L’objet de ce travail est de souligner les divergences qui ont amené les expérimentateurs en économie à se démarquer de la méthodologie expérimentale introduite par les psychologues. Après avoir rappelé en quoi consiste une expérience de laboratoire et quels sont les principes de...

This paper investigates the impact of financial incentive programs, which have become an increasingly common component of welfare programs. We review experimental evidence from several such programs. Financial incentive programs appear to increase work and raise income (lower poverty), but cost...

Sulla base dei dati disponibili dal censimento intermedio del 1996 e del numero delle domande e del volume degli investimenti per la legge 488 (i dati qui rappresentati riguardano solo il secondo bando per motivi di sintesi) nelle regioni italiane per i settori in cui sono divise le imprese...

This paper reports about a randomized field experiment in which first year economics and business students at the University of Amsterdam could earn financial rewards for passing the first year requirements within one year. Participants were assigned to a high, low and zero (control) reward...

This report compressed the results of a four-month initiative to identify unmet needs and market opportunities in Colombia, El Salvador, Brazil and Mexico, and present a potential private sector solutions that can address these unmet needs profitably.