New Working Papers from the NBER

The Benefits of Breastfeeding Across the Early Years of Childhood
by Clive R. Belfield, Inas Rashad Kelly
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Measuring the Effects of Segregation in the Presence of Social Spillovers: A Nonparametric Approach
by Bryan S. Graham, Guido W. Imbens, Geert Ridder
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The Growth in Social Security Benefits Among the Retirement Age Population from Increases in the Cap on Covered Earnings
by Alan L. Gustman, Thomas Steinmeier, Nahid Tabatabai
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Policy Effects in Hyperbolic vs. Exponential Models of Consumption and Retirement
by Alan L. Gustman, Thomas L. Steinmeier
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The State of the Safety Net in the Post-Welfare Reform Era
by Marianne Bitler, Hilary W. Hoynes
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Identifying Sibling Influence on Teenage Substance Use
by Joseph G. Altonji, Sarah Cattan, Iain Ware
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The Redistributive Effects of Political Reservation for Minorities: Evidence from India
by Aimee Chin, Nishith Prakash
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Empirical Models of Consumer Behavior
by Aviv Nevo
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How Much Do Educational Outcomes Matter in OECD Countries?
by Eric A. Hanushek, Ludger Woessmann
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Terms of Endearment: An Equilibrium Model of Sex and Matching
by Peter Arcidiacono, Andrew W. Beauchamp, Marjorie B. McElroy
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Is Poor Fitness Contagious? Evidence from Randomly Assigned Friends
by Scott E. Carrell, Mark Hoekstra, James E. West
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Does Menstruation Explain Gender Gaps in Work Absenteeism?
by Jonah E. Rockoff, Mariesa A. Herrmann
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Worker Absence and Productivity: Evidence from Teaching
by Mariesa A. Herrmann, Jonah E. Rockoff
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