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Brandts, Jordi; Riedl, Arno; Winden, Frans A.A.M. van - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2006

This paper experimentally studies the effects of competition in an environment where people's actions can not be contractually fixed. We find that, in comparison with no competition, the presence of competition does neither increase efficiency nor does it yield any gains in earnings for the...

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Spillovers of Prosocial Motivation: Evidence from an Intervention Study on Blood Donors

Bruhin, Adrian; Götte, Lorenz; Haenni, Simon; Jiang, … - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2015

Spillovers of prosocial motivation are crucial for the formation of social capital. They facilitate interactions among individuals and create social multipliers that amplify the effects of policy interventions. We conducted a large-scale intervention study among dyads of blood donors to...

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Trust, Growth and Well-Being: New Evidence and Policy Implications

Algan, Yann; Cahuc, Pierre - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2013

This survey reviews the recent research on trust, institutions and economic development. It discusses the various measures of trust and documents the substantial heterogeneity of trust across space and time. The conceptual mechanisms that explain the influence of trust on economic performance...

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Money and Happiness: Evidence from the Industry Wage Structure

Pischke, Jörn-Steffen - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2011

from money to happiness. I use industry wage differentials as instruments for income. This is based on the idea that at …

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Happiness on Tap: Piped Water Adoption in Urban Morocco

Devoto, Florencia; Duflo, Esther; Dupas, Pascaline; … - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2011

We study the demand for household water connections in urban Morocco, and the effect of such connections on household welfare. In the northern city of Tangiers, among homeowners without a private connection to the city’s water grid, a random subset was offered a simplified procedure to...

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Decentralization, Happiness, and the Perception of Institutions

Diaz-Serrano, Luis; Rodriguez-Pose, Andres - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2011

Europe deliver greater satisfaction with political institutions and lead to greater personal happiness. The analysis uses … positive and significant effect on individuals’ overall happiness. Fiscal decentralization also exerts a significant effect on …

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Hours of Work and Gender Identity: Does Part-Time Work Make the Family Happier?

Booth, Alison L; Ours, Jan C van - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2005

happiness. We use panel data from the new Household, Income and Labor Dynamics in Australia Survey. Our analysis indicates that …

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Unhappiness and job finding

Gielen, Anne; Ours, Jan C van - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2012

policies are needed to bring unemployed back to work more quickly. Using data from the German Socio-Economic Panel, we … happiness, which might explain why at least some workers need to be activated. In addition to that, we find that even though … unemployed who experience a drop in happiness search more actively for a job, it does not speed up their job finding. Apparently …

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A Cautionary Note on Using Industry Affiliation to Predict Income

Pischke, Jörn-Steffen; Schwandt, Hannes - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2012

Many literatures investigate the causal impact of income on economic outcomes, for example in the context of intergenerational transmission or well-being and health. Some studies have proposed to use employer wage differentials and in particular industry affiliation as an instrument for income....

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Subjective and Objective Indicators of Racial Progress

Stevenson, Betsey; Wolfers, Justin - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2013

Progress in closing differences in many objective outcomes for blacks relative to whites has slowed, and even worsened, over the past three decades. However, over this period the racial gap in well-being has shrunk. In the early 1970s data revealed much lower levels of subjective well-being...

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