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Affirmative Action and Human Capital Accumulation: Evidence from Brazil Marcos Hirai Catao

by Marcos Hirai Catao Abstract In this study, I examine the effects of affirmative action (AA) policies on high school students’ incentives to invest in human capital, focusing on the Brazilian Quotas Law (QL). This law mandates that federal higher education institutions reserve half of their seats for students from public high schools. Utilizing administrative […]

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Free University? An Investigation of Australia’s 1974 Free Higher Education Policy and Its Impact on Enrollment, Degree Completion, Later-Life Occupational Status, and Income

by Yaxuan “Annie” Cui Abstract To what extent has the free higher education policy of 1974 impacted Australian students’ decisions of university enrollment, degree completion, and later-life human capital development? In this paper, I analyze the impact of the policy from both national descriptive statistics and individual-level enrollment and degree completion decisions using the Australian […]

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Predicting the Work Task Replacement Effects of the Adoption of Machine Learning Technology

by Shreya Hurli Abstract This paper develops a methodology to attempt to predict which tasks in the workforce will be resistant to the replacement of labor by machine learning technology in the near future given current technology and technology adoption trends. Tasks are individual activities completed as parts of a job. Prior research in the […]

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Navigating the Maize of Poverty: Intra-Household Allocation and Investment in Children’s Human Capital in Tanzania

By Saheel Chodavadia   Intra-household resource allocation influences investment in children’s human capital and hence influences long-term poverty levels. I study how climate shocks in Tanzania shift intra-household bargaining power and investment in children’s human capital. Past empirical work finds that bargaining power is associated with income, assets, education, and other often unobservable factors. Anthropological evidence […]

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