Examining how GDPR affected transatlantic venture investment using data from 2014 to 2019, from Jian Jia, Ginger Zhe Jin, Mario Leccese, and Liad Wagman nber.org/papers/w33909

On-the-job search leads to overvaluation of jobs, especially at the top of the job ladder, resulting in excess vacancy creation in the canonical search and matching model, from Masao Fukui and Toshihiko Mukoyama nber.org/papers/w33910

A study of how gender discrimination and systemic disadvantage could be addressed when students systematically sort into certain fields, courses, and instructors' sections, from Sara Ayllón, Lars J. Lefgren, Rich Patterson, @olgastoddard, and Nicolás Urdaneta Andrade

Featured in the latest Digest: "Racial Disparities in Outcomes of Bankruptcy Filings" nber.org/digest/202506/…

Wildfires increase hospitalizations for mental health through multiple pathways in addition to air pollution, including evacuations, direct economic costs, and climate anxiety, from Princeton CHW and Soodeh Saberian nber.org/papers/w33912

Despite the attention childlessness has received, it explains only a small fraction of the recent decline in fertility in populations in the Americas, Europe, East Asia, and India, from Michael Geruso and Dean Spears nber.org/papers/w33913

Using the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act to estimate the impact of changes in user cost of capital on investment, from Jon Hartley, Kevin A. Hassett, and Joshua D. Rauh nber.org/papers/w33914

Defaulting 20 percent of retirees' 401(k) assets into annuities could boost retirement security for most plan participants, from Vanya Horneff, Raimond Maurer, and Olivia S. Mitchell nber.org/papers/w33915

Providing evidence on how abortion restrictions post-2022 have impacted women's risk of exposure to intimate partner violence, from Dhaval M. Dave, Christine Durrance, Bilge Erten, Yang Wang, and Barbara L. Wolfe nber.org/papers/w33916

No evidence is found that taxation of electronic nicotine delivery systems improves youth and young adult mental health, from Chad D. Cotti, Tessie Krishna, Catherine Maclean (@jcmecon.bsky.social), Erik Nesson, and CHEPS nber.org/papers/w33917

Paid family leave increases informal care from children, as well as use of home care services and nursing home care. These effects are primarily driven by individuals with spouses, from Yuting Qian and Xi Chen | 陈希 nber.org/papers/w33918

For large-scale social benefit programs, algorithms utilizing mobile phone metadata can be a cost-effective method for identifying the poor, from Emily Aiken, Anik Ashraf, Joshua Blumenstock, Raymond Guiteras, and @mushfiq_econ nber.org/papers/w33919

To help researchers navigate social desirability bias, this study assesses commonly-used approaches and offers practical guidance on selecting the most suitable tools for different contexts, from Leonardo Bursztyn, Ingar Haaland, Nicolas Röver, and @cp_roth nber.org/papers/w33920

Intensive advising during high school and college significantly increases bachelor's degree attainment among lower-income students, from Andrew C. Barr and Ben Castleman nber.org/papers/w33921

Correcting a 60-year history of misapplication of the neoclassical theory of investment to interpret empirical work and guide policy analysis, from Gabriel Chodorow-Reich nber.org/papers/w33922

Using data on 2.5 million great-grandchildren linked to great-grandfathers (1850–1940) to find strong economic persistence across 4 generations, from Zach Ward, Kasey Buckles, and Joe Price nber.org/papers/w33923

AI can be used to augment traditional A/B experimental designs to address questions of scalability of ideas, from Faith Fatchen, @econ_4_everyone, and Francesca Pagnotta nber.org/papers/w33924

A large field experiment in Peru on informal workers informs whether offering them a matching contribution raises participation and contributions in their Individual Retirement Accounts, from Noelia Bernal, Sebastian Galiani, and Oswaldo Molina nber.org/papers/w33925

The effects of social safety nets extend beyond recipients and their families, from David Jinkins, Elira Kuka, and Claudio Labanca nber.org/papers/w33926

Discussing bequests and other intergenerational transfers and what impact they have on the consumption, saving, and labor supply behavior of households, from @charlesyuji nber.org/papers/w33927