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The Behavioural Effects of Minimum Wages
Falk, Armin; Fehr, Ernst; Zehnder, Christian - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2005
The prevailing labour market models assume that minimum wages do not affect the labour supply schedule. We challenge this view in this paper by showing experimentally that minimum wages have significant and lasting effects on subjects’ reservation wages. The temporary introduction of a minimum...
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Inefficient Redistribution
Acemoglu, Daron; Robinson, James A - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1999
There are many well developed theories which explain why governments redistribute income. There are very few theories, however, which can explain why this redistribution often takes an inefficient form. In this paper we develop a theory of why redistribution is made inefficiently. Inefficient...
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Cognitive Ability and Paternalism
Saint-Paul, Gilles - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2002
This Paper analyses the welfare effects of price restrictions on private contracting in a world where agents have a limited cognitive ability. People compute the costs and benefits of entering a transaction with an error. The government knows the distribution of true costs and benefits as well...
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Choosing to Compete: How different are girls and boys?
Booth, Alison L; Nolen, Patrick - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2009
the average female avoids competitive behaviour more than the average male. This suggests that observed gender differences … might reflect social learning rather than inherent gender traits. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005082535
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Gender Differences in Risk Behaviour: Does Nurture Matter?
Booth, Alison L; Nolen, Patrick - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2009
pressure to conform to gender-stereotypes encourages girls and boys to modify their innate preferences. Single-sex environments … choices to environmental factors could be explored. The results of our real-stakes gamble show that gender differences in … than coed girls. Moreover, gender differences in preferences for risk-taking are sensitive to the gender mix of the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005082546
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Gender Differences in Risk Aversion: Do Single-Sex Environments Affect their Development?
Booth, Alison; Sosa, Lina Cardona; Nolen, Patrick - Research School of Economics, College of Business and … - 2011
observed gender differences in behaviour under uncertainty found in previous studies might partly reflect social learning … rather than inherent gender traits. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009364748
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Gender Differences in Risk Aversion: Do Single-Sex Environments Affect their Development?
Booth, Alison L; Cardona Sosa, Lina; Nolen, Patrick - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2011
observed gender differences in behaviour under uncertainty found in previous studies might partly reflect social learning … rather than inherent gender traits. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009365004
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Choosing to Compete: How Different are Girls and Boys?
Booth, Alison L.; Nolen, Patrick - Research School of Economics, College of Business and … - 2009
the average female avoids competitive behaviour more than the average male. This suggests that observed gender differences … might reflect social learning rather than inherent gender traits. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005032835
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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
We examine the effect of single-sex classes on the pass rates, grades, and course choices of students in a coeducational university. We randomly assign students to all-female, all-male, and coed classes and, therefore, get around the selection issues present in other studies on single-sex...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011079135
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Gender and the Labor Market: What Have We Learned from Field and Lab Experiments?
Azmat, Ghazala; Petrongolo, Barbara - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2014
unexplored dimensions of gender differences and discuss their bearings on labor market outcomes. Experiments have offered new … findings on gender discrimination, and while they have identified a bias against hiring women in some labor market segments …. Experiments have also offered new insights into gender differences in preferences: women appear to gain less from negotiation …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011083423