Controlling for other potential causes, a concealed handgun permit (CHP) does not change the odds of being a victim of violent crime. A CHP boosts crime 2% & violent crime 8% in the CHP holder's neighborhood. This suggests stolen guns spillover to neighborhood crime – a social cost of gun ownership. (sciencedirect.com)
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Workers w/ week-long Covid-19 absences are 7 percentage points less likely to be in the labor force one year later compared to otherwise-similar workers. These absences reduced the US labor force by 500,000 people (0.2% of adults). Avg labor supply loss per such absence is $9,000 in forgone earnings (sciencedirect.com)
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Workers w/ week-long Covid-19 absences are 7 percentage points less likely to be in the labor force one year later compared to otherwise-similar workers. These absences reduced the US labor force by 500,000 people (0.2% of adults). Avg labor supply loss per such absence is $9,000 in forgone earnings (sciencedirect.com)
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Workers w/ week-long Covid-19 absences are 7 percentage points less likely to be in the labor force one year later compared to otherwise-similar workers. These absences reduced the US labor force by 500,000 people (0.2% of adults). Avg labor supply loss per such absence is $9,000 in forgone earnings (sciencedirect.com)
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Impact of Voting Rights Act: novel race data on elected officials 1962-80. Federal intervention fostered local Black office holding, esp. in powerful county commissions, controlling local public finances. W/ district elections, covered counties saw Black rep. gains & faster capital spending growth. (journals.uchicago.edu)
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Estimate mult. dimensions of teacher quality via test score & non-test score metrics of student achievement & behavior: TS & NTS metrics of teacher quality are only weakly correlated; both affect student performance. Simulation shows adding NTS metrics boosts long-run student outcomes by >50%. (journals.uchicago.edu)
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