Inequality of opportunity – that is, how a person's potential to succeed in life is determined by the circumstances of their birth – is the result of an economy that has failed to fairly tie incentive to effort and investment. But any limitations on economic activity caused by this failure...

In this paper we study the quantity-quality trade-off among professionals and how this trade-off may change in the presence of concerns over self-image. Concern over self-image (self-reputation) can motivate performance at work (Bénabou and Tirole, 2002), but there is little empirical work to...

This paper looks at the links between inequality of opportunity and views about the underlying processes that support economic success or failure. Unlike income inequality, inequality of opportunity isolates the extent to which inequality in circumstances beyond an individual's control...

Statistical power is an important detail to consider in the design phase of any experiment. This note serves as a reference for experimental economists on power calculations. We synthesize many of the questions and issues frequently brought up regarding power calculations and the literature that...

Fresh water is an increasingly scarce resource across the world. To prevent excessive water usage, broad participation in appropriately priced municipal water infrastructure and services is necessary. This paper estimates the impact of improvements to water network infrastructure on the take-up...