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Ideology and performance in public organizations - Marginal REVOLUTION

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A Majority of Doses are Now Second Doses

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As of Feb. 18 (last day of full data) we gave out 817,708 second doses and...
As of Feb. 18 (last day of full data) we gave out 817,708 second doses and just 702,426 first doses. In other words, a majority of doses are now second doses. As Daniel Bier writes this means that we are boosting some people from ~85% to ~95% protected when we could be vaccinating more first […] The post A Majority of Doses are Now...

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Diversity in policing

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In the wake of high-profile police shootings of Black Americans, it is important to know whether...
In the wake of high-profile police shootings of Black Americans, it is important to know whether the race and gender of officers and civilians affect their interactions. Ba et al. overcame previous data constraints and found that Hispanic and Black officers make far fewer stops and arrests and use force less than white officers, especially against […] The post Diversity in policing appeared first on...

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Half Doses of Moderna Produce Neutralizing Antibodies

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A new phase II study from Moderna shows that half-doses (50 μg) appear to be as...
A new phase II study from Moderna shows that half-doses (50 μg) appear to be as good as full doses (100 ug) at generating correlates of protection such as neutralizing antibodies. In this randomized, controlled phase 2 trial, the SARS-CoV-2 vaccine candidate mRNA-1273, administered as a two-dose vaccination regimen at 50 and 100 μg, exhibited […] The post Half Doses of Moderna Produce Neutralizing...

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U.S.A. fact of the day

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The U.S. also experienced its most violent year in decades with an unprecedented rise in homicides....
The U.S. also experienced its most violent year in decades with an unprecedented rise in homicides. The Gun Violence Archive reported that more than 19,000 people died in shootings or firearm-related incidents in 2020, the highest figure in over two decades. New Orleans-based crime analyst Jeff Asher took a closer look at the number of murders in […] The post U.S.A. fact of the day appeared...

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How to build Haitian state capacity

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Strengthening state capacity in low income countries requires raising tax revenue while maintaining political stability. The...
Strengthening state capacity in low income countries requires raising tax revenue while maintaining political stability. The risk of inciting political unrest when attempting to increase taxes may trap governments in a low-tax equilibrium, but public goods provision may improve both tax compliance and political stability. To test these questions empirically, I partner with the national […] The post How to build Haitian state capacity...

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Sentences to ponder

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How many will speak up for science today?: Our results show that the enormous expansions of...
How many will speak up for science today?: Our results show that the enormous expansions of parental leave and child care subsidies have had virtually no impact on gender convergence. That is from a new NBER working paper by Henrik Kleven, Camille Landais, Johanna Posch, Andreas Steinhauer, and Josef Zweimüller., based on decades of data […] The post Sentences to ponder appeared first on...

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Paige Harden on Genetic Differences and the Left

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Paige Harden, the left-leaning behavioral geneticist, brings the fire in comments on an AEON article about...
Paige Harden, the left-leaning behavioral geneticist, brings the fire in comments on an AEON article about her work: In this article, Erik Parens urges me and other scientists working in the field of social genomics to “curb [our] optimism” regarding how genetic discoveries could be used to advance progressive and egalitarian social goals. In my […] The post Paige Harden on Genetic Differences and...

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Are body cameras effective for constraining police after all?

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Controversial police use of force incidents have spurred protests across the nation and calls for reform....
Controversial police use of force incidents have spurred protests across the nation and calls for reform. Body-worn cameras (BWCs) have received extensive attention as a potential key solution. I conduct the first nationwide study of the effects of BWCs in more than 1,000 agencies. I identify the causal effects by using idiosyncratic variation in adoption […] The post Are body cameras effective for constraining...

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The local amenities effect of Prohibition

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Comparing same-state early and late adopters of county dry laws in a difference-in-differences design, we find...
Comparing same-state early and late adopters of county dry laws in a difference-in-differences design, we find that early Prohibition adoption increased population and farm real estate values. Moreover, we find strong effects on farm productivity consistent with increased investment due to a land price channel. In equilibrium, the amenity change disproportionately attracted immigrants and African-Americans. […] The post The local amenities effect of Prohibition...

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Why are North and South India so different on gender?

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From Alice Evans: Region is a strong predictor of female survival, literacy, autonomy, employment, and independent...
From Alice Evans: Region is a strong predictor of female survival, literacy, autonomy, employment, and independent mobility. A woman with the exact same household wealth/ caste/ religion will likely have more autonomy if she lives in the South. It does not seem to be a function of wealth, nor was colonialism a major factor. And […] The post Why are North and South India...

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Gangs, Labor Mobility and Development

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We study how two of the world’s largest gangs—MS-13 and 18th Street—affect economic development in El...
We study how two of the world’s largest gangs—MS-13 and 18th Street—affect economic development in El Salvador. We exploit the fact that the emergence of these gangs was the consequence of an exogenous shift in American immigration policy that led to the deportation of gang leaders from the United States to El Salvador. Using a […] The post Gangs, Labor Mobility and Development appeared...

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Unintended Consequences of Criminalizing Sex Work

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We examine the impact of criminalizing sex work, exploiting an event in which local officials unexpectedly...
We examine the impact of criminalizing sex work, exploiting an event in which local officials unexpectedly criminalized sex work in one district in East Java, Indonesia, but not in neighboring districts. We collect data from female sex workers and their clients before and after the change. We find that criminalization increases sexually transmitted infections among […] The post Unintended Consequences of Criminalizing Sex Work...

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Are School Reopening Decisions Related to Union Influence?

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Yes, in short. Here is a new paper from Corey Deangelis and Christos Makridis: The COVID-19...
Yes, in short. Here is a new paper from Corey Deangelis and Christos Makridis: The COVID-19 pandemic led to widespread school closures affecting millions of K-12 students in the United States in the spring of 2020. Groups representing teachers have pushed to reopen public schools virtually in the fall because of concerns about the health […] The post Are School Reopening Decisions Related to...

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The impact of economic regulation on growth: survey and synthesis

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This study provides a survey of research that uses cross-country comparisons to examine how economic regulation...
This study provides a survey of research that uses cross-country comparisons to examine how economic regulation affects growth. Studies in the peer-reviewed literature tend to rely on either World Bank or Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development measures of regulation. Those studies seem to reflect a consensus that entry regulation and anticompetitive product and labor […] The post The impact of economic regulation on...

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New York City facts of the day

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In June alone some 270 people were shot in the city, a 154 per cent increase...
In June alone some 270 people were shot in the city, a 154 per cent increase from a year earlier. July is not looking any better. Over the recent July 4 holiday weekend, 64 people were shot. Seventeen more were shot this Monday, a day after Gardner’s death. Those shootings have contributed to a 23 […] The post New York City facts of the...

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Do walls work?

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To be clear, I do not favor building the Trump Wall (at all), still I am...
To be clear, I do not favor building the Trump Wall (at all), still I am willing to present relevant evidence when it appears. Here is the abstract of a new paper by Benjamin Feigenberg: This paper estimates the impact of the US-Mexico border fence on US-Mexico migration by exploiting variation in the timing and […] The post Do walls work? appeared first on...

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Policing the Police

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Here is the new paper by Tanaya Devi and Roland Fryer, full title being “Policing the...
Here is the new paper by Tanaya Devi and Roland Fryer, full title being “Policing the Police: The Impact of “Pattern-or-Practice” Investigations on Crime”: This paper provides the first empirical examination of the impact of federal and state “Pattern-or-Practice” investigations on crime and policing. For investigations that were not preceded by “viral” incidents of deadly […] The post Policing the Police appeared first on...

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