Attainment in Peru

Alberto Chong, Isabelle Cohen, Erica Field, Eduardo Nakasone and Maximo Torero

(pp. 222-55)

The Impact of High School Financial Education: Evidence from a Large-Scale Evaluation in Brazil

Miriam Bruhn, Luciana de Souza Leão, Arianna Legovini, Rogelio Marchetti and Bilal Zia

(pp. 256-95)