Paper Briefing 2026-09-05

Quantitative Economic History

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Wealth and Property Taxation in the United States

QJE Sacha Dray, Camille Landais, Stefanie Stantcheva · 2026-09-04

Digitises historical U.S. property tax and Census assessment-ratio records to build annual state-, county- and national-level wealth series running from 1850 to 1935.

Free to choose: Bank capital in Britain, 1878–1939

EcHR Gareth Campbell, Lyndon Moore, John D. Turner · 2026-09-04

Uses the unregulated capital-structure setting of late-19th-century British joint-stock banking to show equity issuance was tied to restructuring and M&A rather than routine liability growth, eroding capital adequacy over the long run.

Causal Inference & Applied Microeconometrics

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Institutional & Political Economy

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Dynastic Capital and the Inheritance of Social Advantage

NEP-LAB IZA Discussion Papers Lovenheim, Michael, van Egeraat, Eppie, Willén, Alexander · 2026-08

Using Norwegian register data and quasi-experimental variation from adoptions and lottery prizes, finds social/elite capital transmits across generations as an environmental channel distinct from and comparable in size to inherited income.

Governing hybrid schools: polycentricity and institutional change in American education policy

JIE Eric Wearne · 2026-09-04

Applies Ostrom's Institutional Analysis and Development framework to U.S. hybrid/microschools, arguing they exhibit polycentric governance largely absent from conventional public schools.

Discretionary disclosure and electoral accountability

QJPS Kun Heo · 2026-09-04

Formal model of electoral accountability shows mandatory information disclosure can paradoxically weaken voters' inference-based discipline over incumbents by eliminating the signal carried by discretionary silence.

Sports Economics

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NEP-LABCan a Digital Job Search Coach Reduce Unemployment ? Experimental Evidence from FrancePolicy Research Working Paper Series · Ben Dhia, Aïcha, Crépon, Bruno, Mbih, Esther, Paul-Delvaux, Louise Rita, Picard, Bertille, Pons, Vincent
NEP-LABChanging Gender Norms Across Generations: Evidence from a Paternity Leave ReformCESifo Working Paper Series · Lídia Farré, Christina Felfe, Libertad González, Patrick Schneider
NEP-LABChoosing When to Work: The Productivity Effects of Flexible SchedulingEconomics Discussion / Working Papers · Rakesh Banerjee, Tushar Bharati, Adnan Fakir, Yiwei Qian
NEP-LABClause and Effect: Theory and Field Experimental Evidence on Noncompete ClausesIZA Discussion Papers · Cowgill, Bo, Freiberg, Brandon, Starr, Evan
NEP-LABDo State-Funded Pre-K Programs Improve Long-Run Outcomes?IZA Discussion Papers · Mikdash, Maya, Zhong, Jiee
NEP-LABDoes tightening the duration of temporary contracts cost jobs? Evidence from GermanyZEW Discussion Papers · Brüll, Eduard
NEP-LABEstimating the Returns to Occupational Licensing: Evidence from Regression Discontinuities at the Bar ExamIZA Discussion Papers · Bamieh, Omar, Cintolesi, Andrea, Pagliero, Mario
NEP-LABGender Differences in Self-Promotion and Career AdviceIZA Discussion Papers · Megalokonomou, Rigissa, Silva Goncalves, Juliana, van Veldhuizen, Roel
NEP-LABImmigrants' Regularization and Native Workers' ResponseWorking Papers · Gianluca Orefice, Giovanni Peri, Gianluca Santoni
NEP-LABInequality of Opportunity in Times of Rising Global Inequality: USA vs. SwitzerlandIZA Discussion Papers · Bühler, Jonas, Davis, Jonathan, Häner-Müller, Melanie, Mazumder, Bhashkar, Schaltegger, Christoph
NEP-LABInforming the Job Search: A Field Experiment in an Urban Labor MarketIZA Discussion Papers · Afridi, Farzana, Sahoo, Soubhagya, Sangwan, Nikita
NEP-LABLabor Market Tightness and Hiring Outcomes: Evidence from Job Application DataIZA Discussion Papers · Ziegler, Lennart
NEP-LABMotivating Job Seekers: A Field ExperimentIZA Discussion Papers · Cockx, Bart, Egebark, Johan, Van Hoye, Greet, Videnord, Emilie, Vikström, Johan
NEP-LABThe Anatomy of Polarization: Evidence from Worker FlowsIZA Discussion Papers · Cerina, Fabio, Dienesch, Elisa, Monge-Naranjo, Alex, Moro, Alessio
NEP-LABThe Cost of Job Loss for Coal Miners in TurkeyIZA Discussion Papers · Ayhan, Sinem, Lehmann, Hartmut
NEP-LABThe Labor Market Effects of Expanding Overtime CoverageCESifo Working Paper Series · Simon Quach
NEP-LABUnpacking Treatment Effect Heterogeneity in a Large-Scale Dropout-Prevention ExperimentIZA Discussion Papers · Dee, Thomas, Gibbs, Chloe, Margolit-Chan, Rebecca, Morrell, Lillian, Sullivan, James
NEP-LABWhat Do Others Think? Norm Beliefs And Women's Work In PakistanGLO Discussion Paper Series · Kaleem, Hira, Sakakibara, Anri, Wadho, Waqar, Siddique, Abu
NEP-LABWho Hires Whom? Entrepreneurial Backgrounds and Labor Market OpportunitiesWorking Papers · Josh Feng, Xavier Jaravel