∗Chapter prepared for the Handbook of Public Economics, edited by Alan Auerbach, Raj Chetty, Martin Feldstein, and Emmanuel Saez. We are grateful to Mohammad Vesal for superb research assistance. We also thank Alan Auerbach, Roger Gordon, Anders Jensen, Henrik Kleven, Laszlo Sandor, Joel Slemrod and participants at the Berkeley Conference in December 2011 for comments. Financial support from th...

This course, taught by CPI research group leader Raj Chetty, shows how "big data" can be used to understand and solve some of the most important social and economic problems of our time. The course has three principal objectives: 1) Introduce students to social science research on key social and economic issues in the United States 2) Teach students how to understand and analyze quantitative da...

A new difference estimator has been constructed in two-phase sampling using two auxiliary variables w and x .The first phase sampling unit has been selected with probability proportional to measure of size and second phase sample is selected with equal probability without replacement. The proposed estimator has been found to be more efficient as compared to Raj (1965) in which single auxiliary ...

The AAAI Council meeting was held 20 August 1989 in the Windsor Room of the Westin Hotel, Detroit, Michigan. Incoming President Daniel Bobrow called the meeting to order at 9:15 A.M. by welcoming the newly elected officers. Present were Bruce Buchanan, William Clancey, Robert Engelmore, Ken Forbus, Barbara Grosz, Patrick Hayes, Barbara Hayes-Roth, Peter Hart, Geoffrey Hinton, Douglas Lenat, Hec...

The RIKEN Center for Developmental Biology recently held its 2008 Symposium ;Turning Neurons into a Nervous System' in Kobe, Japan. The program, organized by Masatoshi Takeichi, Joshua Sanes, Hideki Enomoto and Raj Ladher, provided a rich sampling from current work in developmental neurobiology. Researchers from Japan, Europe and the USA gathered at this meeting to share insights into neural de...

This course, taught by CPI research group leader Raj Chetty, shows how "big data" can be used to understand and solve some of the most important social and economic problems of our time. The course has three principal objectives: 1) Introduce students to social science research on key social and economic issues in the United States 2) Teach students how to understand and analyze quantitative da...

*Corresponding Author Yugal Raj Bindari [email protected] This paper reports on a case of canine fetal mummification which is very rare. A Japanese Spitz aged 5 year was brought to the clinic of Mount Everest Kennel Club. Breeding history of dog was obtained from the owner. X-ray confirmed the presence of fetus. Exploratory laparotomy was done under general anesthesia. Five mummified fetus...

This course, taught by CPI research group leader Raj Chetty, shows how "big data" can be used to understand and solve some of the most important social and economic problems of our time. The course has three principal objectives: 1) Introduce students to social science research on key social and economic issues in the United States 2) Teach students how to understand and analyze quantitative da...

Title: Discordance in Self-Report and Observation Data on Mistreatment of Women by Providers during Childbirth in Uttar Pradesh, India Authors: Arnab Dey ([email protected]) Holly Shakya ([email protected]) Dharmendra Chandurkar ([email protected]) Sanjiv Kumar ([email protected]) Arup Das ([email protected]) John Anthony ([email protected]) Mrunal Shetye (Mrunal.Shetye@gatesfoun...

1 shifts in monkey 2 3 Bernard P. Bechara & Neeraj J. Gandhi 4 Department of Bioengineering, Otolaryngology and Neuroscience 5 Center for Neural Basis of Cognition 6 University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 7 8 Corresponding Author 9 Raj Gandhi 10 203 Lothrop Street 11 Eye & Ear Institute, Room 108 12 University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine 13 Pittsburgh, PA 15213 14 Email: [email protected] 15...