This paper discusses data used in publishing statistics on earnings, the distribution of household income and poverty …. This has had consequences for providing official data on wages, income and poverty which we discuss along with other …

Only a few large, nationally-representative datasets include information on both the owner and the business. We briefly … describe several of the most respected and up-to-date sources of data on entrepreneurs, the self-employed, and small businesses …. More information including estimates of recent trends in business ownership and performance (e.g. survival rates, sales …

This paper studies the influence of information on entry choices in a competition with a controlled laboratory … experiment. We investigate whether information provision attracts mainly high productivity individuals and reduces competition … productivity. Information on the opponent is a promising nudge to raise individuals' awareness towards the complexity of the …

under imperfect information, these findings are consistent with Indonesia citizens over-estimating the net gains from …

discourage net ownership and use. This is just a case of a public program inducing perverse incentives. We analyze new data from … and use. Our evidence points to the role of imperfect information. The introduction of IRS may have made the problem of …

This paper examines whether access to information enhances political accountability. Based upon the results of Brazil … value of information and the role of the media in reducing informational asymmetries in the political process. …

We estimate the effect of publicly disseminated information about school-level achievement on students' mobility … revealed. In general, parents respond to information soon after it becomes available. Once the information is absorbed, they do … respond when information is widely disseminated and discussed in the media. …

outcomes. We proxy occupational knowledge with mandatory visits to job information centers (JICs) in Germany while still …-in-difference setup. Combining linked survey-administrative data with data on JICs permits to detect whether individuals benefited from … the comprehensive information service when they were young. The results suggest that individuals, who went to school in …