We develop a revealed preference approach to measure the value of workplace amenities by analyzing how variation in non-wage job attributes affects excess mass in the earnings distribution at budget discontinuities. The approach formalizes the idea tha...

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There Goes the Neighborhood? The Local Impacts of State Policies that Override Municipal Zoning

By Hector Blanco and Noémie Sportiche

American Economic Journal: Applied Economics

Zoning regulations drive rising regional housing costs and residential segregation in the United States. In response, governments are passing laws to override local regulations that limit housing density, despite entrenched opposition from incumbent re...

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The Long Shadow of School Closures: Impacts on Students’ Educational and Labor Market Outcomes

By Jeonghyeok Kim

American Economic Journal: Economic Policy

Each year, about a thousand public schools in the US close, displacing hundreds of thousands of students. I examine the impact of public school closures on displaced students using linked schooling and labor market data from Texas. Using within-school a...

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Warming with Borders: Forced Climate Migration and Carbon Pricing

By Maria Alsina-Pujols

American Economic Journal: Macroeconomics

As climate changes and natural disasters intensify, the threat of human displacement increases. This paper studies carbon taxation in the presence of international climate displacement. After providing evidence on the migration response to disasters, ...

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‘Identify the Expert’: an Experimental Study in Economic Advice

By Theodore Alysandratos, Aris Boukouras, Sotiris Georganas, and Zacharias Maniadis

American Economic Journal: Microeconomics

In a novel ‘identify the Expert’ task, participants receive suggested answers by two advisors. They know one is high-accuracy and recommends answers reflecting the academic consensus (‘Expert’). The other is low-accuracy and recommends the moda...

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Humans in the Loop: The Next Frontier in the Credibility Revolution

By Megan T. Stevenson and Joshua B. Fischman

Journal of Economic Literature

Something is amiss in empirical economics. Despite the advances of the credibility revolution, published estimates tend to be inflated and overconfident. We argue that this stems from a weakness in the dominant econometric framework: treating the research...

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The effect of parental death on individual earnings

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The sudden death of a parent has a significant impact on labor earnings, but affects men and women differently.

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Social-Science Genomics: Progress, Challenges, and Future Directions

By Daniel J. Benjamin, David Cesarini, Patrick Turley, and Alexander Strudwick Young

Journal of Economic Literature

Rapid progress has been made in identifying links between human genetic variation and social and behavioral phenotypes. Applications in mainstream economics are beginning to emerge. This review aims to provide the background needed to bring the interested...

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