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What Determines Corruption? International Evidence from Micro Data

Mocan, Naci H. - 2021

This paper utilizes a micro-level data set from 49 countries to address three issues: What determines corruption at the … individual level? What determines the perception of the extent of corruption in the country? Does corruption have a direct impact … corruption which portrays the extent of corruption as revealed byindividuals who live in those countries. The results show that …

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Compulsory Schooling Laws and Formation of Beliefs : Education, Religion and Superstition

Mocan, Naci H. - 2014

We exploit information on compulsory schooling reforms in 11 European countries, implemented mostly in the 1960s and 70s, to identify the impact of education on religious adherence and religious practices. Using micro data from the European Social Survey, conducted in various years between 2002...

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Quality of Judicial Institutions, Crimes, Misdemeanors, and Dishonesty

Mocan, Naci H. - 2018

We investigate the extent to which perceived quality of judicial institutions has an impact on individuals' propensity for criminal and dishonest behavior and on their views regarding the acceptability of dishonesty and law-breaking. We use micro data on residents of 25 European countries and...

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Does Secular Education Impact Religiosity, Electoral Participation and the Propensity to Vote for Islamic Parties? Evidence from an Education Reform in a Muslim Country

Cesur, Resul - 2013

Turkey, which is a predominantly Muslim country, enacted an education law in 1997 which increased the compulsory secular education from five to eight years. We employ a unique nation-wide survey of adults in 2012 to investigate the impact of education on religiosity, lifestyles and political...

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Racial Bias and In-Group Bias in Judicial Decisions : Evidence from Virtual Reality Courtrooms

Bielen, Samantha - 2018

We shot videos of criminal trials using 3D Virtual Reality (VR) technology, prosecuted by actual prosecutors and defended by actual defense attorneys in an actual courtroom. This is the first paper that utilizes VR technology in a non-computer animated setting, which allows us to replace white...

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Economic Well-Being and Anti-Semitic, Xenophobic, and Racist Attitudes in Germany

Mocan, Naci H. - 2014

The fear and hatred of others who are different has economic consequences because such feelings are likely to translate into discrimination in labor, credit, housing, and other markets. The implications range from earnings inequality to intergenerational mobility. Using German data from various...

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Emotional Judges and Unlucky Juveniles

Eren, Ozkan - 2016

Employing the universe of juvenile court decisions in a U.S. state between 1996 and 2012, we analyze the effects of emotional shocks associated with unexpected outcomes of football games played by a prominent college team in the state. We investigate the behavior of judges, the conduct of whom...

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Quality Adjusted Cost Functions for Child Care Centers

Mocan, Naci H. - 2021

Using a newly compiled data set, this paper estimates multi- product translog cost functions for 399 child care centers from California, Colorado, Connecticut, and North Carolina. Quality of child care is controlled by a quality index, which has been shown to be positively related to child...

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Carrots, Sticks and Broken Windows

Corman, Hope; Mocan, Naci H. - 2021

This paper investigates the impact of economics conditions (carrots) and sanctions (sticks) on murder, assault, robbery, burglary and motor vehicle theft in New York City, using monthly time-series data spanning 1974-1999. Carrots are measured by the unemployment rate and the real minimum wage;...

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The Supply of Quality in Child Care Centers

Blau, David M.; Mocan, Naci H. - 2021

We use data from a sample of day care centers to estimate the relationships between cost and the quality of the child care service provided, and between revenue and quality. We use a measure of child care quality derived from an instrument designed by developmental psychologists. This measure of...

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