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Pivotal or Popular : The Effects of Social Information and Feeling Pivotal on Civic Actions
Gee, Laura K.; Kiyawat, Anoushka; Meer, Jonathan; … - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2023
We examine the combined effects of popularity and feelings of being important to reaching a goal by testing how people react to situations in which their own behavior is pivotal or not, as well as the popularity of the action. We conduct a laboratory experiment to cleanly fix beliefs about the...
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It Hurts To Ask
Bénabou, Roland; Jaroszewicz, Ania; Loewenstein, George F. - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2022
We analyze the offering, asking, and granting of help or other benefits as a three-stage game with bilateral private information between a person in need of help and a potential help-giver. Asking entails the risk of rejection, which can be painful: since unawareness of the need can no longer be...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013388842
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Bargaining with Altruism
Pollak, Robert A. - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2022
Despite extensive use of bargaining models in economics and despite Becker's insistence on the importance of altruism … in families, the theoretical literature on bargaining ignores altruism and assumes that everyone is an egoist. This paper … shows that incorporating altruism into cooperative bargaining models shrinks the set potential cooperative bargaining …
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The Nexus between Long-term Care Insurance, Formal Care, Informal Care, and Bequests : The Case of Japan
Horioka, Charles; Gahramanov, Emin; Tang, Xueli - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2024
The purpose of this paper is to conduct a theoretical and empirical analysis of the nexus between long-term care insurance (LTCI), formal care, informal (family) care, and bequests. In our empirical analysis, we use micro data from the Japan Household Panel Survey on Consumer Preferences and...
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Rebel Governance and Development : The Persistent Effects of Guerrillas in El Salvador
Bandiera, Antonella; Dinarte-Diaz, Lelys; Jimenez, Juan … - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2022
How does rebel governance affect long-term development? We investigate the economic, social, and political consequences of temporary territorial control by guerrillas during the Salvadoran Civil War. During this period, these guerrillas displaced state authorities and promoted the creation of...
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The Economics of Women's Rights
Tertilt, Michele; Doepke, Matthias; Montenbruck, Laura; … - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2022
Two centuries ago, in most countries around the world, women were unable to vote, had no say over their own children or property, and could not obtain a divorce. Women have gradually gained rights in many areas of life, and this legal expansion has been closely intertwined with economic...
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Zero-Sum Thinking, the Evolution of Effort-Suppressing Beliefs, and Economic Development
Carvalho, Jean-Paul; Bergeron, Augustin; Henrich, Joseph; … - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2023
We study the evolution of belief systems that suppress productive effort. These include concerns about the envy of others, beliefs in the importance of luck for success, disdain for competitive effort, and traditional beliefs in witchcraft. We show that such demotivating beliefs can evolve when...
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Charity : Have the Rates of US Households Contributing Money or Time Declined?
Smith, Vincent Kerry - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2024
This paper uses the responses to questions about charitable contributions from the Survey of Consumer Finances (SCF) between 1992 and 2022 to consider the rates of US households contributing money or time to charitable organizations. The fraction donating $500 or more remained relatively...
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Do the Retired Elderly in Europe Decumulate Their Wealth? The Importance of Bequest Motives, Precautionary Saving, Public Pensions, and Homeownership
Horioka, Charles; Ventura, Luigi - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2022
In this paper, we use micro data on a large number of European countries from the Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe (SHARE) to examine the wealth accumulation (saving) behavior of the retired elderly in Europe. To summarize our main findings, we find that less than half of the...
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Microgiving with Digital Platforms
Jiang, Xiheng; Xing, Jianwei; Xu, Jintao; Zou, Eric Yongchen - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2022
Microgiving, a new form of digital fundraising, operates by soliciting minuscule, recurring donations from large numbers of potential donors. We evaluate a charity subscription program operated by Alibaba, China's largest retail platform, which allows sellers to pledge a tiny portion of a...
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