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    In Conversation: Costas Meghir and Amer Hasan on early childhood development
    … Indonesia, Kenya, and Pakistan. by Greg Larson Robust evidence demonstrates that investments in early childhood … on the themes explored in this discussion at our upcoming event in Nairobi on June 30, “ Harnessing Human Capital for … Perry Preschool and Abecedarian studies, which were both US-centric, and the long-term Jamaica study . In the last 15 …
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    New Research by Michael Peters on the Economic Consequences of Refugee Settlements
    … economies respond to large increases to the size of their population? New research by Yale Economist Michael Peters … explores a particular historical setting to provide direct evidence for the empirical relevance of these effects. At the … the mechanism I wanted to explore. For example, the US Military Government in Bavaria, published an internal …
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    Displaced Persons and Refugees in Germany
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    Economist Ebonya Washington examines questions of race and gender
    … economist Ilyana Kuziemko  examining the role that racial attitudes played in driving southern whites from the … motivations,” Washington said of the study. “It helps us to understand what people consider important to predict … can women be miscalculating the impact of motherhood, an event for which there is so much data available in the form …
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    Michael Peters
    … for firm growth, and the consequences of falling population growth. In his work on growth and economic … migration, both in post-war Germany and for the US in the 19th century. Finally, he studied the process of … Journal Publication Market Size and Spatial Growth—Evidence From Germany's Post-War Population Expulsions …
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    Michael Peters
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    Publications
    … asset with known, stochastic returns raises capital from a population of investors who differ in their risk aversion and … this result follows from a decoupling argument that allows us to model the planner as independently choosing a … workers, and wage returns by location. We quantify the loss in aggregate productivity due to this re-sorting by …
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    Giuseppe Moscarini Delivers Plenary Talk at the 2022 Society for Economic Dynamics
    … Moscarini and co-authors use data from the monthly Current Population Survey (CPS) to create a timeseries that measures … Moscarini and co-authors use data from the monthly Current Population Survey (CPS) to create a timeseries that measures … Moscarini and co-authors use data from the monthly Current Population Survey (CPS) to create a timeseries that measures …
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    Yale economist Mira Frick awarded a 2022 Sloan Research Fellowship
    … models.” This area, and my work, is motivated by growing evidence from psychology and behavioral economics that, in … she may not be entirely correct about others’ tastes, risk attitudes, or similar idiosyncratic characteristics. … to explain empirically documented misperceptions of key population characteristics – for instance, how people come to …
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    Mira Frick
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    Measuring Immigration’s Role in U.S. Rise as Economic Power
    … provide the researchers with an unprecedented trove of evidence of immigration’s impact on American prosperity, said … about people’s pre-immigration occupations. This will help us chart the flows of knowledge triggered by immigration.” … and compare their location choices to those of the native population. Our dataset will allow us to calculate wages down …
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    Abigail Friedman
    … with the overarching goal of informing and facilitating evidence-based policymaking to improve population health and reduce inequality. A health economist … and facilitating evidence-based policymaking to improve population health and reduce inequality. A health economist …
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    Abigail Friedman
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    2020 Trimis Prize Recipients
    … exposure to counter-attitudinal news decreases negative attitudes toward the opposing political party. But this is …   Wagner finds that public flood insurance plans in the US are generally underpriced, but because of inaccurate … prices to their fair levels would lead to a large welfare loss, whereas making flood insurance mandatory would induce a …
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    Congratulations to the 2022 Senior Essay Prize Nominees and Winners!
    … Kueho Choi: “ Unemployment Insurance and Job Quality: Evidence from the COVID-19 Pandemic ”  (Advisor: Giuseppe … the COVID-19 pandemic. Using micro data from the Current Population Survey and a new dataset with more precise … the effects of family caps: a set of policies that freeze US welfare recipients’ benefits at a level based on the size …
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    Senior Essays 2022