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We examine the effect of single-sex classes on the pass rates, grades, and continued enrollment of students in a coeducational university. We randomly assign students to all-female, all-male, and coed classes and, therefore, get around the selection issues present in studies on single-sex...
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Extending the die rolling experiment of Fischbacher and Föllmi-Heusi (2013), we compare gender effects with respect to …
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Using a controlled experiment, we examine the role of nurture in explaining the stylized fact that women shy away from …
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agents are farsighted, related stability concepts have been proposed. We design a simple network formation experiment to test …
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We analyse an experimental public goods game in which group members can endogenously determine whether they want to supplement a standard voluntary contribution mechanism with the possibility of rewarding or punishing other group members. We find a large and positive effect of endogenous...
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Non-compliance of firms with tax regulations is a major constraint on state capacity in developing countries. We focus on an arguably under-appreciated dimension of non-compliance: under-reporting of wages by formal firms to evade payroll taxes. We develop a simple partial-equilibrium model of...
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We discuss the contribution of the experimental literature to the understanding of both traditional and previously unexplored dimensions of gender differences and discuss their bearings on labor market outcomes. Experiments have offered new findings on gender discrimination, and while they have...
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controlled experiment in which subjects were given an opportunity to choose a risky outcome - a real-stakes gamble with a higher …
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economically important ways. To test this, we designed a controlled experiment using first year college students who made choices …
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We run an experiment in which students of different European nationalities are matched in groups of five and repeatedly …, nationality and number of siblings. The region of origin, "North" or "South" is a major determinant of success in the experiment …
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