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James Heckman, Jorge Luis García
While most approaches to early childhood development (ECD) programs focus on finding the “best program” to implement, this paper focuses on common mechanisms and relationships that transport across environments to reveal the power of fostering parenting or parental investment as essential to effective ECD.
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Jin Zhou, James Heckman, Bei Liu, Mai Lu, Susan M. Chang, Sally Grantham-McGregor
This research studies a replication of the Jamaica Reach Up and Learn home visiting program in China, China REACH, which is one of the largest early childhood interventions in the world. The authors find that this intervention significantly improves children’s multiple-skill development, especially for language and cognitive skills.
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The BFI Working Paper series disseminates current research in economics from the Chicago Economics community.
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Emanuele Colonnelli, Niels Gormsen, Tim McQuade
Fabian Eckert, Ka-leung Lam, Atif R. Mian, Karsten Müller, Rafael Schwalb, Amir Sufi
Jutta Bolt, Leigh Gardner, Jennifer Kohler, Jack Paine, James Robinson
Ao Wang, Shaoda Wang, Xiaoyang Ye
Alex Imas, Minah H. Jung, Silvia Saccardo, Joachim Vosgerau
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Professor Rachel Glennerster presented new research, “The Impact of Mass Media and Mass Media Campaigns: Lessons from West Africa,” as part of a Becker Brown Bag for students. View Video • View Event Page
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November 9, 2022
Speaker: Mark Duggan
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Engage with EDE staff and program alumni to learn more about this transformative experience for students interested in exploring economics. The next session is scheduled for Monday, November 7, with more sessions available through February.
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The remote work revolution is now more than two years old, and it’s a worldwide phenomenon, at least in wealthier countries. Chicago Booth economist Steven Davis has been studying the staying power of work from home around the globe, and finds that not only is it here to stay, but it’s prompting larger societal questions about everything from worker power to the viability of urban city centers. Listen Here
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Emanuele Colonnelli, Valdemar Pinho Neto, Edoardo Teso
Evidence from two decades in Brazil shows that individual political views spill over from political to apolitical domains and have real economic consequences, including on firm hiring and management practices. View Finding • View Working Paper
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WORKING PAPER
Sarah Moshary, Brad Shapiro, Sara Drango
This paper estimates consumer demand for firearms with the aim of evaluating the likely impacts of firearm regulations. The authors provide distributions of consumer surplus under counterfactuals and discuss how those distributions could be useful for crafting policy. View Paper
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