The aim of theJournal of Public Economicsis to encourage original scientific contributions on the problems ofpublic economics, with particular emphasis on the application of moderneconomic theoryand methods of quantitative analysis. It provides a forum for discussion ofpublic policyof … ...
Policymakers routinely make high-stakes funding decisions. Assessing the value of a program is difficult and may be affected by bounded rationality. We conducted experiments involving U.S. policymakers and the general public, in which participants were given the opportunity to assess the value of var...
This paper provides new evidence on the effect of a national expansion of paid maternity leave on the labor-market outcomes of women in the United States. I develop an identification strategy that exploits the staggered expansion of paid leave through short-term disability insurance in the 1960s ...
Journal of Public Economics j our nal homepage: . el sevi er. com/ l ocat e/ econbase Frictionless models with optimizing forward-looking agents, as RBC models, for example, seem to be ill-suited to study the effects of government spending. In this context, Baxter and King (1993) have...
As the official journal of the Association of Public Economic Theory, Journal of Public Economic Theory (JPET) is dedicated to stimulating research in the rapidly growing field of public economics. Submissions are judged on the basis of their creativity and rigor, and the Journal imposes neither ...
This study investigates how the global adoption of modern electrical batteries influenced women’s fertility choices in the Democratic Republic of the
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This study examines the gender wage gap in the USA using two separate cross-sections from the Current Population Survey (CPS). The extensive literature on
riers to entry, it should lead to greater market power and pro ts rather than bene ts to consumers.A second strand of the public choice theory, which we call the tollbooth view, holds that regulation is pursued for the bene t of politicians and bureaucrats [McChesney 1987; De Soto 1990...
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