Conflict violence reduction and pregnancy outcomes: A regression discontinuity design in Colombia. [PDF]
PLoS Medicine, 2021 BackgroundThe relationship between exposure to conflict violence during pregnancy and the risks of miscarriage, stillbirth, and perinatal mortality has not been studied empirically using rigorous methods and appropriate data.
Giancarlo Buitrago, Rodrigo Moreno-Serra
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Does access to credit reduce SMEs’ tax avoidance? Evidence from a regression discontinuity design [PDF]
Financial Innovation, 2021 This study investigates the effect of targeted reserve requirement ratio cuts (TRRRCs) on tax avoidance among small and micro enterprises (SMEs) with operating revenues below specific cutoffs in China. Using a regression discontinuity design, we causally
Xiaowei Kong +3 more
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Targeting Women's vulnerable employment through social protection: A quasi-experimental regression discontinuity design [PDF]
Heliyon, 2022 In Pakistan, women face economic and social vulnerability, which keeps them underpaid even without social barriers. Government micro and macroeconomic policies are aimed at income generation rather than making women part of the economic mainstream.
Mudassira Sarfraz +4 more
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On the reliability of published findings using the regression discontinuity design in political science [PDF]
Research & Politics, 2023 The regression discontinuity (RD) design offers identification of causal effects under weak assumptions, earning it a position as a standard method in modern political science research.
Drew Stommes +2 more
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Test cricketers score quickly during the 'nervous nineties': Evidence from a regression discontinuity design. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2023 The 'nervous nineties' is a well-known cricket colloquialism that implies that batting within reach of 100 runs is mentally demanding. Despite common acceptance of this phenomenon, no study has used a historical test cricket dataset to examine how ...
Leo Roberts +3 more
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Aging out of WIC and child nutrition: Evidence from a regression discontinuity design [PDF]
American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 2023 The Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) is the third largest food assistance program in the United States. In this paper, we exploit the exogenous program rule that children are eligible for WIC until their fifth
Travis A. Smith, Pourya Valizadeh
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Preschool and maternal labour market outcomes: evidence from a regression discontinuity design [PDF]
, 2009 Expanding preschool education has the dual goals of improving child outcomes and work incentives for mothers. This paper provides evidence on the second, identifying the impact of preschool attendance on maternal labor market outcomes in Argentina.
Samuel Berlinski +2 more
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AERA Open, 2021 The Tennessee Voluntary Pre-K Program (TN-VPK) is statewide full-day program that gives priority to children from low-income families. A regression-discontinuity design with a statewide probability sample of 155 TN-VPK classrooms and 5,189 children ...
Georgine M. Pion, Mark W. Lipsey
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Effect of retirement on the body mass index in China: a nationwide study based on the regression discontinuity design [PDF]
BMC Public HealthIntroduction Retirement represents a significant life transition and is associated with individual health outcomes. Previous studies on the health effects of retirement have yielded inconsistent conclusions.
Jiarun Mi +15 more
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Incentive effects of cash benefit among low-skilled young adults: Applying a regression discontinuity design. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2020 In 2014, the Danish Government implemented an active labour market reform directed at unemployed young adults under 30 years of age with low educational qualifications.
Helle Bendix Kleif, Jacob Nielsen Arendt
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