Is more specialization always better? Analyzing the impact of specialization in policymaking arenas on environmental policy compliance.
Principal Investigator: Omar Barroso Khodr Authors: Yuhao Ba Original Title: The more expertise the better? Examining the impact of policy venue specialization on environmental policy compliance Intervention Location: China Sample Size: 3.792 firms Main Variable of Interest: Misconduct. Indicating the number of reported cases of corporate environmental misconduct committed by the company […]
What are the most important public values? Linking political ideology and motivation for public service to preferences for public values.
Principal Investigator: Omar Barroso Khodr Authors: Nathan Favero, Colt Jensen, Minjung Kim, and Jaclyn Piatak Original Title: Which Public Values are Most Important? Linking Political Ideology and Public Service Motivation to Public Values Preferences. Intervention Location: USA (United States) Sample Size: 814 respondents Main Variable of Interest: Public Values Evaluation System. […]
Homeownership: The case of Sweden
Principal Investigator: Omar Barroso Khodr Authors: Sodini et al. (2023) – P. Sodini, SV Nieuwerburgh, R. Vestman and UvL Toal Original Title: Identifying the Benefits from Homeownership: A Swedish Experiment Intervention Location: Sweden (Northern European Country) Sample Size: 1.911 families — 567 in the treatment group and 1.344 in the support group
Do Conditional Cash Transfers Generate Benefits?
Principal Investigator: Omar Barroso Khodr Authors: Katy Bergstrom and William Dodds Original Title: The targeting benefit of conditional cash transfers Intervention Location: Mexico Sample Size: The survey covers all households in the evaluation sample (i.e., all 506 localities) and contains extensive household information (including eligibility for Progresa), […]
Spillover Effects and Social Interaction on the Demand for Preventive Healthcare: Evidence from the PROGRESA Program
Principal Investigator: Omar Barroso Khodr Author(s): Ciro Avitabile Original Title: Spillovers and Social Interaction Effects in the Demand for Preventive Healthcare: Evidence from the PROGRESA program. Intervention Location: Mexico (country in North America) Sample Size: 506 villages (rural regions of Mexico) Sector: Health Economics Main Variable of Interest: Screening Decision […]
Public health insurance and pharmaceutical innovation: evidence from China
Principal Investigator: Omar Barroso Khodr Authors: Xuan Zhanga and Huihua Nieb Original Title: Public Health Insurance and Pharmaceutical Innovation: Evidence from China Intervention Location: China Sample Size: 64 patients Main Variable of Interest: Measures of quantity and quality of disease-related patents Type of Intervention: Public policy intervention targeting the area […]
Subsidies for technology adoption: Experimental evidence from rural areas of Cameroon
Principal Investigator: Omar Barroso Khodr Authors: Niccolò Meriggi; Erwin Bulte; Ahmed Mushfiq Mobarak Original Title: Subsidies for technology adoption: Experimental evidence from rural Cameroon Intervention Location: Cameroon (Country in Central Africa) Sample Size: 199 villages (in the Adamawa region – northern Cameroon) Sector: Economic Development & Environmental Economics Main Variable of Interest: […]
Family and Government Insurance
Principal Investigator: Omar Barroso Khodr Authors: Mariacristina De Nardia, Giulio Fellab, Marike Knoefc, Gonzalo Paz-Pardod, Raun Van Ooijene Original Title: Family and government insurance: Wage, earnings, and income risks in the Netherlands and the US Intervention Location: United States (USA) and Netherlands Sample Size: 95.000 individuals (Netherlands) and 18.000 individuals (USA) […]
Behavioral responses to inheritance and gift taxation: evidence from Germany
Principal Investigator: Omar Barroso Khodr Authors: Ulrich Glogowsky Original Title: Behavioral responses to inheritance and gift taxation: Evidence from Germany Intervention Location: Germany Sample Size: 1,3 million inheritances and 376 gifts Main Variable of Interest: Elasticity (sensitivity of taxable transfers to the net tax rate) Type of Intervention: Fiscal Measures in […]
Can gender quotas in candidate lists empower women? Evidence from a regression discontinuity design
Principal Investigator: Omar Barroso Khodr Authors: Manuel Bagues and Pamela Campa Original Title: Can gender quotas in candidate lists empower women? Evidence from a regression discontinuity design Intervention Location: Spain Sample Size: Municipalities with more than 3.000 inhabitants Main Variable of Interest: impact of the introduction of quotas in 2007, leveraging the variation provided […]