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Fallen women: Recessions and the supply of sex work 堕落的女人：经济衰退和性工作的供应

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Journal of Public Economics Pub Date : 2025-05-24 DOI: 10.1016/j.jpubeco.2025.105405

Grant Goehring

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The influence of inheritances on wealth inequality in rich countries 遗产对富裕国家财富不平等的影响

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Journal of Public Economics Pub Date : 2025-05-23 DOI: 10.1016/j.jpubeco.2025.105398

Salvatore Morelli , Brian Nolan , Juan C. Palomino , Philippe Van Kerm

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Racial inequality in unemployment insurance receipt 失业保险领取中的种族不平等

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Journal of Public Economics Pub Date : 2025-05-21 DOI: 10.1016/j.jpubeco.2025.105401

Elira Kuka , Bryan A. Stuart

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State Auto-IRA policies and firm behavior: Lessons from administrative tax data 州自动退休帐户政策和公司行为：来自行政税务数据的教训

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Journal of Public Economics Pub Date : 2025-05-20 DOI: 10.1016/j.jpubeco.2025.105403

Adam Bloomfield , Lucas Goodman , Manita Rao , Sita Slavov

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Do mandatory disclosures squeeze the lemons? The case of housing markets in India 强制性信息披露会挤掉柠檬吗？以印度房地产市场为例

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Journal of Public Economics Pub Date : 2025-05-20 DOI: 10.1016/j.jpubeco.2025.105395

Vaidehi Tandel , Sahil Gandhi , Anupam Nanda , Nandini Agnihotri

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Uniform brand-variant pricing and heterogeneous firm responses to excise taxes: Evidence from six U.S. cities 统一的品牌变量定价和异质性企业对消费税的反应：来自美国六个城市的证据

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Journal of Public Economics Pub Date : 2025-05-20 DOI: 10.1016/j.jpubeco.2025.105400

Danna Thomas

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Decentralized markets for electricity in low-income countries 低收入国家分散的电力市场

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Journal of Public Economics Pub Date : 2025-05-16 DOI: 10.1016/j.jpubeco.2025.105376

Megan Lang

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Landmines: The local effects of demining 地雷：排雷的局部影响

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Journal of Public Economics Pub Date : 2025-05-15 DOI: 10.1016/j.jpubeco.2025.105399

Mounu Prem , Miguel E. Purroy , Juan F. Vargas

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The dynamics of cohort effect in politics 政治中的群体效应动力学

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Journal of Public Economics Pub Date : 2025-05-15 DOI: 10.1016/j.jpubeco.2025.105397

Gilat Levy, Ronny Razin

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From syringes to dishes: Improving food sufficiency through vaccination 从注射器到餐具：通过接种疫苗提高食物充足率

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Journal of Public Economics Pub Date : 2025-05-14 DOI: 10.1016/j.jpubeco.2025.105392

Erkmen G. Aslim , Wei Fu , Erdal Tekin , Shijun You

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