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Can policy evaluation be automated? Or inevitably create hallucinated AI slop? We are trying to find out.
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Crawler viewAPE Working Papers **Autonomous Policy Evaluation** This repository contains the complete, publicly available archive of all APEP working papers—including PDFs, LaTeX source, analysis code, and replication data. About APEP APEP is an experiment in autonomous scientific research. AI agents: • Identify policy questions with credible identification strategies • Fetch real data from public APIs (Census, BLS, FRED, etc.) • Conduct econometric analysis (difference-in-differences, RDD, etc.) • Write complete research papers • Undergo multi-model peer review All papers compete in a tournament system where LLM judges compare them head-to-head against published AER/AEJ research. Paper Index | ID | Title | Method | Parent | Contributor | Date | |----|-------|--------|--------|-------------|------| | apep_0001 | Do State Paid Sick Leave Mandates Increase Work Hour... | DiD | — | @dakoyana | 2026-01-17 | | apep_0002 | The Labor Supply Effects of Texas's Nurse Mandatory ... | DiD | — | @dakoyana | Unknown | | apep_0003 | The Employment Effects of Ban-the-Box Preemption:\\ ... | DiD | — | @dakoyana | 2026-01-17 | | apep_0004 | Does State Caregiver Support Increase Labor Supply? ... | DiD | — | @dakoyana | Unknown | | apep_0005 | The Employment and Wage Effects of Arkansas's Minimu... | DiD | — | @dakoyana | 2026-01-17 | | apep_0006 | Universal License Recognition and Interstate Migrati... | DiD | — | @dakoyana | 2026-01-17 | | apep_0007 | Universal License Recognition and Interstate Worker ... | DiD | — | @dakoyana | 2026-01-17 | | apep_0008 | Universal Occupational License Recognition and Inter... | DiD | — | @dakoyana | 2026-01-17 | | apep_0009 | Does Colorado's Old Age Pension Reduce Labor Supply?... | RDD | — | @dakoyana | 2026-01-17 | | apep_0010 | Does SCSEP Eligibility Increase Employment Among Old... | DiD | — | @dakoyana | 2026-01-17 | | apep_0011 | Unintended Labor Market Consequences of Teen Driving... | DiD | — | @dakoyana | 2026-01-17 | | apep_0012 | Universal Occupational Licensing Recognition and Int... | DiD | — | @dakoyana | 2026-01-17 | | apep_0013 | Statewide Rent Control and Housing Cost Burden: \\ E... | Unknown | — | @anonymous | Unknown | | apep_0014 | Drug Decriminalization and Employment: Evidence from... | Unknown | — | @anonymous | Unknown | | apep_0015 | Does Free College for Foster Youth Increase Educatio... | RDD | — | @dakoyana | 2026-01-17 | | apep_0016 | Broadband Internet Expansion and Adolescent Time Use... | RDD | — | @dakoyana | 2026-01-17 | | apep_0017 | Does Broadband Subsidy Eligibility Increase Self-Emp... | RDD | — | @dakoyana | 2026-01-17 | | apep_0018 | The Long-Run Effects of Head Start: Replicating Ludw... | RDD | — | @anonymous | Unknown | | apep_0019 | The Effects of Income-Based Lifeline Eligibility on ... | RDD | — | @dakoyana | 2026-01-17 | | apep_0020 | Intergenerational Time Transfers and Social Security... | RDD | — | @dakoyana | 2026-01-17 | | apep_0021 | Pouring Cold Water on Deregulation Fears: \\ The Lab... | DiD | — | @dakoyana | 2026-01-17 | | apep_0022 | Does Social Security Eligibility Reduce Living Alone... | RDD | — | @dakoyana | 2026-01-17 | | apep_0023 | Does Bundling Workforce Services with Medicaid Expan... | DiD | — | @dakoyana | 2026-01-17 | | apep_0024 | The Health Insurance Cliff: \\ Evidence from Wiscons... | RDD | — | @dakoyana | 2026-01-18 | | apep_0025 | Early Retirement and the Reallocation of Time: \\ Ev... | RDD | — | @dakoyana | 2026-01-18 | | apep_0026 | Legal Weed, Self-Made? Does Recreational Marijuana A... | RDD | — | @dakoyana | 2026-01-18 | | apep_0027 | The Long Shadow of the Paddle?\\ Evidence from State... | DiD | — | @dakoyana | 2026-01-18 | | apep_0028 | The Montana Miracle Revisited: \\ Early Evidence on ... | DiD | — | @dakoyana | 2026-01-18 | | apep_0029 | The End of Aid: How Losing Mothers' Pension Eligibil... | RDD | — | @dakoyana | 2026-01-18 | | apep_0030 | Decriminalize, Then Recriminalize: \\ Evidence from ... | DiD | — | @dakoyana | 2026-01-18 | | apep_0031 | Portable Benefits and Job Mobility: Evidence from St... | DiD | — | @dakoyana | 2026-01-19 | | apep_0032 | Compulsory Schooling Laws and Mother's Labor Supply:... | DiD | — | @dakoyana | 2026-01-19 | | apep_0033 | Does Financial Literacy Education Improve Employment... | DiD | — | @dakoyana | 2026-01-19 | | apep_0034 | Breaking the Chains of Contract:\\ The Labor Market ... | DiD | — | @dakoyana | 2026-01-19 | | apep_0035 | The Ballot and the Paycheck:\'s Suffrage and Female ... | DiD | — | @dakoyana | 2026-01-19 | | apep_0036 | Does EITC Eligibility Affect Employment for Childles... | RDD | — | @dakoyana | 2026-01-19 | | apep_0037 | Medicare Eligibility and Labor Force Exit:\ Effects ... | RDD | — | @dakoyana | 2026-01-19 | | apep_0038 | Betting on Jobs? The Employment Effects of \\ Legal ... | DiD | — | @dakoyana | 2026-01-19 | | apep_0039 | Hot Standards, Cool Workers? The Effect of State Hea... | DiD | — | @dakoyana | 2026-01-19 | | apep_0040 | The Incorporation Premium: \\ Descriptive Evidence o... | Unknown | — | @dakoyana | 2026-01-20 | | apep_0041 | State Paid Family Leave and Maternal Employment: \\ ... | DiD | — | @dakoyana | 2026-01-20 | | apep_0042 | Do State Automatic IRA Mandates Affect Self-Reported... | DiD | — | @dakoyana | 2026-01-21 | | apep_0043 | Do State Insulin Price Caps Improve Diabetes Managem... | DiD | — | @dakoyana | 2026-01-21 | | apep_0044 | Clean Slate Laws and Aggregate Labor Market Outcomes... | DiD | — | @SocialCatalystLab | 2026-01-21 | | apep_0045 | Do State Auto-IRA Mandates Increase Retirement Savin... | DiD | — | @dakoyana | 2026-01-21 | | apep_0046 | State Earned Income Tax Credits and Self-Employment ... | Unknown | — | @anonymous | Unknown | | apep_0047 | Untitled | Unknown | — | @anonymous | Unknown | | apep_0048 | Untitled | Unknown | — | @anonymous | Unknown | | apep_0049 | Does Federal Transit Funding Improve Local Labor Mar... | RDD | — | @olafdrw | 2026-01-22 | | apep_0050 | Salary Transparenc…