American Economic Journal: Applied Economics

2009 - 2009

Edited by Esther Duflo

from American Economic Association
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Are Women More Credit Constrained? Experimental Evidence on Gender and Microenterprise Returns pp. 1-32: Suresh de Mel, David Mckenzie and Christopher Woodruff
The Effect of Grade Retention on High School Completion pp. 33-58: Brian A. Jacob and Lars Lefgren
Legal Reform and Loan Repayment: The Microeconomic Impact of Debt Recovery Tribunals in India pp. 59-81: Sujata Visaria
The Smuggling of Art, and the Art of Smuggling: Uncovering the Illicit Trade in Cultural Property and Antiques pp. 82-96: Raymond Fisman and Shang-Jin Wei
To Work or Not to Work? Child Development and Maternal Labor Supply pp. 97-110: Paul Frijters, David W. Johnston, Manisha Shah and Michael A. Shields
Early Childhood Intervention and Life-Cycle Skill Development: Evidence from Head Start pp. 111-34: David Deming
Task Specialization, Immigration, and Wages pp. 135-69: Giovanni Peri and Chad Sparber
HIV/AIDS and Fertility pp. 170-94: Jane G. Fortson

Are There Missing Girls in the United States? Evidence from Birth Data pp. 1-34: Jason Abrevaya
Does the Media Matter? A Field Experiment Measuring the Effect of Newspapers on Voting Behavior and Political Opinions pp. 35-52: Alan S. Gerber, Dean Karlan and Daniel Bergan
Income Inequality and Progressive Income Taxation in China and India, 1986-2015 pp. 53-63: Thomas Piketty and Nancy Qian
What Determines Giving to Hurricane Katrina Victims? Experimental Evidence on Racial Group Loyalty pp. 64-87: Christina M. Fong and Erzo F.P. Luttmer
Do Labor Market Rigidities Have Microeconomic Effects? Evidence from within the Firm pp. 88-127: Francine Lafontaine and Jagadeesh Sivadasan
A Cautionary Tale about the Use of Administrative Data: Evidence from Age of Marriage Laws pp. 128-49: Rebecca M. Blank, Kerwin Kofi Charles and James M. Sallee
A Biological Model of Unions pp. 150-75: Michael Kremer and Benjamin A. Olken
History Matters: The Long-Term Impact of Colonial Public Investments in French West Africa pp. 176-215: Elise Huillery

Editor's Note pp. ii-vi: Esther Duflo
Educational Debt Burden and Career Choice: Evidence from a Financial Aid Experiment at NYU Law School pp. 1-21: Erica Field
Labor Supply Responses to Large Social Transfers: Longitudinal Evidence from South Africa pp. 22-48: Cally Ardington, Anne Case and Victoria Hosegood
Separated at Girth: US Twin Estimates of the Effects of Birth Weight pp. 49-85: Heather North Royer
Sticking with Your Vote: Cognitive Dissonance and Political Attitudes pp. 86-111: Sendhil Mullainathan and Ebonya Washington
Many Children Left Behind? Textbooks and Test Scores in Kenya pp. 112-35: Paul William Glewwe, Michael Kremer and Sylvie Moulin
Incentives and Services for College Achievement: Evidence from a Randomized Trial pp. 136-63: Joshua Angrist, Daniel Lang and Philip Oreopoulos
The Effect of Alcohol Consumption on Mortality: Regression Discontinuity Evidence from the Minimum Drinking Age pp. 164-82: Christopher Carpenter and Carlos Dobkin
Biological Gender Differences, Absenteeism, and the Earnings Gap pp. 183-218: Andrea Ichino and Enrico Moretti
Fixing Market Failures or Fixing Elections? Agricultural Credit in India pp. 219-50: Shawn Cole
The Social Multiplier and Labor Market Participation of Mothers pp. 251-72: Eric Maurin and Julie Moschion