American Economic Journal: Applied Economics

2009 - 2013

Edited by Esther Duflo

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Volume 1, issue 4, 2009

Do Television and Radio Destroy Social Capital? Evidence from Indonesian Villages pp. 1-33

Benjamin A. Olken

Peer Effects in the Workplace: Evidence from Random Groupings in Professional Golf Tournaments pp. 34-68

Jonathan Guryan, Kory Kroft and Matthew J. Notowidigdo

The Effects of Peer Group Heterogeneity on the Production of Human Capital at West Point pp. 69-84

David S. Lyle

Teaching Students and Teaching Each Other: The Importance of Peer Learning for Teachers pp. 85-108

C. Kirabo Jackson and Elias Bruegmann

Consumption Responses to In-Kind Transfers: Evidence from the Introduction of the Food Stamp Program pp. 109-39

Hilary Williamson Hoynes and Diane Whitmore Schanzenbach

Iodine Deficiency and Schooling Attainment in Tanzania pp. 140-69

Erica Field, Omar Robles and Maximo Torero

How Large Are Non-Budget-Constraint Effects of Prices on Demand? pp. 170-99

Ori Heffetz and Moses Shayo

In Pursuit of Balance: Randomization in Practice in Development Field Experiments pp. 200-232

Miriam Bruhn and David McKenzie

Volume 1, issue 3, 2009

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 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

Volume 1, issue 2, 2009

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 S. 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

Volume 1, issue 1, 2009

Editor's Note pp. iii-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

Victoria Hosegood, Anne Case and Cally Ardington

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

Ebonya Washington and Sendhil Mullainathan

Many Children Left Behind? Textbooks and Test Scores in Kenya pp. 112-35

Sylvie Moulin, Michael Kremer and Paul William Glewwe

Incentives and Services for College Achievement: Evidence from a Randomized Trial pp. 136-63

Philip Oreopoulos, Daniel Lang and Joshua D Angrist

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