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Research Spotlight: The Relationship between Union Membership and Net Fiscal Impact
University of Chicago Photographic Archive, [apf digital item number, e.g., apf4-01867r], Special Collections Research Center, University of Chicago Library.
Research Spotlight: Heterogeneous Peer Effects and Rank Concerns: Theory and Evidence

Research Stories

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May 14, 2019

Research Spotlight: The Causal Effects of Adolescent School Bullying Victimisation on Later Life Outcomes

Colm Harmon
71

Markets (M)

May 1, 2019

Kegon Tan on the Transmission of Socioeconomic Status

Kegon Teng Kok Tan
70

Inequality: Measurement, Interpretation, and Policy (MIP)

April 9, 2019

Research Spotlight: Inequality of Opportunity in Education: Accounting for the Contributions of Sibs, Schools and Sorting across East Africa

Jere Behrman
66

Early Childhood Interventions (ECI)

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Working Papers

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May, 2019
2019-035

Family and Government Insurance: Wage, Earnings, and Income Risks in the Netherlands and the U.S.

Mariacristina De Nardi, Giulio Fella, Marike Knoef, Gonzalo Paz-Pardo, Raun Van Ooijen
71

We document new facts on the distributions of male wages, male earnings, and household earnings and income (before and after taxes) in the Netherlands and the United States.

Markets (M)

May, 2019
2019-034

The Perry Preschoolers at Late Midlife: A Study in Design-Specific Inference

James J. Heckman, Ganesh Karapakula
66

This paper presents the first analysis of the life course outcomes through late midlife (around age 55) for the participants of the iconic Perry Preschool Project, an experimental high-quality preschool program for disadvantaged African-American children in the 1960s.

Early Childhood Interventions (ECI)

May, 2019
2019-033

Intergenerational and Intragenerational Externalities of the Perry Preschool Project

James J. Heckman, Ganesh Karapakula
66

This paper examines the impact of the iconic Perry Preschool Project on the children and siblings of the original participants.

Early Childhood Interventions (ECI)

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.