AEJ: EP: Volume 15, No. 1


Studies


Housing in Medicaid: Should It Really Change?
Bertrand Achou
https://doi.org/10.1257/pol.20200178
Data availability:The Health and Retirement Study (HRS) does not allow redistributions of its data. All the HRS data used in this paper are nonetheless publicly available after registering on the HRS website.
Computational Reproducibility: Reproducibility status to be confirmed with Journal.
Replicability: Looking for a replicator.

The Effect of Early Childhood Education on Adult Criminality: Evidence from the 1960s through 1990s
John Anders, Andrew C. Barr, Alexander A. Smith
https://doi.org/10.1257/pol.20200660
Data availability: Data are publicly available. Codes are provided.
Computational Reproducibility: Reproducibility status to be confirmed with Journal.
Replicability: Looking for a replicator.

Exploring Residual Profit Allocation
Sebastian Beer, Ruud de Mooij, Shafik Hebous, Michael Keen and Li Liu
https://doi.org/10.1257/pol.20200212
Data availability: Some data cannot be made publicly available. Parts of section 3 and section 4 of this study use confidential data from S&P Capital IQ database, for which access can be purchased using this link: https://www.capitaliq.com/.
Computational Reproducibility: Reproducibility status to be confirmed with Journal.
Replicability: Looking for a replicator who has access to the data or interested in doing a partial replication.

Tax Audits as Scarecrows: Evidence from a Large-Scale Field Experiment
Marcelo Bergolo, Rodrigo Ceni, Guillermo Cruces, Matias Giaccobasso and Ricardo Perez-Truglia
https://doi.org/10.1257/pol.20200321
Data availability: Access to data from administrative records used in this paper (DGI, unpublished data) is restricted and was provided to the researchers via a cooperation agreement signed between Instituto de Economía, Universidad de la República and Dirección General Impositiva (DGI). These are not provided as part of the ICPSR deposit since it contains sensible and protected information. The data currently accessible to the researchers is stored in a secure server of the Universidad de la Republica and will remain until at least 2025. At this moment, there is not a standard formal procedure established to request access to this data. All requests must be filed in person at Direccion General Impositiva supported by a letter of request.
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The Employment Effects of Countercyclical Public Investments
Lukas Buchheim and Martin Watzinger
https://doi.org/10.1257/pol.20180323
Data availability: Some of the data need to be downloaded (in German). But full replication is possible.
Computational Reproducibility: Reproducibility status to be confirmed with Journal.
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SOEs and Soft Incentive Constraints in State Bank Lending
Yiming Cao, Raymond Fisman, Hui Lin and Yongxiang Wang
https://doi.org/10.1257/pol.20200873
Data availability: The data were obtained from a large Chinese state bank. The identity of the bank and the data have been provided to the Data Editor for the purposes of replication, but as they involve confidential loan records, these data cannot be posted publicly.
Computational Reproducibility: Reproducibility status to be confirmed with Journal.
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Economic Effects of Environmental Crises: Evidence from Flint, Michigan
Peter Christensen, David A. Keiser and Gabriel E. Lade
https://doi.org/10.1257/pol.20190391
Data availability: Zillow’s Transaction and Assessment Database (ZTRAX) for this project are confidential and were obtained under a Data Use Agreement with the company. Unfortunately, as of April 2022, Zillow will end the ZTRAX program in September 2023, and is no longer accepting new project proposals. Also other confidential data.
Computational Reproducibility: Reproducibility status to be confirmed with Journal.
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The Extension of Credit with Nonexclusive Contracts and Sequential Banking Externalities
Giacomo De Giorgi, Andres Drenik, Enrique Seira
https://doi.org/10.1257/pol.20200220
Data availability: The data analyzed in the paper is confidential and cannot be included in the public replication package. Similarly, we cannot disclose the name of the bank in Mexico that provided the data. For this reason, the codes have been redacted with XXXX to keep the name of the bank confidential.
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Expanding Access to Clean Water for the Rural Poor: Experimental Evidence from Malawi
Pascaline Dupas, Basimenye Nhlema, Zachary Wagner, Aaron Wolf and Emily Wroe
https://doi.org/10.1257/pol.20210121
Data availability: De-identified data (and codes) are provided.
Computational Reproducibility: Reproducibility status to be confirmed with Journal.
Replicability: Looking for replicator.

Employed in a SNAP? The Impact of Work Requirements on Program Participation and Labor Supply
Colin Gray, Adam Leive, Elena Prager, Kelsey Pukelis and Mary Zaki
https://doi.org/10.1257/pol.20200561
Data availability: The main data source used in the paper is the Virginia Longitudinal Data System (VLDS). The data is not publicly available to download, but can be accessed by researchers submitting a proposal to conduct studies related to the research priorities of one of the agencies submitting data to VLDS from the Commonwealth of Virginia. The procedure to obtain access is available at: https://vlds.virginia.gov/insights. Virginia’s Department of Social Services was the agency sponsor for this project. There is no fee to access the data. Researchers must sign a data use agreement. If accessing data from the Virginia Employment Commission, as used in this paper, researchers must also certify they have passed a background check and sign a non-disclosure agreement.
Computational Reproducibility: Reproducibility status to be confirmed with Journal.
Replicability: Looking for a replicator who has access to the data or interested in obtaining the data.

Implications of Tax Loss Asymmetry for Owners of S Corporations
Lucas Goodman, Elena Patel and Molly Saunders-Scottl
https://doi.org/10.1257/pol.20200311
Data availability:The vast majority of the data used in this paper is derived from tax data, accessed by Lucas Goodman, an employee of the United States Department of the Treasury. Under section 6103 of the Internal Revenue Code, this data cannot be shared. For this reason, we are unable to include this data in the replication package. Researchers can apply for access to the IRS tax data via the Statistics of Income Joint Statistical Research Program: https://www.irs.gov/statistics/soi-tax-stats-joint-statistical-research-program.
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Health Effects of Increasing Income for the Elderly: Evidence from a Chilean Pension Program
Enrico Miglino, Nicolás Navarrete H., Gonzalo Navarrete H. and Pablo Navarrete H.
https://doi.org/10.1257/pol.20200076
Data availability: The data is restricted to research purposes only and can be downloaded without charge on the following link https://www.previsionsocial.gob.cl/sps/biblioteca/encuesta-de-proteccion-social/bases-de-datos-eps/ . All other datasets were provided by the Chilean Pension Institute and are confidential. They can be obtained by signing Data Use Agreements conditional on approval from the Chilean Pension Institute. Researchers interested in access to this data should contact Patricio Alejandro Coronado Rojo at patricio.coronado@ips.gob.cl. The authors will assist with any reasonable replication attempts for two years following publication.
Computational Reproducibility:
Replicability: Looking for a replicator who has access to the data or interested in obtaining the data.

The Economic Consequences of Being Denied an Abortion
Sarah Miller, Laura R. Wherry and Diana Greene Foster
https://doi.org/10.1257/pol.20210159
Data availability: This project uses restricted-use data from the credit reporting agency Experian and from the Turnaway Study. The data use agreement with Experian precludes posting these data publicly. The consent form signed by the Turnaway study participants also states that the data will only be used within the Turnaway research team and cannot be posted publicly.
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School Boards and Education Production: Evidence from Randomized Ballot Order
Ying Shi and John D. Singleton
https://doi.org/10.1257/pol.20200435
Data availability: Nearly all of the data were gathered from publicly-available sources. The California School District Board Survey data, used to generate the results in Table 11, are confidential and are not included in the replication package (though we include the code to generate the results).
Computational Reproducibility: Reproducibility status to be confirmed with Journal.
Replicability: Looking for a replicator.

What Does a Provider Network Do? Evidence from Random Assignment in Medicaid Managed Care
Jacob Wallace
https://doi.org/10.1257/pol.20210162
Data availability: The primary data (New York State Department of Health 2015) for this project are confidential, but may be obtained via Data Use Agreements (DUA) with the New York State Department of Health (NYSDOH). Also some additional data for purchase.
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Student Performance, Peer Effects, and Friend Networks: Evidence from a Randomized Peer Intervention
Jia Wu, Junsen Zhang and Chunchao Wang
https://doi.org/10.1257/pol.20200563
Data availability: Data are publicly available.
Computational Reproducibility: Reproducibility status to be confirmed with Journal.
Replicability: Looking for replicator.