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We study the impact of communication on behavior in a two-stage coordination game with asymmetric payoffs. We test … sustain coordination over time and alleviate the inequality induced by the asymmetry of payoffs. Third, communication …
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We present an economic experiment on network formation, in which subjects can decide to form links to one another. Direct links are costly but being connected is valuable. The gametheoretic basis for our experiment is the model of Bala and Goyal (2000). They distinguish between two scenarios...
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underlying agency problem. Moreover, the benefits and costs of integration originate from the same problem – to allocate … integration or non-integration is optimal. Our theory thus provides a simple answer to Williamson's “selective …
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Recent research has shown that women shy away from competition more often than men. We evaluate experimentally three alternative policy interventions to promote women in competitions: Quotas, Preferential Treatment, and Repetition of the Competition unless a critical number of female winners is...
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This paper first documents the extent of the specialization in time use in couple families, and the impact of children on this specialization. It then examines the links between the time allocations of partners in couple families, the impact of children on these links, and the effects these...
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This paper theoretically investigates the impact of European integration on employment by developing a new … spending, the positive impact of markets integration on employment is weakened. Moreover, in a context where national goods … than the marginal benefit for the community. This result stresses one source of coordination failure within the EMU. …
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Legally mandated reductions in the workweek can be either a constraint on individuals’ choice or a tool to coordinate individuals’ preferences for lower work hours. We confront these two hypotheses by studying the consequences of the workweek reduction in France from 39 to 35 hours, which...
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A Trial Introduction Program (TIP) for newly-arrived immigrants to Sweden was implemented from October 2006 to June 2008 in order to meet the main criticisms directed at existing introduction programs. Two primary innovations were introduced, flexible language instruction parallel with other...
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Using a new data on 590 Turkish households in Berlin, we investigate the determinants and impact of integration on … networks have no impact on integration. There is strong evidence that political integration and the degree of full integration …
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Erfolgsaussichten für die gesellschaftliche Integration, die bei höher qualifizierten Zuwanderern durchweg sehr viel leichter gelingt …. Das enthebt Politik, Wirtschaft und Gesellschaft nicht der Aufgabe, auch die Integration der schon in Deutschland lebenden … Migrationshintergrund nicht länger leisten. Sie braucht beides: mehr qualifizierte Zuwanderung und mehr Integration. …
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