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Yours, Mine, and Ours: Do Divorce Laws Affect the Intertemporal Behavior of Married Couples? by Voena, Alessandra

“…This paper examines how divorce laws affect couples' intertemporal choices and well-being. Exploiting panel variation in US laws, I estimate the parameters of…”
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Compulsory Licensing: Evidence from the Trading with the Enemy Act by Moser, Petra, Voena, Alessandra

“…Compulsory licensing allows firms in developing countries to produce foreign-owned inventions without the consent of foreign patent owners. This paper uses an…”
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AGE OF MARRIAGE, WEATHER SHOCKS, AND THE DIRECTION OF MARRIAGE PAYMENTS by Corno, Lucia, Hildebrandt, Nicole, Voena, Alessandra

“…We study how aggregate economic conditions affect the timing of marriage, and particularly child marriage, in Sub-Saharan Africa and in India. In both regions,…”
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German Jewish Émigrés and US Invention by Moser, Petra, Voena, Alessandra, Waldinger, Fabian

“…Historical accounts suggest that Jewish émigrés from Nazi Germany revolutionized US science. To analyze the émigrés' effects on chemical innovation in the…”
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Child marriage as informal insurance: Empirical evidence and policy simulations by Corno, Lucia, Voena, Alessandra

“…This paper investigates the relationship between child marriage and economic incentives in a setting where the bride price – a transfer from the groom to the…”
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Widows' land rights and agricultural investment by Dillon, Brian, Voena, Alessandra

“…This paper examines the connection between widows' land inheritance rights and land investments in Zambia. We study whether the threat of land expropriation…”
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Women’s well-being during a pandemic and its containment by Bau, Natalie, Khanna, Gaurav, Low, Corinne, Shah, Manisha, Sharmin, Sreyashi, Voena, Alessandra

“…The COVID-19 pandemic brought the dual crises of disease and the containment policies designed to mitigate it. Yet, there is little evidence on the impacts of…”
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The Economics and Politics of Women's Rights by Doepke, Matthias, Tertilt, Michèle, Voena, Alessandra

“…Women's rights and economic development are highly correlated. Today, the discrepancy between the legal rights of women and men is much larger in developing…”
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Traditional Beliefs and Learning about Maternal Risk in Zambia by Ashraf, Nava, Field, Erica, Rusconi, Giuditta, Voena, Alessandra, Ziparo, Roberta

“…Maternal mortality remains very high in many parts of the developing world, especially in sub-Saharan Africa. While maternal deaths are observable, it may not…”
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The Economics and Politics of Womens Rights by Doepke, Matthias, Tertilt, Michèle, Voena, Alessandra

“…Women's rights and economic development are highly correlated. Today, the discrepancy between the legal rights of women and men is much larger in developing…”
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Essays in Applied Microeconomics by Voena, Alessandra

“…This dissertation comprises three chapters. Chapter 1 and Chapter 2 examine the impact of two large sets of reforms to U.S. divorce law on couples' economic…”
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