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Another Brick in the Wall? The Educational Effects of Repurposed Mafia Properties

Italy's anti-Mafia legislation allows confiscated Mafia properties to be converted into educational, cultural, and welfare facilities where local NGOs offer various social activities specifically targeting the youth and other vulnerable groups. This study provides the first causal evidence on how exposure to these repurposed spaces affects students' dropout rates by...

Presented by: Victoria Biagi (ISER, University of Essex)

Venue: SSRC416 (2N2.4.16)

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Do we need to include offliners in self-administered general population surveys? An analysis of more than substantive variables in a probability-based mixed-mode panel survey in Germany

Due to concerns about bias stemming from the undercoverage of non-internet users, most probability-based surveys try to include offliners (i.e., respondents not able or willing to participate online). Often, this is accomplished by adding a costly and labor-intensive mail mode. Previous research shows that including offliners results in more accurate...

Presented by: Lena Rembser (GESIS – Leibniz Institute for the Social Sciences)

Venue: SSRC416 (2N2.4.16)

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Nonstandard work schedules and mental health: Do social and workplace resources moderate the association?

Despite the widespread prevalence of nonstandard work schedules (NSWS) – that is working evening, nights, or weekends – their implications for mental health remain unevenly understood, particularly with respect to the resources that may buffer their adverse consequences. Using longitudinal data from Understanding Society: the UK Household Longitudinal Study (UKHLS)...

Presented by: Sara Tafuro (INED, The French Institute for Demographic Studies)

Venue: SSRC416 (2N2.4.16)

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When Trouble Travels: Peer Effects of Criminal Exposure in Schools

A child's peers are a vital determinant of their performance at school. While it has been well documented that being exposed to disruptive peers can have adverse effects on educational outcomes, little is known about the impact of being exposed to a peer with a criminal background. In this paper,...

Presented by: Hikaru Kawarazaki (IFS, UCL)

Venue: SSRC416 (2N2.4.16)

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Opportunity-Sensitive Social Welfare

We develop a framework to evaluate income distributions from the perspective of an opportunity-egalitarian social planner. Through an original axiomatic route that bridges normative economics and decision theory under ambiguity, we characterize a class of social welfare functions governed by a single parameter capturing the planner's aversion to inequality of...

Presented by: Paul Hufe (University of Bristol)

Venue: 2N2.4.16 (ISER Large Seminar Room)

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Immobility in a Distressed Region: Poverty Trap, Housing Lock, or Preferences?

The Appalachian region is characterized by low wages, high unemployment, high poverty, and limited economic opportunities. Standard models of migration predict that such conditions should generate substantial out-migration, yet migration rates from Appalachia are lower than in the rest of the United States. We examine three potential explanations for this...

Presented by: Christopher R. Bollinger (University of Kentucky)

Venue: 2N2.4.16 (ISER Large Seminar Room)