We study how public school teachers use paid sick leave. Most U.S. sick leave schemes operate as individualized credit accounts – paid leave is earned and unused leave accumulates, producing an employee-specific…
Due to the relevance of digital technologies for economic prosperity, measuring their adoption is of particular importance. We show that the availability of firm website data and advances in text mining enable…
We describe a new class of mechanisms—referred to as booster draft mechanisms—for allocating indivisible objects among n individuals with responsive preferences. Specifically, n individuals are assigned m…
We use the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent to Adult Health to explore how high school peers’ grit, a personality trait characterized by perseverance and passion, influences long-term outcomes…
