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Soziale Gerechtigkeit durch Leistung und Gegenleistung: Workfare im Niedriglohnbereich

Peichl, Andreas; Schneider, Hilmar - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2010

Ökonomische Effizienz und soziale Gerechtigkeit stehen nicht im Widerspruch zueinander. Workfare ist sozial gerecht. Durch das Prinzip von Leistung und Gegenleistung wird dafür gesorgt, dass sich die Inanspruchnahme von Leistungen der Grundsicherung auf diejenigen beschränkt, die tatsächlich...

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Social Protection beyond the Bottom Billion

Murphy, Susan; Walsh, Patrick Paul - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014

Most conceptualisations of the bottom billion assume that "the poor" are a minority group in a state of continuous dependency, identifiable by region and demographic. Using a flow analysis (inflow and outflow) of poverty, rather than a stock analysis, we explain why poverty is more appropriately...

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Equity and Equality

Duclos, Jean-Yves - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2006

Is horizontal equity (HE) the "most widely accepted principle of equity"? Or does it stand in "opposition to the advancement of human welfare"? This paper argues that the case for the HE principle is not as straightforward as is usually thought and that it requires advanced notions of justice...

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Higher Intelligence Groups Have Higher Cooperation Rates in the Repeated Prisoner's Dilemma

Proto, Eugenio; Rustichini, Aldo; Sofianos, Andis - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014

initial cooperation rates are similar, it increases in the groups with higher intelligence to reach almost full cooperation … differences in the response to past cooperation of the partner. In higher intelligence subjects, cooperation after the initial … difference is absent. Cooperation of higher intelligence subjects is payoff sensitive, thus not automatic: in a treatment with …

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Should You Compete or Cooperate with Your Schoolmates?

Bratti, Massimiliano; Checchi, Daniele; Filippin, Antonio - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2008

students, this paper presents a simple model showing that free riding incentives lead to an insufficient degree of cooperation …

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Trade, Peace and Democracy: An Analysis of Dyadic Dispute

Polachek, Solomon W.; Seiglie, Carlos - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2006

At least since 1750 when Baron de Montesquieu declared "peace is the natural effect of trade," a number of economists and political scientists espoused the notion that trade among nations leads to peace. Employing resources wisely to produce one commodity rather than employing them inefficiently...

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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

higher effort with respect to cooperation and cooperation does not increase effort with respect to the baseline. However …

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Do Women Prefer a Co-operative Work Environment?

Kuhn, Peter J.; Villeval, Marie Claire - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2011

Are women disproportionately attracted to work environments where cooperation rather than competition is rewarded? This …

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The Effect of Religion on Cooperation and Altruistic Punishment: Experimental Evidence from Public Goods Experiments

Akay, Alpaslan; Karabulut, Gökhan; Martinsson, Peter - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2011

This paper experimentally examines how religious festivals and the degree of religiosity affect cooperation and … religious festivals other than the normal daily prayers. The overall results show no differences in cooperation or altruistic … differences in beliefs about others contributions. By and large, this indicates the importance of conditional cooperation. …

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Competition, Cooperation, and Collective Choice

Markussen, Thomas; Reuben, Ernesto; Tyran, Jean-Robert - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012

economics. This paper explores voting on a scheme of intergroup competition, which facilitates cooperation in a social dilemma … situation. Experimental results show that the competitive scheme fosters cooperation. Competition is popular, but the electoral …

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