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Journal of Human Resources

Subject:
Management of Technology and Innovation
Publisher:
University of Wisconsin Press —
University of Wisconsin Press
ISSN:
1548-8004
Scimago Journal Rank:
111

2022

Volume 57
Issue 3 (Mar)Issue 2 (Mar)

2021

Volume 57
Issue 1 (Dec)

2020

Volume 55
Issue 4 (Oct)Issue 2 (Jul)Issue 1 (Feb)

2019

Volume 54
Issue 4 (Nov)Issue 3 (Jul)Issue 2 (May)Issue 1 (Jan)

2018

Volume 53
Issue 4 (Oct)Issue 3 (Jul)Issue 2 (Mar)Issue 1 (Jan)

2017

Volume 52
Issue 4 (Oct)Issue 3 (Jul)Issue 2 (May)Issue 1 (Mar)

2016

Volume 51
Issue 4 (Nov)Issue 3 (Aug)Issue 2 (Apr)Issue 1 (Feb)

2015

Volume 50
Issue 4 (Oct)Issue 3 (Aug)Issue 2 (May)Issue 1 (Feb)

2014

Volume 49
Issue 4 (Nov)Issue 3 (Aug)Issue 2 (Apr)Issue 1 (Feb)
Volume 48
Issue 4 (Jan)

2013

Volume 48
Issue 4 (Jan)Issue 3 (Sep)Issue 2 (Apr)Issue 1 (Jan)

2012

Volume 47
Issue 4 (Oct)Issue 3 (Jun)Issue 2 (Apr)Issue 1 (Jan)
Volume 46
Issue 4 (Apr)Issue 3 (Apr)Issue 2 (Apr)Issue 1 (Apr)
Volume 45
Issue 4 (Apr)Issue 3 (Apr)Issue 2 (Apr)Issue 1 (Apr)
Volume 44
Issue 4 (Apr)Issue 3 (Apr)Issue 2 (Apr)Issue 1 (Apr)
Volume 43
Issue 4 (Apr)Issue 3 (Apr)Issue 2 (Apr)Issue 1 (Apr)

2011

Volume 46
Issue 4 (Apr)Issue 3 (Apr)Issue 2 (Apr)Issue 1 (Apr)

2010

Volume 45
Issue 4 (Apr)Issue 3 (Apr)Issue 2 (Apr)Issue 1 (Apr)

2009

Volume 44
Issue 4 (Apr)Issue 3 (Apr)Issue 2 (Apr)Issue 1 (Apr)

2008

Volume 43
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The Effect of Housing Wealth on College Choice: Evidence from the Housing Boom

Lovenheim, Michael F.; Reynolds, C. Lockwood.

2013 Journal of Human Resources

doi:

We use NLSY97 data to examine how home price variation affects the quality of postsecondary schools students attend. We find a $10,000 increase in housing wealth increases the likelihood of public flagship university enrollment relative to nonflagship enrollment by 2.0 percent and decreases the relative probability of attending a community college by 1.6 percent. These effects are driven by lower-income families, predominantly by altering student application decisions. We also find home price changes affect direct quality measures of institutions students attend. Furthermore, for lower-income students, each $10,000 increase in home prices leads to a 1.8 percent increase in the likelihood of completing college.
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The Effect of Housing Wealth on College Choice: Evidence from the Housing Boom

Lovenheim, Michael F.

2013 Journal of Human Resources

doi:

Abstract: We use NLSY97 data to examine how home price variation affects the quality of postsecondary schools students attend. We find a $10,000 increase in housing wealth increases the likelihood of public flagship university enrollment relative to nonflagship enrollment by 2.0 percent and decreases the relative probability of attending a community college by 1.6 percent. These effects are driven by lower-income families, predominantly by altering student application decisions. We also find home price changes affect direct quality measures of institutions students attend. Furthermore, for lower-income students, each $10,000 increase in home prices leads to a 1.8 percent increase in the likelihood of completing college.
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Prenatal Sex Selection and Missing Girls in China: Evidence from the Diffusion of Diagnostic Ultrasound

Chen, Yuyu.

2013 Journal of Human Resources

doi:

Abstract: How much of the increase in sex ratio (male to female) at birth since the early 1980s in China is attributed to increased prenatal sex selection? This question is addressed by exploiting the differential introduction of diagnostic ultrasound in the country during the 1980s, which significantly reduced the cost of prenatal sex selection. We find that the improved local access to ultrasound technology has resulted in a substantial increase in sex ratio at birth. Our estimates indicate that roughly 40 to 50 percent of the increase in sex imbalance at birth can be explained by local access to ultrasound examinations.
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Prenatal Sex Selection and Missing Girls in China: Evidence from the Diffusion of Diagnostic Ultrasound

Chen, Yuyu.; Li, Hongbin.; Meng, Lingsheng.

2013 Journal of Human Resources

doi:

How much of the increase in sex ratio (male to female) at birth since the early 1980s in China is attributed to increased prenatal sex selection? This question is addressed by exploiting the differential introduction of diagnostic ultrasound in the country during the 1980s, which significantly reduced the cost of prenatal sex selection. We find that the improved local access to ultrasound technology has resulted in a substantial increase in sex ratio at birth. Our estimates indicate that roughly 40 to 50 percent of the increase in sex imbalance at birth can be explained by local access to ultrasound examinations.
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Discrimination Begins in the Womb: Evidence of Sex-Selective Prenatal Investments

Bharadwaj, Prashant.

2013 Journal of Human Resources

doi:

Abstract: This paper investigates whether boys receive preferential prenatal treatment in a setting where son preference is present. Using micro health data from India, we highlight sex-selective prenatal investments as a new channel via which parents practice discriminatory behavior. We find that mothers visit antenatal clinics and receive tetanus shots more frequently when pregnant with a boy. Preferential prenatal treatment of males is greater in regions known to have strong son preference and among women whose previous children are female. We address other mechanisms such as selective recall, medical complications that might cause male fetuses to receive greater prenatal care in general, son preference-based fertility stopping rules and biases due to sex-selective abortions. Our calculations suggest that sex-selective prenatal care in maternal tetanus vaccination explains between 2.6–7.2 percent of excess female neonatal mortality in India.
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Discrimination Begins in the Womb: Evidence of Sex-Selective Prenatal Investments

Bharadwaj, Prashant.; Lakdawala, Leah K.

2013 Journal of Human Resources

doi:

This paper investigates whether boys receive preferential prenatal treatment in a setting where son preference is present. Using micro health data from India, we highlight sex-selective prenatal investments as a new channel via which parents practice discriminatory behavior. We find that mothers visit antenatal clinics and receive tetanus shots more frequently when pregnant with a boy. Preferential prenatal treatment of males is greater in regions known to have strong son preference and among women whose previous children are female. We address other mechanisms such as selective recall, medical complications that might cause male fetuses to receive greater prenatal care in general, son preference-based fertility stopping rules and biases due to sex-selective abortions. Our calculations suggest that sex-selective prenatal care in maternal tetanus vaccination explains between 2.6–7.2 percent of excess female neonatal mortality in India.
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Women’s Inheritance Rights and Intergenerational Transmission of Resources in India

Deininger, Klaus W., --; Goyal, Aparajita.; Nagarajan, Hari K.

2013 Journal of Human Resources

doi:

We use inheritance patterns over three generations of individuals to assess the impact of changes in the Hindu Succession Act that grant daughters equal coparcenary birth rights in joint family property that were denied to daughters in the past. We show that the amendment significantly increased daughters’ likelihood to inherit land, but that even after the amendment, substantial bias persists. Our results also indicate a robust increase in educational attainment of daughters, suggesting an alternative channel of wealth transfer.
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Women’s Inheritance Rights and Intergenerational Transmission of Resources in India

Deininger, Klaus W.

2013 Journal of Human Resources

doi:

Abstract: We use inheritance patterns over three generations of individuals to assess the impact of changes in the Hindu Succession Act that grant daughters equal coparcenary birth rights in joint family property that were denied to daughters in the past. We show that the amendment significantly increased daughters’ likelihood to inherit land, but that even after the amendment, substantial bias persists. Our results also indicate a robust increase in educational attainment of daughters, suggesting an alternative channel of wealth transfer.
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Do Mothers Decide?: The Impact of Preferences in Healthcare

Grytten, Jostein.; Skau, Irene.; Sørensen, Rune.

2013 Journal of Human Resources

doi:

In this study we analyze whether immigrant mothers in Norway can influence their mode of delivery. Patient preferences were measured as the rate of Caesarean section from their home country, and by a survey question measuring the extent to which people believe they have freedom of choice and control over their lives in their home country. Preferences have a causal effect on the likelihood of Caesarean section. Medical risk factors are still the most important reasons for having a Caesarean section, but our regression estimates show that a substantial share of Caesarean sections is due to preferences as well.
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Do Mothers Decide?: The Impact of Preferences in Healthcare

Grytten, Jostein.

2013 Journal of Human Resources

doi:

Abstract: In this study we analyze whether immigrant mothers in Norway can influence their mode of delivery. Patient preferences were measured as the rate of Caesarean section from their home country, and by a survey question measuring the extent to which people believe they have freedom of choice and control over their lives in their home country. Preferences have a causal effect on the likelihood of Caesarean section. Medical risk factors are still the most important reasons for having a Caesarean section, but our regression estimates show that a substantial share of Caesarean sections is due to preferences as well.
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The Motherhood Earnings Dip: Evidence from Administrative Records

Fernández-Kranz, Daniel.; Lacuesta, Aitor.; Rodriguez-Planas, Nuria.

2013 Journal of Human Resources

doi:

Using Spanish Social Security records, we document the channels through which mothers fall onto a lower earnings track, such as shifting into part-time work, accumulating lower experience, or transitioning to lower-paying jobs, and are able to explain 71 percent of the unconditional individual fixed-effects motherhood wage gap. The earnings trajectories’ analysis reveals that “mothers to be” experience important relative earnings increases several years before giving birth but this earnings’ advantage falls right after birth, taking in average nine years to recover. Heterogeneity matters as most of the motherhood dip is driven by workers with permanent contracts.
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The Motherhood Earnings Dip: Evidence from Administrative Records

Fernández-Kranz, Daniel.

2013 Journal of Human Resources

doi:

Abstract: Using Spanish Social Security records, we document the channels through which mothers fall onto a lower earnings track, such as shifting into part-time work, accumulating lower experience, or transitioning to lower-paying jobs, and are able to explain 71 percent of the unconditional individual fixed-effects motherhood wage gap. The earnings trajectories’ analysis reveals that “mothers to be” experience important relative earnings increases several years before giving birth but this earnings’ advantage falls right after birth, taking in average nine years to recover. Heterogeneity matters as most of the motherhood dip is driven by workers with permanent contracts.
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Incorporating Employee Heterogeneity into Default Rules for Retirement Plan Selection

Goda, Gopi Shah.; Manchester, Colleen Flaherty.

2013 Journal of Human Resources

doi:

We study the effect of incorporating heterogeneity into default rules by examining the choice between retirement plans at a firm that transitioned from a defined benefit (DB) to a defined contribution (DC) plan. The default plan for existing employees varied discontinuously depending on their age. Employing regression discontinuity techniques, we find that the default increased the probability of enrollment in the default plan by 60 percentage points. We develop a framework to solve for the optimal default rule analytically and numerically and find that considerable welfare gains are possible if defaults vary by observable characteristics.
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Incorporating Employee Heterogeneity into Default Rules for Retirement Plan Selection

Goda, Gopi Shah.

2013 Journal of Human Resources

doi:

Abstract: We study the effect of incorporating heterogeneity into default rules by examining the choice between retirement plans at a firm that transitioned from a defined benefit (DB) to a defined contribution (DC) plan. The default plan for existing employees varied discontinuously depending on their age. Employing regression discontinuity techniques, we find that the default increased the probability of enrollment in the default plan by 60 percentage points. We develop a framework to solve for the optimal default rule analytically and numerically and find that considerable welfare gains are possible if defaults vary by observable characteristics.
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Noncognitive Skills and the Gender Disparities in Test Scores and Teacher Assessments: Evidence from Primary School

Cornwell, Christopher Mark.; Mustard, David B.; Parys, Jessica Van.

2013 Journal of Human Resources

doi:

Using data from the 1998–99 ECLS-K cohort, we show that the grades awarded by teachers are not aligned with test scores. Girls in every racial category outperform boys on reading tests, while boys score at least as well on math and science tests as girls. However, boys in all racial categories across all subject areas are not represented in grade distributions where their test scores would predict. Boys who perform equally as well as girls on reading, math, and science tests are graded less favorably by their teachers, but this less favorable treatment essentially vanishes when noncognitive skills are taken into account. For some specifications there is evidence of a grade “bonus” for boys with test scores and behavior like their girl counterparts.
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Noncognitive Skills and the Gender Disparities in Test Scores and Teacher Assessments: Evidence from Primary School

Cornwell, Christopher Mark.

2013 Journal of Human Resources

doi:

Abstract: Using data from the 1998–99 ECLS-K cohort, we show that the grades awarded by teachers are not aligned with test scores. Girls in every racial category outperform boys on reading tests, while boys score at least as well on math and science tests as girls. However, boys in all racial categories across all subject areas are not represented in grade distributions where their test scores would predict. Boys who perform equally as well as girls on reading, math, and science tests are graded less favorably by their teachers, but this less favorable treatment essentially vanishes when noncognitive skills are taken into account. For some specifications there is evidence of a grade “bonus” for boys with test scores and behavior like their girl counterparts.
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