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School Climate and the Impact of Neighborhood Crime on Test ScoresIngrid Ellen, Agustina Laurito, Johanna Lacoe, Amy Ellen Schwartz, Patrick Sharkey …
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Consumer Borrowing After Payday Loan BansHigh-interest payday loans have proliferated in recent years; so too have efforts to regulate them. Yet how borrowers respond to such regulations remains largely unknown. Drawing on both administrative and survey data, we exploit variation in …
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Bringing Innovation to ParatransitAccess-A-Ride, New York City’s paratransit program, provides door-to-door transportation service at the same cost as a transit ride for passengers who are unable to use the city’s fixed-route buses and subways. Access-A-Ride is costly for its operator, …
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Identifying Local Hot Spots of Pediatric Chronic Diseases Using Emergency Department SurveillanceDavid C. Lee, Stella S. Yi, Hiu Fai Fong, Jessica K. Athens, Joseph Ravenell, Mary Ann Sevick, Stephen P. Wall, Brian D. Elbel …
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Chapter 12: “Energy Transformation in Cities”P.J. Marcotullio, A. Sarzynski, J. Sperling, A. Chavez, H. Estiri, M. Pathak, Rae Zimmerman …
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Local Instruments, Global Extrapolation: External Validity of the Same-Sex-Fertility-Labor Supply Local Average Treatment EffectRajeev Dehejia, James Bisbee, Cristian Pop-Eleches, Cyrus Samii …
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The Contextual Significance of Race and Place in Economic Markets: Lessons from an Online Field ExperimentJacob Faber, Max Besbris, Patrick Sharkey …
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Hospital readmission risk for patients with self-reported hearing loss and communication troubleJE Chang Ji, BE Weinstein, J Chodosh, J Blustein …
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Medicare Beneficiaries Living In Housing With Supportive Services Experienced Lower Hospital Use Than OthersThere is strong evidence that housing conditions affect population health, but evidence is limited on the extent to which housing with supportive social services can maintain population health and reduce the use of expensive hospital services. We examined …
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Why do so many American families feel so financially insecure?Jonathan Morduch, Rachel Schneider …
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We Tracked Every Dollar 235 U.S. Spent for an Entire Year and Found Widespread VulnerabilityJonathan Morduch …
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Investigating the Relationship Between Real Estate Agents, Segregation, and House Prices: Steering and Upselling in New York StateMax Besbris, Jacob Faber …
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Cashing in On Distress: The Expansion of Predatory Financial Institutions throughout the Great RecessionJacob Faber …
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Segregation and the Geography of Creditworthiness: Racial Inequality in a Recovered Mortgage MarketJacob Faber …
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The Current Limits of Calorie Labeling and the Potential for Population Health ImpactA Breck, T Mijanovich, B Weitzman, Brian D. Elbel …
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Marketing Food and Beverages to Youth Through SportsMarie Bragg, Christina A. Roberto, Jennifer L. Harris, Kelly D. Brownell, Brian D. Elbel …
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A Systematic Review of Calorie Labeling and Modified Calorie Labeling Interventions: Impact on Consumer and Restaurant BehaviorSara N. Bleich, Christina Economos, Marie L. Spiker, Kelsey A. Vercammen, Eric M. Vanepps, Jason Block, Brian D. Elbel, Mary Story, Christina A. …
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Quantifying spatial misclassification in exposure to noise complaints among low-income housing residents across New York City neighborhoods: a Global Positioning System (GPS) studyKosuke Tamura, Seann D. Regan, Jessica K. Athens, Brian D. Elbel, Julie Mline, Yazan A. Al-Ajlouni, Basile Chaix …
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Comparing five front-of-pack nutrition labels' influence on consumers' perceptions and purchase intentionsMary T. Gorski Findling, Paul M. Werth, Aviva Musicus, Marie Bragg, Dan J. Graham, Brian D. Elbel, Christina A. Roberto …
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Geospatial clustering in sugar-sweetened beverage consumption among Boston youthKosuke Tamura, Jessica K. Athens, Marie Bragg, Michael Rienti, Jared Aldstadt, Marc Scott, Brian D. Elbel …
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Residential and GPS-Defined Activity Space Neighborhood Noise Complaints, Body Mass Index and Blood Pressure Among Low-Income Housing Residents in New York CityKosuke Tamura, Brian D. Elbel, Basile Chaix, Seann D. Regan, Yazan A. Al-Ajlouni, Jessica K. Athens, Julie Mline …
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Energy contribution of sugar-sweetened beverage refills at fast-food restaurantsAndrew Breck, Jonathan Cantor, Brian D. Elbel …
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Using behavioral economics to improve dietary intake: Alternatives to regulation, bans, and taxationMarie Bragg, Brian D. Elbel …