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Trust and trustworthiness across different age groups
Sutter, M.; Kocher, M. G. - The Field Experiments Website - 2006
We examine the degree of trust and trustworthiness in an experimental trust game with 662 participants from six different age groups, ranging from 8-year-olds to retired persons. Although both trust and trustworthiness have been identified as fundamental pillars for efficient economic...
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Digit ratio (2D:4D) and altruism: evidence from a large, multi-ethnic sample
Galizzi, Matteo M.; Nieboer, Jeroen - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2015
We look at the links between the Digit Ratio - the ratio of the length of the index finger to the length of the ring finger – for both right and left hands, and giving in a Dictator Game. Unlike previous studies with exclusively Caucasian subjects, we recruited a large, ethnically diverse...
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Down and Out in Italian towns: measuring the impact of economic downturns on crime
Menon, Carlo; de Blasio, Guido - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2013
The paper investigates the effect of local economic conditions on crime. The study focuses on Italy’s local labor … markets and analyzes the short-term response of crime to the severe slump of 2007-2009. It shows that the downturn led to a …-worker contractual arrangements) had a role in slowing down the effect of the economy on crime; ii) the link between the downturn and …
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Crime and the transition to marriage. The roles of gender and partner’s criminal involvement
Monsbakken, Christian Weisæth; Lyngstad, Torkild Hovde; … - Statistisk Sentralbyrå, Government of Norway - 2012
Several previous studies have argued that marriage leads to a decline in criminal propensity. Most of these studies have focused on men and have given little attention to the characteristics of their partner and events related to changes in offending. In this article, we use Norwegian registry...
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Testing for Altruism and Social Pressure in Charitable Giving
Vigna, Stefano Della; List, John A.; Malmendier, Ulrike - The Field Experiments Website - 2012
estimate the model. The estimated social pressure cost of saying no to a solicitor is $3.80 for an in-state charity and $1 ….40 for an out-of-state charity. Our welfare calculations suggest that our door-to-door fund-raising campaigns on average …
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The contributions of Professor Amartya Sen in the field of human rights
Vizard, Polly - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2005
his paper analyses the work of the Nobel Prize winning economist Professor Amartya Sen from the perspective of human rights. It assesses the ways in which Sen’s research agenda has deepened and expanded human rights discourse in the disciplines of ethics and economics, and examines how his...
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Emphatic Responsiveness: Evidence from a Randomized Experiment on Giving to Welfare Recipients
Fong, Christina M. - The Field Experiments Website - 2003
This paper reports a surprising finding from an experiment on giving to welfare recipients. The experiment tests how offers of money in n-donor dictator games are affected by 1) donors? humanitarian and egalitarian values and 2) direct information about the recipients?work-preferences. People...
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Empathic Responsiveness: Evidence from a Randomized Experiment on Giving to Welfare Recipients
Fong, Christina - The Field Experiments Website - 2004
This paper reports a surprising finding from an experiment on giving to welfare recipients. The experiment tests how offers of money in n-donor dictator games are affected by 1) donors' humanitarian and egalitarian values and 2) direct information about the recipients' work-preferences. People...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005685508
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Like ripples on a pond: behavioral spillovers and their implications for research and policy
Dolan, Paul; Galizzi, Matteo M. - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2015
No behavior sits in a vacuum, and one behavior can greatly affect what happens next. We propose a conceptual frame within which a broad range of behavioral spillovers can be accounted for when applying behavioral science to policy challenges. We consider behaviors which take place sequentially...
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Because I'm worth it: a lab-field experiment on the spillover effects of incentives in health
Dolan, Paul; Galizzi, Matteo M. - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2014
We conduct a controlled lab-field experiment to directly test the short-run spillover effects of one-off financial incentives in health. We consider how incentives affect effort in a physical activity task – and then how they spillover to subsequent eating behaviour. Compared to a control...
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