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The Journal of Human Resources is a leading journal in empirical microeconomics, with a focus on policy-relevant research.
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#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…
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…
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…
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…
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/…
#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…
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…