Working Papers from 2017

2017

• Re-Evaluating the Returns to Language Skills Using Latent Trait Estimates November 17, 2017

  James V. Marrone

• Understanding the Effects of Middle School Algebra: A Regression Discontinuity Approach October 20, 2017

  Andrew McEachin, Thurston Domina, Andrew M. Penner

• Does Informal Employment Respond to Growth Opportunities? Trade-Based Evidence from Bangladesh July 21, 2017

  Prodyumna Goutam, Italo A. Gutierrez, Krishna B. Kumar, Shanthi Nataraj

• What Aspects of Formality Do Workers Value? Evidence from a Choice Experiment in Bangladesh July 20, 2017

  Minhaj Mahmud, Italo A. Gutierrez, Krishna B. Kumar, Shanthi Nataraj

• Lessons Learned from Stabilization Initiatives in Afghanistan: A Systematic Review of Existing Research June 20, 2017

  Radha Iyengar Plumb, Jacob N. Shapiro, Stephen Hegarty

• Stabilization in Afghanistan: Trends in Violence, Attitudes, Well-being and Program Activity June 20, 2017

  Radha Iyengar Plumb, Jacob N. Shapiro, Benjamin Crisman, Manu Singh, James Mao

• The Impact of Obesity on Adult Mortality: Assessment of Estimates with Applications June 16, 2017

  Alberto Palloni, Hiram Beltran-Sanchez

• Inference with Correlated Clusters June 6, 2017

  David Powell

• Identifying Productivity Spillovers Using the Structure of Production Networks March 9, 2017

  Samuel Bazzi, Amalavoyal V. Chari, Shanthi Nataraj, Alexander D. Rothenberg

• When Regional Policies Fail: An Evaluation of Indonesia's Integrated Economic Development Zones February 27, 2017

  Alexander D. Rothenberg, Samuel Bazzi, Shanthi Nataraj, Amalavoyal V. Chari

• Household Retirement Saving: The Location of Savings Between Spouses February 6, 2017

  Katherine Grace Carman, Angela A. Hung

• Opting out of Retirement Plan Default Settings February 2, 2017

  Jeremy Burke, Angela A. Hung, Jill E. Luoto

• Drawing Down Retirement Wealth: Interactions between Social Security Wealth and Private Retirement Savings February 2, 2017

  Philip Armour, Angela A. Hung

• Assessing the Spatial Concentration of Indonesia's Manufacturing Sector: Evidence from Three Decades January 11, 2017

  Alexander D. Rothenberg, Samuel Bazzi, Shanthi Nataraj, Amalavoyal V. Chari

• The Effect of the 2009 Influenza Pandemic on Absence from Work January 10, 2017

  Fabian Duarte, Srikanth Kadiyala, Samuel H. Masters, David Powell

• Improving Estimation of Labor Market Disequilibrium Through Inclusion of Shortage Indicators January 9, 2017

  Matthew D. Baird, Lindsay Daugherty, Krishna B. Kumar