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Do Single-Sex Classes Affect Exam Scores? An Experiment in a Coeducational University
Booth, Alison L.; Cardona-Sosa, Lina; Nolen, Patrick - Research School of Economics, College of Business and … - 2013
selection issues present in other studies on single-sex education. We find that one hour a week of single-sex education benefits … classes than their peers attending coeducational classes. We find no effect of single-sex education on the probability that a … female will take technical classes and there is no effect of single-sex education for males. Furthermore we are able to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011079135
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Directed Giving: Evidence from an Inter-Household Transfer Experiment
Batista, Catia; Silverman, Dan; Yang, Dean - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2014
We investigate the determinants of giving in a lab-in-the-field experiment with large stakes. Study participants in urban Mozambique play dictator games where their counterpart is the closest person to them outside their household. When given the option, dictators do a large fraction of giving...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010951192
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The Behavioralist Meets the Market: Measuring Social Preferences and Reputation Effects in Actual Transactions
list, john - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2005
The role of the market in mitigating and mediating various forms of behavior is perhaps the central issue facing behavioral economics today. This study designs a field experiment that is explicitly linked to a controlled laboratory experiment to examine whether, and to what extent, social...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005084809
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Rewarding Altruism? A Natural Field Experiment
Slonim, Robert L; Lacetera, Nicola; Macis, Mario - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2011
We present evidence from a natural field experiment involving nearly 100,000 individuals on the effects of offering economic incentives for blood donations. Subjects who were offered economic rewards to donate blood were more likely to donate, and more so the higher the value of the rewards....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009372437
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What Determines Giving to Hurricane Katrina Victims? Experimental Evidence on Income, Race, and Fairness
Luttmer, Erzo F.P.; Fong, Christina M. - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2007
We investigate determinants of private and public generosity to Katrina victims using an artifactual field experiment. In this experiment, respondents from the general population viewed a short audiovisual presentation that manipulated respondents' perceptions of the income, race, and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005714062
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Psychology and Economics: Evidence from the Field
DellaVigna, Stefano - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2007
The research in Psychology and Economics (a.k.a. Behavioral Economics) suggests that individuals deviate from the standard model in three respects: (i) non-standard preferences; (ii) non-standard beliefs; and (iii) non-standard decision-making. In this paper, I survey the empirical evidence from...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005774777
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A Field Experiment on Directed Giving at a Public University
Meer, Jonathan; Eckel, Catherine C.; Herberich, David - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2014
The use of directed giving - allowing donors to target their gifts to specific organizations or functions - is pervasive in fundraising, yet little is known about its effectiveness. We conduct a field experiment at a public university in which prospective donors are presented with either an...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010796639
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The Importance of Being Marginal: Gender Differences in Generosity
DellaVigna, Stefano; list, john; Malmendier, Ulrike; … - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2013
Do men and women have different social preferences? Previous findings are contradictory. We provide a potential explanation using evidence from a field experiment. In a door-to-door solicitation, men and women are equally generous, but women become less generous when it becomes easy to avoid the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010821875
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How Can Bill and Melinda Gates Increase Other People's Donations to Fund Public Goods?
Karlan, Dean; list, john - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2012
We develop a simple theory which formally describes how charities can resolve the information asymmetry problems faced by small donors by working with large donors to generate quality signals. To test the model, we conducted two large-scale natural field experiments. In the first experiment, a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011188536
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Do Race and Fairness Matter in Generosity? Evidence from a Nationally Representative Charity Experiment
Luttmer, Erzo F.P.; Fong, Christina M. - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2009
We present a dictator game experiment where the recipients are local charities that serve the poor. Donors consist of approximately 1000 participants from a nationally representative respondent panel that is maintained by a private survey research firm, Knowledge Networks. We randomly manipulate...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005660138