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We conduct a real-effort task experiment where subjects' performance translates into a donation to a charity. In a within-subjects design we vary the visibility of the donation (no/private/public feedback). Confirming previous studies, we find that subjects' performance increases, that is, they...
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This study investigates experimentally whether people in retrospective are self-aware that they engage in status-seeking behavior. Subjects participated in a real-effort task where effort translated into a donation to a charity. Within-subjects we varied the visibility of their performance...
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positively the relationship between an individual's income and her growth aspirations. The findings support claims that strategic …
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compares the prevalence and development of destructive envy in children aged seven to ten. The experiment took place in the … children´s natural environment - their schools. We also checked for cultural variability of our results by conducting our study … with German children and with children from a highly egalitarian society: the Eastern Penan of northern Borneo. We found …
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altruistic behavior in children. We study a sample of German school children aged seven to ten in a natural setting. We run two … treatments. One treatment investigates envy, the other one studies altruism. Additionally, we collect data on the children … children are significantly more altruistic. Boys care more about their relative position than girls. Socio …
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the status of the entrepreneur. For reasons outlined in the introduction, this study focuses on (800) students in the … Netherlands. We find that the status of occupations is mostly determined by the required level of education, the income level to …
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balancing skills at lower skill levels and income, indicating that both dimensions - skill level and skill scope - are relevant …
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generates a higher income, but only for entrepreneurs: This finding supports Lazear's Jack-of-all-Trades theory. …
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mechanisms. We confirm the robustness of this result in the presence of income heterogeneity. …
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This paper examines to what extent recent empirical evidence can collectively and systematically substantiate the claim that entrepreneurship has important economic value. Hence, a systematic review is provided that answers the question: What is the contribution of entrepreneurs to the economy...
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