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Self-Employment and Conflict in Colombia

Bozzoli, Carlos; Brück, Tilman; Wald, Nina - DIW Berlin (Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung) - 2011

Many Colombians are confronted with the ongoing conflict that influences their decision making in everyday life …, including their behavior in labor markets. This study focuses on the impact of violent conflict on self-employment, enlarging … the usual determinants with a set of conflict variables. In order to estimate the effect of conflict on self …

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Behavioral Responses to Natural Disasters

Castillo, Marco; Carter, Michael - Interdisciplinary Center for Economic Science (ICES), … - 2011

Catastrophic events can dramatically alter existing social and economic relationships. The consequences can be long-lasting and give rise to heterogeneity of behavior across populations. We investigate the impact of a large negative shock on altruism, trust and reciprocity in 30 small Honduran...

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Voluntary Teaming and Effort

Keser, Claudia; Montmarquette, Claude - DIW Berlin (Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung) - 2007

In a series of experimental games, each of two players may choose between remuneration based on either private or team effort. Although at least one of the players has the subgame perfect equilibrium strategy to choose remuneration based on private effort, we frequently observe team remuneration...

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