Events

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Returns to Scale and Productivity in the Macroeconomy (Anthony Savagar joint with Joel Kariel)

Anthony Savagar will investigate the puzzle of rising returns to scale but stagnating productivity in several advanced economies.

Maternal Dismissals during Pregnancy and the Health of Newborns

Livia Menezes paper estimates the effect of plausibly exogenous job losses during pregnancy on birth and infant outcomes using administrative Brazilian vital statistics and employment records

Understanding Program Complementarities: Estimating the Dynamic Effects of Head Start with Multiple Alternatives

Marc Chan uses experimental data from the Head Start Impact Study to examine the effect of sequential participation in childcare programs on cognitive outcomes.

Variable Selection and Forecasting in High Dimensional Linear Regressions with Parameter Instability

Hashem Pesaran discusses the problem of variable selection, as a number of studies do not consider it even though it is likely affecting their results.

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