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Gender and the labor market : what have we learned from field and lab experiments?
Azmat, Ghazala; Petrongolo, Barbara - 2014
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 identified a bias against hiring women in some labor market segments …. Experiments have also offered new insights into gender differences in preferences: women appear to gain less from negotiation …
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Using reminders with different reward opportunities to reduce no-show behavior : empirical evidence from a large-scale field experiment in professional sports
Schreyer, Dominik; Schmidt, Sascha Leonard; Torgler, Benno - 2020 - This version: October 01, 2020
Because no-show behavior typically leads to operational inefficiencies and thus diminishing returns for service firms, a growing number of authors have demonstrated the potential of using reminders to reduce no-show rates. In this study, by examining the behavioral responses of 13,911 season...
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Social proximity and misinformation : experimental evidence from a mobile phone-based campaign in India
Armand, Alex; Augsburg, Britta; Bancalari, Antonella; … - 2023
We study how social proximity between the sender and the receiver of information shapes the effectiveness of preventive health campaigns. Focusing on shared religious affiliation as a signal of proximity, we implemented a field experiment during the initial phase of the COVID-19 pandemic in two...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014487340
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Increasing anti-malaria bednet uptake using information and distribution strategies : evidence from a randomized experiment in Senegal
Bonan, Jacopo; LeMay-Boucher, Philippe; Tenikue, Michel - 2016
We evaluate the effects of different marketing and distribution techniques on the purchase of Long-Lasting Insecticide-Treated Nets (LL-ITN). Using a randomized controlled trial in urban Senegal, we look at the impacts of receiving information on malaria-related issues and of different sale...
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The effect of risk, ambiguity and coordination on farmers' adaptation to climate change : a framed field experiment
Alpízar R., Francisco; Carlsson, Frederik; Naranjo, Maria - 2010
among farmers strongly facilitates coordination. -- Risk Aversion ; Ambiguity Aversion ; Technology Adoption ; Climate …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008732173
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Psychological pressure and the right to determine the moves in dynamic tournaments : evidence from a natural field experiment
Kassis, Mark; Schmidt, Sascha Leonard; Schreyer, Dominik; … - 2020
In this paper, we show that the right to determine the sequence of moves in a dynamic team tournament improves the chances of winning the contest. Because studying dynamic team tournaments - like R&D races - with interim feedback is difficult with company data, we examine decisions of highly...
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Competing social identities and intergroup discrimination : evidence from a framed field experiment with high school students in Vietnam
Tam Kiet Vuong; Chan, Ho Fai; Torgler, Benno - 2021
We conducted a framed field experiment to explore a situation where individuals have potentially competing social identities to understand how group identification and socialization affect ingroup favoritism and out-group discrimination. The Dictator Game and the Trust Game were conducted in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012419371
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Social proximity and misinformation : experimental evidence from a mobile phone-based campaign in India
Armand, Alex; Augsburg, Britta; Bancalari, Antonella; … - 2022
We study how social proximity between the sender and the receiver of information shapes the effectiveness of preventive health behaviour campaigns and the persistence of misinformation. We implement a field experiment among a representative sample of slum residents in two major Indian cities...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013327064
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Negative Attitudes, Network and Education
Bennett, Patrick; La Cour, Lisbeth; Larsen, Birthe; … - 2015
different incentives to acquire education for the two ethnic groups. Using rich Danish administrative data, this paper finds … evidence that greater negative attitudes increase incentives for males to acquire education and that networking also increases … immigrant education. …
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Do marriage markets influence the divorce hazard?
Hyee, Raphaela - 2011
education but the other one does not. Because of the high degree of assortative matching according to education on the marriage …
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