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(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1994)
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(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1994)
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(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1979)
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(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1992)
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(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2003)Chapter 1: This chapter looks at a dynamic panel data model with fixed effects. Estimating the model with GMM is consistent but suffers from small sample bias. We apply Helmert's transformation to the model, assume that ...
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(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1998)
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(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1995)
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(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1989)
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(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2005)This thesis exploits a major overhaul in the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs health care system to answer various questions about publicly-provided health care. The VA restructuring involved the adoption of a capitated ...
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(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1998)
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(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2010)This thesis consists of three essays that examine household savings and portfolio choice behavior. Chapter One analyses the effects of employer matching contributions and tax incentives on participation and contribution ...
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(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2003)The first chapter attempts to shed light on the role of housing price dynamics in mobility decisions, asking whether households respond to prices in a forward- or backward-looking manner, and the extent to which high ...
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(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2006)This dissertation consists of three essays on the effects of low-skilled immigration on US prices and labor markets. The first essay uses confidential data from the Consumer Price Index to estimate the causal effect of ...
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(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2006)This dissertation consists of four essays on human capital, institutions, and incentives. In the first essay, I investigate the effects of voucher-school competition on educational outcomes in Chile. I present a theoretical ...
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(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1994)
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(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2010)This thesis is concerned with the economic consequences for individuals of two important U.S. labor market institutions: unionization and the military draft. The first chapter develops an econometric procedure for estimating ...
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(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1998)
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(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1993)
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(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2006)This dissertation analyzes the impact of various financial incentives on firm behavior. The first two chapters examine product-market and input-market effects of a firm's capital structure and the incentives they create. ...
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(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1993)
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