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Research Spotlight: The Relationship between Union Membership and Net Fiscal Impact
University of Chicago Photographic Archive, apf4-03575, Special Collections Research Center, University of Chicago Library.
Research Spotlight: Girls, Boys, and High Achievers

Research Stories

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February 2, 2021

Research Spotlight: When the Great Equalizer Shuts Down: Schools, Peers, and Parents in Pandemic Times

Francesco Agostinelli, Matthias Doepke
66

Early Childhood Interventions (ECI), Markets (M)

November 10, 2020

Research Spotlight: Gender Inequality in COVID-19 Times: Evidence from UK Prolific Participants

Sonia Oreffice, Climent Quintana-Domeque
67

Family Inequality (FI)

October 13, 2020

Research Spotlight: The Impact of the Coronavirus Lockdown on Mental Health: Evidence from the US

Teodora Boneva
66

Early Childhood Interventions (ECI)

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Working Papers

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April, 2021
2021-020

Choice Architecture and Incentives Increase COVID-19 Vaccine Intentions and Test Demand

Marta Serra-Garcia, Nora Szech
70

Willingness to vaccinate and test are critical in the COVID-19 pandemic. We study the effects of two measures to increase vaccination and testing: "choice architecture" and monetary compensations.

Inequality: Measurement, Interpretation, and Policy (MIP)

April, 2021
2021-019

You are What Your Parents Expect: Height and Local Reference Points

Fan Wang, Esteban Puentes, Jere Behrman, Flavio Cunha
66

Recent estimates are that about 150 million children under five years of age are stunted, with substantial negative consequences for their schooling, cognitive skills, health, and economic productivity.

Early Childhood Interventions (ECI), Family Inequality (FI), Health Inequality (HI), Markets (M)

April, 2021
2021-018

Maternal Subjective Expectations about the Technology of Skill Formation Predict Investments in Children One Year Later

Flavio Cunha, Irma Elo, Jennifer Culhane
67

A growing literature reports significant socio-economic gaps in investments in the human capital of young children.

Family Inequality (FI)

Volumes

The Oxford Series on Human Capital and Economic Opportunity will present state-of-the-art research from a variety of perspectives on the problems of opportunity, human flourishing, and public policy. Volumes in the series will be grouped in accordance with these themes and will be based on the work of HCEO members. In some cases, the volumes will contain research first presented at HCEO conferences, and in others will contain specially commissioned research. The series is published by the Oxford University Press.