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Dictator games in the lab and in nature: External validity tested and investigated in Ugandan primary schools

Barr, Aibgail; Zeitlin, Andrew - Department of Economics, Oxford University - 2010

This paper tests the external validity of a simple Dictator Game as a laboratory analogue for a naturally occurring policy-relevant decision-making context. In Uganda, where teacher absenteeism is a problem, primary school teachers' allocations to parents in a Dictator Game are positively but...

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Conflict of interest as a barrier to local accountability

Barr, Abigail; Zeitlin, Andrew - Department of Economics, Oxford University - 2011

Using a specially designed lab-type experiment conducted in the field, we compare the willingness of head teachers, centrally appointed public servants, and community representatives to hold Ugandan primary school teachers to account. We find no difference in the willingness of centrally...

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Does Social Judgement Diminish Rule Breaking?

Salmon, Timothy C.; Serra, Danila - Department of Economics, Oxford University - 2013

We experimentally investigate the extent to which social obervability of one's actions and the possibility of social non-monetary judgment affect the decision to engage in rule breaking behavior. We consider three rule bfeaking scenarios - theft, bribery and embezzlement - in the absence of...

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A Dissection of Trading Capital: Cultural persistence of trade in the aftermath of the fall of the Iron Curtain

Rauch, Ferdinand; Beestermoller, Matthias - Department of Economics, Oxford University - 2014

We show that the countries of the former Austro-Hungarian monarchy trade significantly more with one another in the aftermath of the collapse of the Iron Curtain than predicted by a standard gravity model. This trade surplus declines linearly and monotonically over time. We argue that these...

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Does Culture Affect Divorce Decisions? Evidence from European Immigrants in the US

Sevilla-Sanz, Almudena; Furtado, Delia; Marcen, Miriam - Department of Economics, Oxford University - 2010

This paper explores the role of culture in determining divorce decisions by examining differences in divorce rates by … of the effect of culture. The quantitatively significant estimated effects of culture are robust to controlling for a … divorce culture has a stronger impact on the divorce decisions of females than of males pointing to a potentially gendered …

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Coordination and Culture

Carvalho, Jean-Paul - Department of Economics, Oxford University - 2010

Culture constrains individual choice by making certain behaviour taboo. We propose an evolutionary model in which … culture, we demonstrate that restrictive and permissive cultures can co-exist in the long run. …

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Culture and Corruption

Barr, Abigail; Serra, Danila - Department of Economics, Oxford University - 2006

Working with a sample of individuals from 43 countries, including some of the most and least corrupt in the world, we run an experiment in which: `private citizens` have to decide whether and how much to offer `public servants` in exchange for corrupt services; `public servants` have to decide...

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Minorities in Rural China: Poorer but Inherently Happier?

Knight, John; Shi, Li; Chang, Yuan - Department of Economics, Oxford University - 2014

This is a pioneering study of the determinants of the subjective well-being of ethnic minority people in rural China, using a specially designed sample survey relating to 2011. The underlying hypothesis is that the lifestyle and attitudes of ethnic minorities contribute to their happiness. ...

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Migration, Diasporas and Culture: an Empirical Investigation

Collier, Paul; Hoeffler, Anke - Department of Economics, Oxford University - 2014

Using global data we examine the dynamics of migration from developing to developed countries. Origin and destination countries are characterized by substantial diffrences in incomes, political rights and cultures. Incentives as well as costs shape the decision to migrate. One powerful...

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