Assessing concerns for the economic consequence of the COVID-19 response and mental health problems associated with economic vulnerability and negative …

C Codagnone, F Bogliacino, C Gómez, R Charris… - Plos one, 2020 - journals.plos.org
Many different countries have been under lockdown or extreme social distancing measures
to control the spread of COVID-19. The potentially far-reaching side effects of these …

Grape phylloxera (Daktulosphaira vitifoliae) – a review of potential detection and alternative management options

D Benheim, S Rochfort, E Robertson… - Annals of Applied …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
The management options for grape phylloxera, Daktulosphaira vitifoliae, a monophagous
insect pest of Vitis species are reviewed. Although in a worldwide context, grape phylloxera …

Dowry deaths: Response to weather variability in India

S Sekhri, A Storeygard - Journal of development economics, 2014 - Elsevier
We examine the effect of rainfall shocks on dowry deaths using data from 583 Indian districts
for 2002–2007. We find that a one standard deviation decline in annual rainfall from the …

Devotion and development: Religiosity, education, and economic progress in nineteenth-century France

MP Squicciarini - American Economic Review, 2020 - aeaweb.org
This paper studies when religion can hamper diffusion of knowledge and economic
development, and through which mechanism. I examine Catholicism in France during the …

Universal cash and crime

B Watson, M Guettabi, M Reimer - Review of Economics and Statistics, 2020 - direct.mit.edu
We estimate the effects of universal cash transfers on crime from Alaska's Permanent Fund
Dividend, an annual lump-sum payment to all Alaska residents. We find a 14% increase in …

Middleman minorities and ethnic violence: anti-Jewish pogroms in the Russian empire

I Grosfeld, SO Sakalli… - The Review of Economic …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
Using detailed panel data from the Pale of Settlement area between 1800 and 1927, we
document that anti-Jewish pogroms—mob violence against the Jewish minority—broke out …

Cultural differences and institutional integration

L Guiso, H Herrera, M Morelli - Journal of International Economics, 2016 - Elsevier
If citizens of different countries belonging to an economic union adhere to different and
deeply rooted cultural norms, when these countries interact they may find it impossible to …

Negative shocks predict change in cognitive function and preferences: Assessing the negative affect and stress hypothesis

F Bogliacino, C Codagnone, F Montealegre… - Scientific Reports, 2021 - nature.com
In the context of the current COVID-19 pandemic, households throughout the world have to
cope with negative shocks. Previous research has shown that negative shocks impair …

The changing returns to crime: Do criminals respond to prices?

M Draca, T Koutmeridis, S Machin - The Review of Economic …, 2019 - academic.oup.com
To what extent does crime follow the pattern of potential gains to illegal activity? This article
presents evidence on how criminals respond to this key incentive by reporting crime–price …

Job loss, credit, and crime in Colombia

G Khanna, C Medina, A Nyshadham, C Posso… - American Economic …, 2021 - aeaweb.org
We investigate the effects of job displacement, as a result of mass layoffs, on criminal arrests
using a matched employer-employee crime dataset from Medellín, Colombia. Job …