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How polluted is U.S. drinking water, and what are the health effects?
@DavidKeiserEcon (@Yale), Bhashkar Mazumder (@ucisocsci), @davidmolitor (@giesbusiness) & @_josephshapiro (@UCBerkeley) on safe drinking water in America:
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How well do we learn from others?
@JohnConlon7 (@OhioState), Malavika Mani (@uniofwarwick), Gautam Rao (@berkeleyecon), Matthew Ridley (@uniofwarwick) & Frank Schilbach (@MITEcon) on barriers to social learning:
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How do criminal organizations affect economic development?
@melnikov_n_v (@NovaSBE), Carlos Schmidt-Padilla (@GoldmanSchool) & María Micaela Sviatschi (@PrincetonEcon) on the impact of gang control:
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What are the political consequences of weakening local newspapers?
@MNDjourel (@USCDornsife), @RDurante_2020 (@NUSingapore) & Gregory Martin (@StanfordGSB) on the impact of Craigslist:
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Is college still an engine of social mobility?
@zbleemer (@PrincetonEcon) & Sarah Quincy (@VanderbiltU) on changes in the relative wage premium for low-income Americans:
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How does divorce affect children in the near- and long-term?
From Andrew Johnston (@UTCivics), Maggie Jones (@CAPolicyLab) & Nolan Pope (@bsosumd):
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Can providing free education to one generation benefit future ones as well?
From Esther Duflo (@MITEcon), @DupasPascaline (@PrincetonEcon), Elizabeth Spelke (@PsychHarvard) & @econ_mark (@GiveWell):
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The Nordic countries are often cited as a socioeconomic model that combines low inequality with prosperity and growth.
Magne Mogstad (@UChi_Economics), @KSalvanes (@NHHnor) & @gautorsvik (University of Oslo) critically examine that claim:
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Do mental health treatment delays impact mortality?
Sydney Costantini (@berkeleyecon) on how clinic congestion affects mortality for veterans:
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Can redistribution change policy views?
Travis Baseler (@UofR), @ThomasGinnDC (@CGDev), @rohakiza (@YARIDUganda), Helidah Ogude-Chambert (@ODID_QEH) & @owoldemik (@TheNewSchool) on aid and attitudes toward refugees:
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Preschoolers get sick frequently, and may expose their infant siblings to severe respiratory infection.
@MeltemDaysal (@uni_copenhagen), Hui Ding (@FudanUniversity), @maya_rossin (@StanfordHP) & Hannes Schwandt (@sesp_nu) on the consequences:
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Economic models often assume households behave as a single decision-making unit. Does this mirror reality?
@TahaChoukhmane (@MITSloan), @goodmanl (@USTreasury) & @cormacodea (@YaleEconomics) on the retirement savings of U.S. couples:
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How does agricultural policy reshape the economic consequences of climate change?
@AllanHsiao (@StanfordEcon), Jacob Moscona (@MITEcon) & Karthik Sastry (@PrincetonEcon) on food policy in a warming world:
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Household carbon emissions differ across different places. Does this mean one way to lower emissions is for higher-emissions places to adopt the features of lower-emissions places?
Eva Lyubich (US Census) on the role of people vs. places:
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Do recessions impact mortality?
Amy Finkelstein (@MITEcon), @ProfNoto (@ChicagoBooth), Frank Schilbach (@MITEcon) & @jzhangecon (@DukeSanford) on the welfare consequences of the Great Recession:
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How replaceable is a low-wage job?
@evankrose (@UChi_Economics) & @yotamshemtov (@UCLA) on the long-run consequences of low-wage job loss:
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Since the 1980s, China has engaged in one of the largest and most systematic episodes of policy experimentation in recent history.
Shaoda Wang (@HarrisPolicy) & @david_yang (@HarvardEcon) on policy learning in this setting:
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Hundreds of millions worldwide live in areas controlled by criminal organizations. What can states do to regain control?
@AFenizia (@GWUEconomics) & @raffaelesaggio (@ubcVSE) on combating the Mafia:
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Investments in universal pre-K have high returns, largely driven by the substantial effect on parents’ earnings.
From @john_eric, @ChrisANeilson, @Xiaoyang_Ye & Seth Zimmerman:
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What is the social cost of political corruption?
@MeeraMahadevan (@GPS_UCSD) on corruption in the Indian electricity sector and its welfare consequences:
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