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Economic Development in Historical Perspective

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The three chapters in this dissertation seek to understand, each of them with a particular focus, how deeply-rooted historical factors have shaped comparative development across ...
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2015
Contributors:
Fiszbein, Martin (creator) Galor, Oded (Director) Eaton, Jonathan (Reader) Michalopoulos, Stelios (Reader) Putterman, Louis (Reader) Weil, David (Reader) Brown University. Economics (sponsor)
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Econonomic Development; Structural Change; Human Capital Formation; Technological Progress
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Essays in Experimental Economics

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Three essays comprise this dissertation, which uses experimental methods to study economic questions. The first chapter contributes to the understanding of people’s willingness to ...
Copyright Date:
2015
Contributors:
Chen, I (creator) Putterman, Louis (Director) Dal Bo, Pedro (Reader) Andrew, Foster (Reader) Brown University. Economics (sponsor)
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Keywords:
Voluntary Contribution Mechanism Ultimatum Game, Experimental economics Microfinance
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Essays in Urban Development Economics

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I investigate the economic consequences of travel costs in a conflicted and developing country setting, and advance the application of nighttime lights satellite imagery for ...
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2015
Contributors:
Abrahams, Alexei S (creator) Baum-Snow, Nathaniel (Director) Foster, Andrew (Reader) Weil, David (Reader) Brown University. Economics (sponsor)
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Keywords:
urban development conflict Palestine nighttime lights Cities and towns Economic development Social conflict Satellites
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Essays on the Effects of Health Policies on Labor Supply and Health Care Utilization

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When implementing health policies and programs, policy makers and organizations have to take into account not only the direct and intended effects of these policies ...
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2015
Contributors:
Effenberger, Alexandra M (creator) Knight, Brian (Director) Aizer, Anna (Reader) Munshi, Kaivan (Reader) Brown University. Economics (sponsor)
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Health Policies Long-Term Care Health Care Utilization Long-term care of the sick Insurance Labor supply
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Fertility Policies and Human Capital Investment in China

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The first paper of my dissertation provides an empirical test of the quantity and quality trade-off of children within a household. I use China census ...
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2015
Contributors:
Dai, Tianran (creator) Foster, Andrew (Director) Henderson, Vernon (Reader) Putterman, Louis (Reader) Brown University. Economics (sponsor)
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Keywords:
Fertility,Family Planning,Human Capital,Adult Labor,Immigration
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Inference When the True Parameter Vector Is near or at the Boundary of the Parameter Space

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This dissertation examines several standard testing problems under the nonstandard condition that the true parameter vector is near or at the boundary of the parameter ...
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2015
Contributors:
Ketz, Philipp M (creator) Kleibergen, Frank (Director) McCloskey, Adam (Reader) Norets, Andriy (Reader) Renault, Eric (Reader) Brown University. Economics (sponsor)
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Boundary random coefficients nonstandard asymptotics asymptotic normality testing subvector inference overidentifying restrictions admissibility
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The Impact of Access to Electricity on Education and Other Essays in Spatial Economics

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The first chapter examines how district size affects the bargaining power of teachers unions and the allocation of school resources. Our identification strategy exploits the ...
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2015
Contributors:
Squires, Timothy L (creator) Weil, David (Director) Foster, Andrew (Reader) Adam, Storeygard (Reader) Brown University. Economics (sponsor)
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Keywords:
Electricity Malaria Teachers' unions
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