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Digit ratio (2D:4D) and altruism: evidence from a large, multi-ethnic sample
Galizzi, Matteo M.; Nieboer, Jeroen - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2015
We look at the links between the Digit Ratio - the ratio of the length of the index finger to the length of the ring finger – for both right and left hands, and giving in a Dictator Game. Unlike previous studies with exclusively Caucasian subjects, we recruited a large, ethnically diverse...
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Down and Out in Italian towns: measuring the impact of economic downturns on crime
Menon, Carlo; de Blasio, Guido - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2013
The paper investigates the effect of local economic conditions on crime. The study focuses on Italy’s local labor … markets and analyzes the short-term response of crime to the severe slump of 2007-2009. It shows that the downturn led to a …-worker contractual arrangements) had a role in slowing down the effect of the economy on crime; ii) the link between the downturn and …
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The contributions of Professor Amartya Sen in the field of human rights
Vizard, Polly - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2005
his paper analyses the work of the Nobel Prize winning economist Professor Amartya Sen from the perspective of human rights. It assesses the ways in which Sen’s research agenda has deepened and expanded human rights discourse in the disciplines of ethics and economics, and examines how his...
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Like ripples on a pond: behavioral spillovers and their implications for research and policy
Dolan, Paul; Galizzi, Matteo M. - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2015
No behavior sits in a vacuum, and one behavior can greatly affect what happens next. We propose a conceptual frame within which a broad range of behavioral spillovers can be accounted for when applying behavioral science to policy challenges. We consider behaviors which take place sequentially...
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Because I'm worth it: a lab-field experiment on the spillover effects of incentives in health
Dolan, Paul; Galizzi, Matteo M. - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2014
We conduct a controlled lab-field experiment to directly test the short-run spillover effects of one-off financial incentives in health. We consider how incentives affect effort in a physical activity task – and then how they spillover to subsequent eating behaviour. Compared to a control...
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Preference reversals and the analysis of income distributions
Amiel, Yoram; Cowell, Frank; Davidovitz, Leima; … - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2003
It is known from the literature on uncertainty that in cases where individuals express a preference for a high win-probability bet over a bet with high winnings they nevertheless will bid more to obtain the bet with high winnings. We investigate whether a similar phenomenon applies in the...
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Motivating knowledge agents: can incentive pay overcome social distance?
Berg, Erlend; Manjula, R - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2013
This paper studies the interaction of incentive pay and social distance in the dissemination of information. We analyse theoretically as well as empirically the effect of incentive pay when agents have pro-social objectives, but also preferences over dealing with one social group relative to...
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Unmet aspirations as an explanation for the age u-shape in human wellbeing
Schwandt, Hannes - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2013
A large literature in behavioral and social sciences has found that human wellbeing follows a U-shape over age. Some theories have assumed that the U-shape is caused by unmet expectations that are felt painfully in midlife but beneficially abandoned and experienced with less regret during old...
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Collapsing worlds and varieties of welfare capitalism: in search of a new political economy of welfare
Schelkle, Waltraud - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2012
The study of welfare capitalism is concerned with a founding question of political economy, namely how capitalism and democracy can be combined. Ever since the publication of Esping-Andersen’s Three Worlds of Welfare Capitalism in 1990, the answer was sought in identifying ideal types of...
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A quantitative and qualitative test of the Allais paradox using health outcomes
Oliver, Adam - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2003
There have been many tests of the descriptive validity of the axioms of expected utility theory (EU) using money outcomes. Such tests are relatively uncommon with respect to health outcomes. This is unfortunate, because the standard gamble - considered by many health economists to be the gold...
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