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This paper provides large-scale evidence linking the economic effects of childcare programs to social skills measured in adulthood. We examine Finland’s first national public childcare program, and …
Magdalena Domínguez, Hans Grönqvist, and Torsten Santavirta
We study how labeling of neighborhoods affects the performance and sorting of young residents at the junction of enrolling in high school. Exploiting the release of a much publicized official …
Aapo Aaltio, Riku Buri, Antto Jokelainen, Johan Lundberg
A key challenge in cartel enforcement is identifying collusive agreements. We study two major Nordic procurement cartels that operated in the asphalt paving market. We find evidence that during the …