AEJ: AE: Volume 15, No. 2


Studies


Infrastructure Costs
Leah Brooks and Zachary Liscow
https://doi.org/10.1257/app.20200398
Data Availability: Some data not provided but can be downloaded.
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Replicability: Looking for a replicator.

Discriminatory Lending: Evidence from Bankers in the Lab
J. Michelle Brock and Ralph De Haas
https://doi.org/10.1257/app.20210180
Data Availability: The paper uses confidential data on experiments collected by the authors. Researchers interested in accessing this data can contact Ralph De Haas at dehaasr@ebrd.com to discuss the possibility of gaining access.The author will assist with reasonable replication attempts for two years following publication.
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Income Segregation and the Rise of the Knowledge Economy
Enrico Berkes and Ruben Gaetani
https://doi.org/10.1257/app.20210074
Data Availability: One of the datasets used in the paper is not publicly available, but the other tables can be replicated.
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Do Thank-You Calls Increase Charitable Giving? Expert Forecasts and Field Experimental Evidence
Anya Samek and Chuck Longfield
https://doi.org/10.1257/app.20210068
Data Availability: The paper uses data from the Understanding America Study (UAS), which can be freely downloaded from https://uasdata.usc.edu/index.php.
Computational Reproducibility:
Replicability: Looking for a replicator.

DETER-ing Deforestation in the Amazon: Environmental Monitoring and Law Enforcement
Juliano Assunção, Clarissa Gandour, and Romero Rocha
https://doi.org/10.1257/app.20200196
Data Availability: The data used in the study comes from multiple publicly available online sources and has been deposited in the AEA Data and Code Repository.The replicator should expect the code to run for about 22 days, divided into various stages.
Computational Reproducibility:
Replicability: Looking for a replicator.

Pay Transparency and the Gender Gap
Michael Baker, Yosh Halberstam, Kory Kroft, Alexandre Mas, Derek Messacar
https://doi.org/10.1257/app.20210141
Data Availability: The study uses proprietary data from Statistics Canada, specifically the University and College Academic Staff System (UCASS) dataset from 1970 to 2018. Access to this data may require permission from Statistics Canada.
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Natural Resource Booms, Human Capital, and Earnings: Evidence from Linked Education and Employment Records
Alina Kovalenko
https://doi.org/10.1257/app.20200762
Data Availability: The main data used in this paper is restricted access and comes from the Texas Education Agency (TEA), the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board (THECB), and the Texas Workforce Commission (TWC), housed at the Texas Education Research Center (ERC) at the University of Texas at Austin. Supplemental restricted access data from Enverus is also used.
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Emigration and Entrepreneurial Drain
Massimo Anelli, Gaetano Basso, Giuseppe Ippedico, and Giovanni Peri
https://doi.org/10.1257/app.20210194
Data Availability: The main data for this project is proprietary and confidential, and access may require signing Data Use Agreements with INPS (the Italian social security administration), ISTAT (the Italian statistical institute), Infocamere (the data service of the Italian Chambers of Commerce), and the Ministry of Interior. Some of the data may be available with less granular geographical breakdown on the ISTAT and Infocamere websites.
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Are Small Firms Labor Constrained? Experimental Evidence from Ghana
Morgan Hardy and Jamie McCasland
https://doi.org/10.1257/app.20200503
Data Availability: Data and code used in this paper are available.
Computational Reproducibility:
Replicability: Looking for a replicator.

A New Spatial Hedonic Equilibrium in the Emerging Work-from-Home Economy?
Jan K. Brueckner, Matthew E. Kahn, and Gary C. Lin
https://doi.org/10.1257/app.20210190
Data Availability: The paper uses publicly available data, and copies of all publicly available data used in the paper have been made available in an archive.
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Replicability: Looking for a replicator.

When Externalities Collide: Influenza and Pollution
Joshua Graff Zivin, Matthew Neidell, Nicholas J. Sanders, and Gregor Singer
https://doi.org/10.1257/app.20210500
Data Availability: To replicate the analysis, access to the HCUP data is required, which requires an IRB approval. The authors gained access to HCUP data through the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER). Access can also be requested through the HCUP website.
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Tax Refund Uncertainty: Evidence and Welfare Implications
Sydnee Caldwell, Scott Nelson, and Daniel Waldinger
https://doi.org/10.1257/app.20210383
Data Availability: The data for this project are confidential, as tax data can only be accessed internally at the OFE (Office of Financial Empowerment). The survey data and credit reports can also only be accessed internally at the OFE according to the consent provided by filers.
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Energy Saving May Kill: Evidence from the Fukushima Nuclear Accident
Guojun He and Takanao Tanaka
https://doi.org/10.1257/app.20200505
Data Availability: Data and code used in this paper are available.
Computational Reproducibility:
Replicability: Looking for a replicator.