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Inequality, life expectancy, and the intragenerational redistribution puzzle - some experimental evidence

Krieger, Tim; Meemann, Christine; Traub, Stefan - 2022

relationship between inequality of entitlements, mortality risk, and the size of redistribution in a stylized social security …

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Strong, bold, and kind : self-control and cooperation in social dilemmas

Kocher, Martin; Martinsson, Peter; Myrseth, Kristian Ove R. - 2013

We develop a model that relates self-control and conflict identification to cooperation patterns in social dilemmas. As predicted, we find in a laboratory public goods experiment a robust association between stronger self-control and higher levels of cooperation. This means that there is...

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Thanks but no thanks : a new policy to reduce land conflict

Dufwenberg, Martin; Köhlin, Gunnar; Martinsson, Peter; … - 2014

Land conflicts in developing countries are costly. An important policy goal is to create respect for borders. This often involves mandatory, expensive interventions. We propose a new policy design, which in theory promotes neighborly relations at low cost. A salient feature is the option to...

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Oil rents shocks and inequality in Iran

Farzanegan, Mohammad Reza; Krieger, Tim - 2018 - This version: January 2018

We study the short and long run responses of income inequality to positive per capita oil and gas rent shocks in Iran … and statistically significant response of income inequality to oil rent booms within 4 years of the shock. In addition … per capita leads to an approximately 1.4-percent increase in income inequality. The results are robust to controlling for …

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Lab experiments are a major source of knowledge in the social sciences

Falk, Armin; Heckman, James J. - 2009

Laboratory experiments are a widely used methodology for advancing causal knowledge in the physical and life sciences …. With the exception of psychology, the adoption of laboratory experiments has been much slower in the social sciences …, although during the last two decades, the use of lab experiments has accelerated. Nonetheless, there remains considerable …

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Can moral reminders curb corruption? : evidence from an online classroom experiment

Claus, Corinna; Köhler, Ekkehard A.; Krieger, Tim - 2022

Using an incentivized online classroom experiment, we assess the effectiveness of deontological vs. consequentialist moral reminders. Participants were told that they are the responsible public servant for acquiring a Covid-19 vaccine, providing them with the opportunity to generate some extra...

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Market democracy, rising populism, and contemporary ordoliberalism

Dold, Malte; Krieger, Tim - 2024

Populist movements increasingly challenge liberal Western market democracies. Populism can be explained only in part by phenomena like globalization and digitization producing winners and losers in economic terms. Growing feelings of alienation from the market-democratic system and the perceived...

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Polygyny, inequality, and social unrest

Krieger, Tim; Renner, Laura - 2020

are related to different dimensions of grievance-inducing and, partly, greed-related inequality, which may occur in … polygynous societies. These dimensions include (i) economic, reproductive and social inequality resulting in relative deprivation … among non-elite men; (ii) inequality within elites when it comes to the distribution of resources and inheritance, both …

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Polygyny, inequality, and social unrest

Krieger, Tim; Renner, Laura - 2021

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