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COVID-19 Research and Information from HCEO Members
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Research Spotlight: Girls, Boys, and High Achievers

Research Stories

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December 20, 2021

Research Spotlight: Melding a Model and Data to Estimate the Impact of COVID Learning Loss

Dirk Krueger
October 4, 2021

Research Spotlight: Helping parents provide early childhood stimulation yields broad and lasting benefits, Jamaica study shows
September 2, 2021

Research Spotlight: Lasting Benefits for Perry Preschool Participants, Siblings and Children Document Strong Returns to Early Childhood Intervention

James J. Heckman, Jorge Luis Garcia
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Early Childhood Interventions (ECI)

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Working Papers

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January, 2022
2022-003

Gendered Impacts of COVID-19 in Developing Countries

Titan Alon, Matthias Doepke, Kristina Manysheva, Michèle Tertilt
67

In many high-income economies, the recession caused by the Covid-19 pandemic has resulted in unprecedented declines in women’s employment.

Family Inequality (FI), Markets (M)

January, 2022
2022-002

Distance to Schools and Equal Access in School Choice Systems

Mariana Laverde
70

Inequality: Measurement, Interpretation, and Policy (MIP)

January, 2022
2022-001

Mortgage Lenders and the Geographic Concentration of Foreclosures

Stephen L. Ross, Yuan Wang
70

We use HMDA rate spread loans to identify lenders involved in riskier lending prior to the foreclosure crisis. We develop a shift-share measure of changes in high rate spread share lender representation in housing submarkets across origination years.

Inequality: Measurement, Interpretation, and Policy (MIP)

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.