Annual Conference

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Labour Economics

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May 2024

Using China's one-child policy (OCP) as a quasi-natural experiment, we demonstrate that differential fertility between socioeconomic groups exacerbates intergenerational income inequality. Rural or poorer families, who are less constrained by the OCP than urban or richer ones, tend to have more chil...
Keywords: Child quantity–quality trade-off, Differential fertility, Intergenerational transmission of inequality, One-child policy
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Annual Conference

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Labour Economics

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May 2024

We study how the interactions between the local labor market and the local marriage market determine the spatial distribution of economic activities. We develop the first spatial equilibrium model with endogenous marriage formation. Calibrating the model to U.S. cities, we find that despite strong p...
Keywords: quantitative spatial models, spatial distribution of economic activities, local marriage market
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Annual Conference

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Labour Economics

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May 2024

Do people around us influence our personality? We study this question with a field experiment where we randomly assign university students to study groups. We find personality spillovers along three dimensions: students become more conscientious when assigned to conscientious peers, more open-minded...
Keywords: personality, spillovers, field experiment, peer effects
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Labour Economics

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May 2024

We study the efficacy of remote working arrangements between CEOs and firms. Long-distance CEOs underperform according to operating performance, firm valuation, insider reviews, and announcement returns to CEO departures. These effects are stronger when the CEO lives further away and crosses multipl...
Keywords: CEO, family, private benefits, remote work, commuting
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Annual Conference

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Labour Economics

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May 2024

Migration could be an important anti-poverty measure, allowing unemployed rural poor spatially reallocate to areas where employment opportunities are promising. However, permanent rural-to-urban migration by the poor in developing countries is surprisingly limited. This raises important academic and...
Keywords: Field Experiment, On-the-job Training, Bangladesh, Garment Industry, Rural, Extreme Poor
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