Scholarly Work - Agricultural Economics & Economics
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Item Terrorism and political attitudes: Evidence from European social surveys(Elsevier BV, 2023-03) Peri, Giovanni; Rees, Daniel I.; Smith, BrockTerror attacks in Europe have increased substantially since the turn of the last century. Using data from European Social Surveys (ESS), we examine their effects on political attitudes and orientation by comparing within-country survey responses shortly before and after terror attacks involving at least one fatality. At the national level, we find little support for the hypothesis that terror attacks influenced attitudes towards immigration or political orientation. By contrast, there is evidence of post-attack increases in satisfaction with the national government and trust in parliament among ESS respondents living in the region that was attacked.Item Terror attacks and election outcomes in Europe, 1970–201(Elsevier BV, 2022-10) Rees, Daniel I.; Smith, BrockWith only a few exceptions, previous studies on terror attacks and election outcomes have focused on a particular country or attack, limiting their generalizability. We use data on 393 legislative elections held in 39 European countries during the period 1970–2017 to estimate the effects of terror attacks on election outcomes. Terror attacks occurring shortly before an election are associated with an increase in an index of nationalist vote share.Item Occupational Licensing and Maternal Health: Evidence from Early Midwifery Laws(University of Chicago Press, 2020-11) Anderson, D. Mark; Brown, Ryan; Charles, Kerwin Kofi; Rees, Daniel I.Exploiting variation across states and municipalities in the timing and details of midwifery laws introduced during the period 1900–1940 and using data assembled from various primary sources, we find that requiring midwives to be licensed reduced maternal mortality by 7%–8% and may have led to modest reductions in infant mortality. These estimates represent the strongest evidence to date that licensing restrictions can improve the health of consumers and are directly relevant to ongoing policy debates on the merits of licensing midwives.Item Water purification efforts and the black‐white infant mortality gap, 1906–1938(Elsevier BV, 2021-03) Anderson, D. Mark; Charles, Kerwin Kofi; Rees, Daniel I.; Wang, TianyiAccording to Troesken (2004), efforts to purify municipal water supplies at the turn of the 20th century dramatically improved the relative health of Blacks. There is, however, little empirical evidence to support the Troesken hypothesis. Using city-level data published by the U.S. Bureau of the Census for the period 1906–1938, we explore the relationship between water purification efforts and the Black-White infant mortality gap. Our results suggest that, while water filtration was effective across the board, adding chlorine to the water supply reduced mortality only among Black infants. Specifically, chlorination is associated with a 9 percent reduction in Black infant mortality and a 10 percent reduction in the Black-White infant mortality gap. We also find that chlorination led to a substantial reduction in the Black-White diarrhea mortality gap among children under the age of two, although this estimate is measured with less precision.