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The Effects of Home Computers on Educational Outcomes : Evidence from a Field Experiment with Community College Students
Fairlie, Robert W.; London, Rebecca A. - 2021
first-ever field experiment involving the provision of free computers to students for home use. Financial aid students … not large. We also provide some evidence that students initially living farther from campus benefit more from the free … computers than students living closer to campus. Home computers appear to improve students’ computer skills and may increase the …
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Do Employers Discriminate Less if Vacancies are Difficult to Fill? Evidence from a Field Experiment
Baert, Stijn - 2013
We empirically test the relationship between hiring discrimination and labour market tightness at the level of the occupation. To this end, we conduct a correspondence test in the youth labour market. In line with theoretical expectations, we find that, compared to natives, candidates with a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013086979
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Hidden Benefits of Reward : A Field Experiment on Motivation and Monetary Incentives
Kvaloy, Ola - 2013
We conduct a field experiment in a controlled work environment to investigate the effect of motivational talk and its …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013075962
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Self-Regulation Training, Labor Market Reintegration of Unemployed Individuals, and Locus of Control - Evidence from a Natural Field Experiment
Berger, Eva M. - 2017
randomized natural field experiment embedded in an existing labor market reactivation program to examine the effect of a self …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012964627
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Salience of Law Enforcement : A Field Experiment
Dur, Robert - 2017
We conduct a field experiment to examine whether the deterrent effect of law enforcement can be strengthened by making …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012953699
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The Efficacy of Political Advertising : A Voter Participation Field Experiment with Multiple Robo Calls and Controls for Selection Effects
Kling, Daniel - 2016
little or no effect of automated calls. We establish this finding in a large field experiment in a targeted, partisan get …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012977179
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Racial Discrimination in Local Public Services : A Field Experiment in the US
Giulietti, Corrado - 2015
Discrimination in access to public services can act as a major obstacle towards addressing racial inequality. We examine whether racial discrimination exists in access to a wide spectrum of public services in the US. We carry out an email correspondence study in which we pose simple queries to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013013081
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Timing of Kindness - Evidence from a Field Experiment
Ockenfels, Axel - 2014
We conduct a field experiment in a naturally occurring labor environment and track whether the performance of workers …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013050418
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Learning About Job Search : A Field Experiment with Job Seekers in Germany
Altmann, Steffen - 2015
We conduct a large-scale field experiment in the German labor market to investigate how information provision affects … job seekers' employment prospects and labor market outcomes. Individuals assigned to the treatment group of our experiment …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013021760
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Persuasion and Gender : Experimental Evidence from Two Political Campaigns
Galasso, Vincenzo - 2016
campaigns. We implemented a survey experiment during the (mixed gender) electoral race for mayor in Milan (2011), and a field … experiment during the (same gender) electoral race for mayor in Cava de' Tirreni (2015). In both cases, a sample of eligible …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012992438