#BackToSchool is coming up, and some teachers have policy to thank for their return—in research by Ricardo Estrada & María Lombardi, high dismissal protection in Chile reduced #teacher #turnover by 25% in two years. doi.org/10.3368/jhr.05…

So happy this paper with María Lombardi found a home in The JHR We have interesting results on the effect of high dismissal protection on teacher turnover and productivity, and how granting permanent contracts on the basis of seniority can be a double-edged sword

Using French data, this The JHR paper by Simon Briole & Eric Maurin shows that repeated evaluation of teachers by experts help improve teacher effectiveness. The JHR v:👇 jhr.uwpress.org/content/59/4/1… WP Version:👇 conference.iza.org/conference_fil… More + future research👇

Why did government-funded extended #MaternityLeave fail to cause long-run market benefits for mothers in Brazil? Cecilia Machado, Valdemar Pinho Neto & Christiane Szerman find only 35% of those eligible took it, and most were of high socioeconomic status. doi.org/10.3368/jhr.03…

How to mitigate skill shortages with #migration? Sara Signorelli studies a 2008 policy in France that facilitated hiring immigrant workers at lower costs. She finds employment went up without changing wages or creating competition for the original population. doi.org/10.3368/jhr.09…

Beyond happy to see my JMP finally out in such a great outlet ! 🤩

Startups decreased more than job-finding rates increased following a less generous #unemployment insurance under 2012 Spain policy, Sebastian Camarero & Michelle Hansch find. This change also made women more likely to stay unemployed for over a year. doi.org/10.3368/jhr.04…

🚨 Publication Alert 🚨 Happy to share that our paper was published online before print at the JHR.

Research by Lin Zhang shows new evidence for the link between marrying young and the #EducationGap. When China's 1981 Marriage Law raised a bride's legal marriage age from 18 to 20, women's secondary school enrollment improved in rural areas, Zhang finds. doi.org/10.3368/jhr.08…

Both children and their moms had more health issues after a nurse strike disrupted early home #healthcare visits to newborns, according to research by Jonas Hirani, Hans Henrik Sievertsen & Miriam Wüst. #ResearchHighlight uwpress.wisc.edu/jhr-news/?p=11… Abstract doi.org/10.3368/jhr.04…

Thrilled (yes, Khoa Vu, thrilled 😂) to have this paper out in the The JHR We look at the role of nurses for new families ... 1/N

Was just reminded of this The JHR paper on attrition by Dalia Ghanem Hirshleifer & Karen Ortiz-Becerra ++ handy stata command for testing in field experiments: attregtest 👀 jhr.uwpress.org/content/early/…

🚨Happy to share this new WP: The Causes & Consequences of U.S. Teacher Strikes ICYMI: check out Melissa Arnold Lyon (Mimi) & my companion paper at The JHR Teacher Strikes as Public Signals: jhr.uwpress.org/content/early/… Early open access version: edworkingpapers.com/ai21-482

#CommunityHealth Centers in underserved areas raise birth weight by 25-42 grams and lower chances of low birth weight by 9-16%, Esra Kose, Siobhan O'Keefe (smokeefe.bsky.social) & Maria Rosales-Rueda estimate, suggesting the program's benefits equal three times its cost. #OpenAccess doi.org/10.3368/jhr.06…

Tired of reading/reviewing long papers?😴 🚨New shorter page length requirement🚨 Manuscripts should be limited to 40 pages including references, tables & figures (12-pt font, 1.5-line spacing, 1-inch margin; double-spaced papers may be 50 pages). Online Appendix still allowed.

Maximilian Bach & Stephan Sievert confront the puzzle on why some experiments find #ClassSize has no impact on education while others do. They find these studies don't account for the impact of low-performing students held back a grade, skewing results. doi.org/10.3368/jhr.09…

Haven't read it yet, but addresses an important issue related to estimating a popular but controversial (b/c of cost) ed investment: class size reduction.

Meet Matthew Neidell, our newest addition to the JHR editorial board! Neidell is a professor in Health Policy and Management at Colombia University. He specializes in the intersection of environmental, health, and labor economics.

Democratic accountability can save lives – Anders Kjelsrud, Kalle Moene & Lore Vandewalle study cases in India and find inequality causes higher #InfantMortality and worse healthcare, but these effects disappear in areas with high political competition. doi.org/10.3368/jhr.07…