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Bureaucratic Delay, Local-Level Monitoring, and Delivery of Small Infrastructure Projects: Evidence from a Field Experiment in Bolivia
Yanez-Pagans, Monica; Machicado, Carlos Gustavo - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012
This paper examines bureaucratic delay within the allocation of small infrastructure projects by sub-municipal governments in Bolivia, and it presents a randomized field experiment designed to improve public service delivery by promoting voice, transparency, and accountability among grassroots...
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Network Structure and Education Outcomes: Evidence from a Field Experiment in Bangladesh
Hahn, Youjin; Islam, Asadul; Patacchini, Eleonora; … - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2015
We study the causal impact of network centrality on educational outcomes using field experiments in primary schools in Bangladesh. After obtaining information on friendship networks, we randomly allocate students into groups and give them individual and group assignments. We find that groups...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011195831
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Teams or Tournaments? A Field Experiment on Cooperation and Competition among University Students
Bigoni, Maria; Fort, Margherita; Nardotto, Mattia; … - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2011
This paper assesses the effect of two stylized and antithetic non-monetary incentive schemes on students’ effort. We collect data from a field experiment where incentives are exogenously imposed, performance is monitored and individual characteristics are observed. Students are randomly...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009226003
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Grades and Rank: Impacts of Non-Financial Incentives on Test Performance
Jalava, Nina; Joensen, Juanna Schrøter; Pellas, Elin - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014
How does effort respond to being graded and ranked? This paper examines the effects of non-financial incentives on test performance. We conduct a randomized field experiment on more than a thousand sixth graders in Swedish primary schools. Extrinsic non-financial incentives play an important...
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How Do Shocks to Non-Cognitive Skills Affect Test Scores?
Behncke, Stefanie - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2009
This paper investigates the extent to which test performance is affected by shocks to non-cognitive skills. 440 students took a low stakes mathematics test. About half of them were exposed to positive affirmation while being given test instructions, whereas the other half served as controls. The...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005078570
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The Impact of Risk Perception and Risk Attitudes on Corrupt Behavior: Evidence from a Petty Corruption Experiment
Djawadi, Behnud Mir; Fahr, René - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013
particular be true for petty corruption where small amounts of bribes are involved and the detection rate is rather low. To … conducting a real effort task in every period. Independent of the treatments we already find high rates of corruption in very … observed in the corruption experiment. We explain our findings by a systematic underestimation of the overall probability of …
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Impact of the 1999 Earthquakes on the Outcome of the 2002 Parliamentary Election in Turkey
Akarca, Ali T.; Tansel, Aysit - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2008
, destruction and suffering, but also exposed rampant government corruption involving construction and zoning code violations. The … incompetence shown by the government in providing relief, the corruption allegations in regards to those efforts, and government … sensitivity shown by the electorate to real and perceived corruption implies that corruption problem will be tractable in Turkey …
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The Impact of Tax Morale and Institutional Quality on the Shadow Economy
Torgler, Benno; Schneider, Friedrich - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2007
This paper analyses how tax morale and countries’ institutional quality affect the shadow economy, controlling in a multivariate analysis for a variety of potential factors. The literature strongly emphasizes the quantitative importance of these factors to understand the level and changes of...
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The Empire Is Dead, Long Live the Empire! Long-Run Persistence of Trust and Corruption in the Bureaucracy
Becker, Sascha O.; Boeckh, Katrin; Hainz, Christa; … - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2011
Habsburg affiliation increases current trust and reduces corruption in courts and police. Falsification tests of spuriously …
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Is Leisure a Normal Good? Evidence from the European Parliament
Mocan, Naci; Altindag, Duha T. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2011
per diem compensation increases it. We also show that corruption in home country has a negative effect on attendance for …
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