Archive of NBER Digest -- 2005
The following summaries of NBER Working Papers have appeared in previous issues of the NBER Digest. |
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Is China Mercantilist?
The Effect of Brown v. Board of Education on Blacks' Earnings
The Mexican Workforce in the United States
Social Security and Early Retirement
Great Inventions Come Later in Life
The Value of Health and Longevity
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Productivity Growth and Employment
Changing Work Behavior of Married Women
Fundamentals and Systematic Risk in Stock Returns
Alcohol Consumption, Alcohol Policies, and Risky Sexual Behaviors
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Moving to Opportunity?
Is Religion Good for You?
Tax Progressivity and Share Ownership
Foreign Investment in China
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Manmade Scarcity Drives Up Housing Prices
Junk Food Availability in Schools Raises Obesity
Interactions of U.S. and European Financial Markets
New Hospital Residents and Increased Mortality
Intellectual Property Rights and International Technology Transfer
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Effects of Rising Health Insurance Premiums
Does Overseas Investing Reduce Domestic Investment?
Why Obesity Lowers Wages
Good Teachers Raise Student Achievement
U.S. Consulates Raise Exports
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Medicaid and the Long-Term Care Insurance Market
The Work Effects of Tax Cuts on Low-Income Single Mothers
Dynamic Scoring: A Back-of-the-Envelope Guide
Financial Development Helps the Poor in Poor Countries
Trade Openness Reduces Financial Vulnerability
Alcohol Policies and Sexually Transmitted Disease Among Youth
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The Effect of Compulsory Schooling Laws on Teenage Births
Fighting Deflation in the U.S. and Japan
The Effect of Newer Drugs on Survival
The Productivity Slowdown of the 1970s
The Measurement and Evolution of Health Inequality
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Does Poverty Cause Terrorism?
CEO Overconfidence, Corporate Investment, and the Market's Reaction
Do Federal Government Trust Funds Raise National Saving?
How Insurance Affects Hospital Care of Accident Victims
The Effect of Price Controls on Pharmaceutical Research
Smoking, Drinking, and Drug Use Respond to Price Changes
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Bulls, Bears, and Retirement Behavior
Effects of Co-payment on Prescription Drug Demand
How Households Responded to Tax Rebates of 2001
The Lock-in Effect of California's Proposition 13
New Drugs and HIV Mortality
Globalization and Poverty in Mexico
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Can Mutual Fund Managers Pick Stocks?
Do Real Estate Agents Exploit their Information Advantage?
Does Prekindergarten Improve School Preparation and Performance?
Is Segregation in Southern Schools Increasing?
Corporate Governance, Economic Entrenchment, and Growth
Does International Food Aid Harm the Poor?
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Does the U.S. Outsource Polluting Industries?
The Cost of Entrenched Boards
School Accountability Raises Educational Performance
Better Health Increases Foreign Direct Investment
Why Do Firms Pay Dividends?
SEC Regulation FD Raises the Cost of Capital for Small Firms