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Find the paper here. Title: Power and Dignity in the Low-Wage Labor Market: Theory and Evidence from Wal-Mart Workers Abstract: We present a survey-based methodology for estimating employer market power and worker valuations of job amenities. We discuss a simple model of a monopsonistic employer choosing wages jointly with non-wage Read more…

Find the paper here. Title: Overcoming Financial Constraints and Migrating Out of Rural and Distressed America Abstract: There is a strong and growing interest in helping families move to areas with higher economic opportunity. We exploit variation in the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) to examine how relaxing budget constraints Read more…

Title: Bitcoin, Blockchain, Tokens, Smart Contracts Please join us for Guillaume Haeringer's talk on Wednesday, April 13th. For a related paper on some of his previous work in the field of cryptocurrencies, please click here.

Find a related paper by Dr. John Bound here. Title: Economic Distress and Growing Educational Disparities in Life Expectancy Abstract: Independent researchers have used various data sources and methodologies to document two disturbing trends: a halt to universal gains in life expectancy (LE) across US subpopulations, and a subsequent rise Read more…

Find the paper here. Title: Where Externalities Collide: Influenza and Pollution Abstract: Influenza and air pollution each pose significant public health risks with global economic consequences. The common pathways through which each harms health presents a case of compounding risk via interacting externalities. Using instrumental variables based on changing wind Read more…

Find the paper here Title: Safety-net Primary Care Clinics and Psychiatric Emergency Department Visits Abstract: In this paper, I examine whether expanding access to safety-net primary care clinics (SNPCCs) has an impact on psychiatric emergency department (ED) utilization – defined as mental illness and substance use disorders, in California. Primary Read more…

Title: Games of Prejudice – Experiments at the Extensive and Intensive Margin Abstract: We design a framed experiment to investigate labor market discrimination at the extensive margin (hiring stage) and the intensive margin (job offer stage). Our lab-in-the-field experiment, implemented in Slovakia, exogenously varies employer information and elicits employers’ beliefs Read more…

Title: The Impact of Expanding Public Health Insurance on Safety Net Program Participation: Evidence from the ACA Medicaid Expansion Find the paper here.