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Ewers, Mara - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012

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 …

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An Economic Analysis of Exclusion Restrictions for Instrumental Variable Estimation

Berg, Gerard J. van den - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2007

information on the value of the IV. This leads to violation of the exclusion restriction. We analyze this in a dynamic economic …

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Job Assignments under Moral Hazard: The Peter Principle Revisited

Koch, Alexander Karl; Nafziger, Julia - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2007

The Peter Principle captures two stylized facts about hierarchies: first, promotions often place employees into jobs for which they are less well suited than for that previously held. Second, demotions are extremely rare. Why do organizations not correct ‘wrong’ promotion decision? This...

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Mothers, Fathers and Children after Divorce: The Role of Institutions

Del Boca, Daniela - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2002

In recent years the increase in the divorce rate in many advanced countries and the predominance of female-headed families among the poor has generated much interest in the relationship between divorce and the welfare of mothers and children. In this paper I will review a small body of economic...

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The Incapacitation Effect of Incarceration: Evidence from Several Italian Collective Pardons

Barbarino, Alessandro; Mastrobuoni, Giovanni - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012

We estimate the "incapacitation effect" on crime using variation in Italian prison population driven by eight collective pardons passed between 1962 and 1995. The prison releases are sudden – within one day –, very large – up to 35 percent of the entire prison population – and happen...

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Incarceration and Crime: Evidence from California's Public Safety Realignment Reform

Lofstrom, Magnus; Raphael, Steven - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013

We evaluate the effect of perhaps the largest exogenous decline in a state's incarceration rate in U.S. history on local crime rates. We assess the effects of a recent reform in California that caused a sharp and permanent reduction in the state's incarceration rate. We exploit the large...

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The Age of Mass Migration: Economic and Institutional Determinants

Bertocchi, Graziella; Strozzi, Chiara - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2006

We study the determinants of 19th century mass migration with special attention to the role of institutional factors beside standard economic fundamentals. We find that economic forces associated with income and demographic differentials had a major role in the determination of this historical...

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Top‐Down vs. Bottom‐Up: The Long‐Term Impact of Government Ideology and Personal Experience on Values

Ziebarth, Nicolas R.; Wagner, Gert G. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013

This paper studies the long‐term impact of societal socialization on values using the example of doping behavior in sports. We apply the German Reunification Approach to the microcosm of Berlin and exploit its 40‐year long division into a capitalist and a communist sector. We deliberately...

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The Evolution of Citizenship: Economic and Institutional Determinants

Bertocchi, Graziella; Strozzi, Chiara - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2006

We investigate the origin and evolution of the legal institution of citizenship from a political economy perspective. We compile a new data set on citizenship laws across countries of the world which documents how these institutions have evolved in the postwar period. We show that, despite a...

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A Review of Renewable Energy Supply and Energy Efficiency Technologies

Abolhosseini, Shahrouz; Heshmati, Almas; Altmann, Jörn - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014

Electricity consumption will comprise an increasing share of global energy demand during the next two decades. In recent years, the increasing prices of fossil fuels and concerns about the environmental consequences of greenhouse gas emissions have renewed the interest in the development of...

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