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The Impacts of the Affordable Care Act on Low-Income Household Finances

This paper investigates the impact of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA, "Obamacare") on out-of-pocket medical expenditures and access to health care for households across the income distribution. Using a DDD identification strategy and simulated eligibility instruments, I parameterize three of the central policy provisions of the ACA: Medicaid expansion, insurance exchange...

Birth Cohort Size Variation and the Estimation of Class Size Effects

We present evidence that the practice of holding back poorly performing students affects estimates of the impact of class size on student outcomes based on within-school variation of cohort size over time. This type of variation is commonly used to identify class size effects. We build a theoretical model in which cohort size is subject to random shocks and students whose performance falls...

Parental leave and mothers' careers

This paper analyzes the impact of the German Parental Leave Reform on mothers' careers in the long run. To identify the causal effect, we use a difference-in-difference approach that compares labor market outcomes of mothers who gave birth just before and right after the reform and net out seasonal effects by including the year before. Using the total population of the Integrated Employment...

EU Commission proposal for 2021–2027 budget: lost opportunities

In May, the EU Commission presented its proposal for the EU budget for 2021 to 2027—a period of change for the EU. Not only will Great Britain’s exit from the Union leave a significant hole in the budget, but at the same time the budget must cover a vast range of additional requirements. Current international policy developments are already demanding the EU acting as a community, and the ...

EU Commission Proposal for 2021–2027 Budget: Lost Opportunities

In May, the EU Commission presented its proposal for the EU budget for 2021 to 2027—a period of change for the EU. Not only will Great Britain’s exit from the Union leave a significant hole in the budget, but at the same time the budget must cover a vast range of additional requirements. Current international policy developments are already demanding the EU acting as a community, and the European project ...

Alexander Konon has successfully defended his dissertation

Alexander Konon, who is a member of the DIW Graduate Center, has successfully defended his dissertation at the University of Potsdam.The dissertation with the title "Essays on Career Choice under Risk and Ambiguity" was supervised by Prof. Dr. Alexander Kritikos (DIW Berlin, University of Potsdam) and Prof. Dr. Marco Caliendo (IZA Bonn, University of Potsdam). We congratulate Alexander on his ...

Alexander Konon has successfully defended his dissertation

Alexander Konon, who is a member of the DIW Graduate Center, has successfully defended his dissertation at the University of Potsdam.The dissertation with the title "Essays on Career Choice under Risk and Ambiguity" was supervised by Prof. Dr. Alexander Kritikos (DIW Berlin, University of Potsdam) and Prof. Dr. Marco Caliendo (IZA Bonn, University of Potsdam). We congratulate Alexander on his ...

SOEP-Core – 2017: Mutter und Kind (9-10 Jahre), Altstichproben

SOEP-Core – 2017: Die verstorbene Person, Altstichproben