This article analyzes corruption of law enforcement agents: payment of bribes to agents so that they will not report … violations. Corruption dilutes deterrence because bribe payments are less than sanctions. The state may not be able to offset … detect and penalize corruption. At the optimum, however, corruption may not be deterred. Nonetheless, it may be desirable to …

We analyze the organization of corruption in a state agency. The dual mandate of the Democratic Republic of the Congo …'s traffic police agency is to manage traffic and to enforce the traffic code. We first document that, in the capital's branch … bribes paid by drivers, of which 63% is generated through a "quota scheme:" managers at police stations ask agents posted at …

this paper I review cross-country evidence on happiness and life satisfaction and consider whether these data will likely …-index. Happiness and life satisfaction data seem able to forecast migration flows. Fourth, happy people are particularly optimistic …

satisfaction questions such as satisfaction with an individual's financial situation. Averaging across the 257 individual country …

lower life satisfaction and more pessimism about the future at age 50. Taken together, these results suggest social …

affect measures - life satisfaction, enjoyment, smiling and being well-rested - and four negative affect variables - pain …

, although it fell slightly after 2020 as life expectancy dipped. This secular improvement is mirrored in life satisfaction which …

endogenous variables. However, when one examines the three 'global' wellbeing metrics - happiness, life satisfaction and Cantril …

-scale randomized trials conducted in collaboration with the state police of Rajasthan, India sought to increase police efficiency and … improve interactions with the public. In a sample of 162 police stations serving almost 8 million people, the first experiment … tested four interventions recommended by police reform panels: limitations of arbitrary transfers, rotation of duty …