Search Results - subject_exact:"Social norm"

Misperceived social norms and political accountability : evidence and theory

Kitamura, Shuhei; Takahashi, Ryo; Yamada, Katsunori - 2025 - Revised September 2025

Electoral accountability is a cornerstone of democratic governance, yet whether voters effectively punish corruption remains theoretically and empirically contested. While canonical models predict that corruption revelations reduce incumbent support, strategic voting considerations-especially...

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Punishment to promote prosocial behavior : a field experiment

Vollaard, Ben A.; Soest, Daniël Pieter van - 2024

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Why whistleblowing does not deter collaborative tax evasion

Burgstaller, Lilith; Pfeil, Katharina - 2024 - This version: September 22, 2024

Does whistleblowing deter rule violations when such violations are believed to be common? We examine this question in an online experiment about collaborative tax evasion. We vary whether subjects can blow the whistle on their partner in crime and introduce a high-evasion environment by framing...

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Fertility decisions and the norm of intergenerational support to aging parents

Hsu, Minchung; Le, Thu Trang - 2024

This paper examines the impact of the social norm of intergenerational support to aging parents on fertility decisions in developing economies. The traditional expectation of receiving support from adult children in old age has historically been a significant factor in the decision to have...

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Optimal law enforcement when individuals are either moral or norm followers

Fluet, Claude; Friehe, Tim - 2024

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Is less really more? : asymmetries in peer effects for binary outcomes

Lambotte, Mathieu - 2024

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How costly are cultural biases? : evidence from FinTech

D'Acunto, Francesco; Ghosh, Pulak; Rossi, Alberto G. - 2026

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Parents' perceptions of occupational fit

Brenøe, Anne Ardila; Rutnam, Daphne - 2026

We study how adolescents' second-order beliefs about their parents' occupational preferences shape gendered career aspirations. In a consequential early-career choice setting, we combine a parental choice experiment with a randomized salience intervention among students. Parents give gendered...

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Parents' perceptions of occupational fit

Brenøe, Anne Ardila; Rutnam, Daphne - 2026

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The delayed acceptance of female research in economics

Bruns, Stephan B.; Doucouliagos, Anthony; Doucouliagos, … - 2026

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The delayed acceptance of female research in economics

Bruns, Stephan B.; Doucouliagos, Anthony; Doucouliagos, … - 2025

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Political participation under uncertain norms

Fetzer, Thiemo; Hensel, Lukas; Roth, Christopher; … - 2026

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Political participation under uncertain norms

Fetzer, Thiemo; Hensel, Lukas; Roth, Christopher; … - 2026

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When needs change norms : experimental evidence that income shocks undermine norm-driven cooperation in forest commons

Atella-Suri, Dominik; Börner, Jan; Kebebew, Zerihun; … - 2026

Forest protection contributes to climate change mitigation and biodiversity conservation. Yet negative income shocks can induce local forest users to increase extraction in order to cope with economic hardship. We study how social norms shape collaborative forest management when communities face...

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Social norms and international environmental agreements : a natural solution to environmental problems?

Marsiglio, Simone; Masoudi, Nahid - 2026

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Ethnocultural identity and hiring decisions : the role of social desirability and employer bias

De Vos, Louise; Bois, Kristen du; Baert, Stijn; … - 2026

Hiring discrimination against candidates from ethnocultural minority groups is a persistent concern in contemporary labour markets. This study examines how professional recruiters evaluate fictitious job applicants with profiles that systematically vary in signals that form ethnocultural...

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Gender differences in willingness to compete : the role of culture and institutions

Booth, Alison L.; Fan, Elliott; Meng, Xin; Zhang, Dandan - 2026

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Gender differences in willingness to compete : the role of culture and institutions

Booth, Alison L.; Fan, Elliott; Meng, Xin; Zhang, Dandan - 2019

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Gender Differences in Willingness to Compete : The Role of Culture and Institutions

Booth, Alison L. - 2016

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Incentives and prosocial discomfort : a laboratory experiment

Steward, Grace E.; Macis, Mario; Lacetera, Nicola; … - 2026

We conducted a within-subject laboratory experiment in which participants decided whether to experience physical discomfort for charity, with or without additional personal compensation. Acceptance decreased with greater discomfort and increased with both larger charitable donations and personal...

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Colombia's missing fiscal pact : the political and cultural foundations of weak taxation

Fergusson, Leopoldo - 2026

This paper argues that Colombia's taxation problems reflect a deeper political economy equilibrium shaped by extractive institutions, extreme inequality, and cultural norms that favor individual solutions over collective ones. Historical legacies produced a weak and often distrusted state, which...

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Empowering women through radio : evidence from Occupied Japan

Okuyama, Yoko - 2026

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Invisible Barriers : How Gender Norms Impact Financial Inclusion

Singh, Nisha; Koning, Antonique; Ledgerwood, Joanna - 2026

This Focus Note includes illustrative examples from successful initiatives around the world that demonstrate the potential of these strategies—from digital financial solutions that respect privacy concerns to data-driven approaches that challenge institutional biases. Development actors,...

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Unlocking young women's potential? : the impact of a low-cost career guidance program

Asri, Ankush; Asri, Viola; Hoeffler, Anke - 2026

Societal expectations and gender norms constrain young people’s career planning, particularly for girls, limiting the role of personal interests in skill-building decisions. This study evaluates a low-cost, 10-hour career exploration intervention through a pre-registered, school-level,...

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“I Want to Break Free” : How Laws and Social Norms Open Doors for Women

Gurbuz Cuneo, Alev; Tribin Uribe, Ana Maria; Trumbic, Tea; … - 2026

This paper develops a conceptual framework to analyze how gendered social norms mediate the effects of legal frameworks on women’s economic empowerment. Using the World Bank’s Women, Business and the Law domains, Safety, Mobility, Work, Pay, Marriage, Parenthood, Childcare, Entrepreneurship,...

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The economics of long-term care

Pestieau, Pierre - 2026

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Recycling of retired power batteries : a four-party evolutionary game considering consumer behavior preferences and informal recyclers’ participation

Ge, Manman; Wu, Cisheng - 2026

With the rapid expansion of the new energy vehicle market, retired power batteries from new energy vehicles have entered a stage of large-scale replacement, and their safe and environmentally sound recycling has attracted widespread attention. Drawing on behavioral economics and game theory,...

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The resilience of rule compliance in a polarized society

Atella-Suri, Dominik; Gächter, Simon; Kube, Sebastian; … - 2026

Democratic societies depend on citizens following rules even when those rules are set by political opponents. Rising polarization may threaten this behavior. We test the impact of polarization on rule compliance in the United States across three pre-registered waves (May and November 2024; April 2025; n...

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The resilience of rule compliance in a polarized society

Atella-Suri, Dominik; Gächter, Simon; Kube, Sebastian; … - 2026

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Daughters like mothers? : new evidence of inter-generational transmission of labor market stereotypical behavior

Nieuwenhuis, Aukje; Postepska, Agnieszka - 2026

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Gender norms and the quantity-quality tradeoff : evidence from free primary education in Africa

Collins, Matthew; Guarnieri, Eleonora; Rainer, Helmut - 2026

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Gender norms and the quantity-quality tradeoff : evidence from free primary education in Africa

Collins, Matthew; Guarnieri, Eleonora; Rainer, Helmut - 2026 - Original version: July 2025, this version: January 2026

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Higher education, lower satisfaction : hypogamy and traditional norms in Japan

Becker, Björn - 2026

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Religious behaviour, labour supply, and social conformity : evidence from a ban on Muslim religious veiling

Devereux, Kevin; Long, Blair; Samahita, Margaret - 2026

In 2019 Canada's second-largest province introduced a selective ban on religious clothing in the public service as part of a broader effort to promote secularism in the public sphere. Using novel survey data we find evidence of spillovers onto labour force participation and religious expression...

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Internet use and gender role attitudes : evidence from China

Ma, Xinxin - 2023

The progress in information and communication technology since the 1970s has expanded Internet use and promoted economic development worldwide. Although empirical studies have revealed that social norms change with economic and social development, empirical evidence regarding the association...

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Can't shake it off : earthquakes and social cohesion in Italy

Denti, Daria; Faggian, Alessandra; Modica, Marco; Noy, Ilan - 2026

Do earthquakes strengthen social cohesion or undermine it? While some theories suggest they strengthen social bonds, others suggest they lead to social disintegration. We add to the limited causal evidence on this phenomenon using the 2012 Northern Italy earthquake, and exploit a unique dataset...

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Interpreting consumer attitude towards milk alternatives : a purchase intention model for marketing success

Wassenaar, Anjolize; Kempen, Elizabeth - 2023

Within an emerging market context, the purchase of dairy free milk alternatives is not well understood. The purpose of the article is to present a model within which purchase intentions of South African emerging market consumers can be interpreted, providing marketers with information on which...

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Gender norms and solar panel energy adoption in Australia : evidence from a natural experiment

Awaworyi Churchill, Sefa; Smyth, Russell; Trinh, Trong-Anh - 2025

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Frictionless gratitude : the digitization of tipping and its impact on social norms

AlKhazraji, Mohammad; Tolpa, Karol Jan - 2026

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Sticky traditions : origin, persistence, and evolution of cultural norms

Giuliano, Paola - 2026

This chapter reviews the growing literature on the origin, persistence and evolution of cultural norms. I begin by examining the deep historical forces that shape the formation of cultural norms, with particular attention to the role of geography, pre-industrial societal characteristics,...

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Sticky traditions : origin, persistence, and evolution of cultural norms

Giuliano, Paola - 2026

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Selective incivility toward black employees fuels social pain minimization and defensive silence

Benbow, Kyle L.; Sawhney, Gargi; Kunstman, Jonathan W. - 2025

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The realm of digital content regulation as a social space : sociogenesis of moderation norms and policies on Twitch platform

Ferret, Nathan - 2025

This article seeks to explore the socio-demographic determinants underlying the engagement of moderators and the production of content moderation norms in the French Twitch scene. Using a mixed-method approach, it highlights gender, politicisation, social class, and social vulnerability...

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Population density and prosocial behavior : social norms and interdependence as alternative accounts

Sheehan, Benjamin; Dissanayake, Pramodhya; … - 2026

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Gendered corruption : how gender norms underpin experiences of corruption in Asian and Pacific countries

Peiffer, Caryn - 2025

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Economic incentives or social norms? : labor supply differentials between East and West German mothers

Chabé-Ferret, Bastien; Iftikhar, Zainab; Park, JungJae - 2026

This paper quantifies the contributions of social norms and economic incentives to the 350-hour annual gap in maternal labor supply between East and West Germany. Using a collective model of family formation and labor supply estimated on GSOEP data from 2000-2017, we find that the working-mother...

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Economic incentives or social norms? : labor supply differentials between East and West German mothers

Chabé-Ferret, Bastien; Iftikhar, Zainab; Park, JungJae - 2026

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Economic incentives or social norms? : labor supply differentials between east and west german mothers

Chabé-Ferret, Bastien; Iftikhar, Zainab; Park, JungJae - 2026

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Exogenous variation of endowments and beliefs in a dictator game

Battigalli, Pierpaolo; Di Bartolomeo, Giovanni; Papa, … - 2026 - This Version: March 2026

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Value-belief and value-identity norms in ethical food consumption : investigating the influence of worker-friendly labels in Italy

Mirabella, Claudio; Borsellino, Valeria; Galati, Antonino; … - 2025

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Norms and efficiency in a multi-group society : an online experiment

Catola, Marco; D'Alessandro, Simone; Guarnieri, Pietro; … - 2025

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Divided we act : the role of social sanctions in a polarized world

Dimant, Eugen; Gelfand, Michele J.; Hochleitner, Anna; … - 2026

Social sanctions sustain social order by reinforcing widely accepted principles. Political polarization may weaken this mechanism by fragmenting these principles, yet causal effects are hard to identify: observational data cannot separate the effect of polarized preferences from exposure to...

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Authority figures and the polarization of gender norms

Abboud, Ali; Bazzi, Samuel; Canaan, Serena; Deeb, Antoine; … - 2026

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Authority figures and the polarization of gender norms

Abboud, Ali; Bazzi, Samuel; Canaan, Serena; Deeb, Antoine; … - 2026

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Authority figures and the polarization of gender norms

Abboud, Ali; Bazzi, Samuel; Canaan, Serena; Deeb, Antoine; … - 2026

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Authority figures and the polarization of gender norms

Abboud, Ali; Bazzi, Samuel; Canaan, Serena; Deeb, Antoine; … - 2026

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Asset pricing in a country embracing religious beliefs and social norms : evidence from the Indonesian stock market

Gunawan, Ridwan; Nakajima, Katsushi - 2025

The debate surrounding the financial performance of Shariah compliance (SC) and socially-responsible (SR) investments versus traditional ones remains controversial. This study pioneers an examination of this issue within Indonesia, a country where SC Investments (SCIs) and SR Investments (SRIs)...

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Are gender norms shaped by who earns more?

Brosch, Hanna; Grewenig, Elisabeth; Lergetporer, Philipp; … - 2026

Gender norms about parental labor supply are central to explaining persistent gender inequalities in the labor market, yet their causal determinants remain poorly understood. We examine whether people's gender attitudes are driven by mothers' and fathers' earnings, which may shape views about...

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Are gender norms shaped by who earns more?

Brosch, Hanna; Grewenig, Elisabeth; Lergetporer, Philipp; … - 2026

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Strategic conformity or anti-conformity to avoid punishment and attract reward

Dvorak, Fabian; Fischbacher, Urs; Schmelz, Katrin - 2025

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Relative income and gender norms : evidence from Latin America

Muñoz S., Ercio; Sansone, Dario; Tampellini, João - 2026

Using census data from over 500,000 dual-earner households in Mexico, we show that couples in which the wife earns just above half of the household income are far less common than those in which she earns just below that threshold - a pattern that has been attributed to gender norms that create...

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Relative income and gender norms : evidence from Latin America

Muñoz S., Ercio; Sansone, Dario; Tampellini, João - 2025

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Willingness to care : financial incentives and caregiving decisions

Rebaudo, Mara; Calahorrano, Lena; Hausmann, Kathrin - 2025

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Population normative data for OxCAP-MH capability scores

Balázs, Péter György; Łaszewska, Agata; Simon, Judit; … - 2025

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Norms behind closed doors : a field experiment on gender norm misperceptions and maternal employment decisions in couples

Boltz, Marie; Bustelo, Monserrat; Diaz Escobar, Ana Maria; … - 2026

This paper studies whether gender gaps in women's labor-market outcomes are sustained by systematic misperceptions about social and spousal support for maternal employment. Using a representative sample of 1,732 cohabiting couples with young children in Bogotá, we show that while support for...

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