How do different compensation schemes and loss experience affect insurance decisions? Experimental evidence from two independent and heterogeneous samples

Do Labor Market Opportunities Affect Young Women’s Work and Family Decisions? Experimental Evidence from India∗

Do labor market opportunities for women affect marriage and fertility decisions? We provided three years of recruiting services to help young women in randomly selected rural Indian villages get jobs in the business process outsourcing industry. Because the industry was so new at the time of the study, there was almost no awareness of these jobs, allowing us in effect to exogenously increase wo...

how do age and tooth loss affect oral health impacts and quality of life? a study comparing two state samples of gujarat and rajasthan.

age and tooth loss are expected to have a complex relationship with oral health-related quality of life. so the purpose of this study was to explain the impact of age and tooth loss on oral health-related quality of life using the short form 14-item oral health impact profile (ohip-14) among two population samples of gujarat and rajasthan.a cross-sectional questionnaire-based survey was conduct...

Do Irrelevant Events Affect Voters’ Decisions? Evidence from the Field

Does information irrelevant to government performance affect voting behavior? If so, what light does this shed on our understanding of the mechanisms underlying retrospective voting? While recent studies have suggested examples of voters appearing to reward and punish incumbents for events outside of their direct control, these analyses suffer from a principal limitation: politicians may still ...

How Do Computers and Internet Affect Employee Compensation

How Does Health Insurance Affect Workers' Compensation Filing?

Workers’ compensation provides insurance against job-related injuries, but as many as half of injured workers choose not to file. A common explanation for this is the existence of private health insurance, an alternative source of health care that may discourage insured workers from taking the time to file a workers’ compensation claim. However, data from the NLSY paint a surprising picture: un...