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Aging, taxes and pensions in Switzerland
Keuschnigg, Christian - 2016
until 2050. To quantify the effects on pensions, taxes and social contributions, we use an overlapping generations model …
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Why forcing people to save for retirement may backfire
Bütler, Monika (contributor); Huguenin, Olivia (contributor) - 2005
If individuals are unable or unwilling to borrow, a higher than desired second pillar pension capital may induce people to retire earlier than they would have in the absence of such a scheme. Individuals thus leave the workforce as soon as the retirement income is deemed sufficient and the...
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Beliefs about the stock market and investment choices : evidence from a field experiment
Laudenbach, Christine; Weber, Annika; Wohlfart, Johannes - 2021
We survey retail investors at an online bank to study beliefs about the autocorrelation of aggregate stock returns, and how these beliefs shape investment decisions measured in administrative account data. Individuals' beliefs exhibit substantial heterogeneity and predict trading responses to...
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Gender differences in face-to-face deceptive behavior
Lohse, Tim; Qari, Salmai - 2019
We study the role of face-to-face interaction for gender differences in deceptive behavior and perceived honesty. In the first part, we compare women's to men's deceptive behavior using data from an incentivized income reporting experiment in which lies can be detected in the course of an audit....
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How does unethical behavior spread? : gender matters!
Böhm, Kim L.; Goerg, Sebastian J.; … - 2023
Whether trade can achieve societal change is a contested topic and difficult to investigate. This round-up aims at summarizing recent empirical research on this topic while focusing on democracy and democratization as an important part of societal change. No robust results for change arising...
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Does unfairness hurt women? : the effects of losing unfair competitions
Piasenti, Stefano; Valente, Marica; Veldhuizen, Roel van; … - 2023
How do men and women differ in their persistence after experiencing failure in a competitive environment? We tackle this question by combining a large online experiment (N=2,086) with machine learning. We find that when losing is unequivocally due to merit, both men and women exhibit a...
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Closing the gender STEM gap : a large-scale randomize-controlled trial in elementary schools
Grosch, Kerstin; Haeckl, Simone; Kocher, Martin - 2022
We examine individual-level determinants of interest in STEM and analyze whether a digital web application for elementary-school children can increase children's interest in STEM with a specific focus on narrowing the gender gap. Coupling a randomized-controlled trial with experimental lab and...
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Beliefs about the gender gap in salary negotiations
Capozza, Francesco - 2024
This paper investigates beliefs concerning the gender gap in salary negotiations (GGSN) in a sample of 4,300 women, 1,000 men, and 105 HR managers residing in the U.S. The respondents believe in the existence of the GGSN, yet they misperceive its magnitude. Providing respondents with accurate...
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Cash in hand and savings decisions
Spantig, Lisa - 2019
study how cash in hand influences decisions in a different but very important domain: savings. Savings accounts are a … promising tool for reducing poverty, but the use of savings accounts is often puzzlingly low. Holding on to cash that needs to … be physically deposited into a savings account may increase the psychological costs of saving. This study experimentally …
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Coupling labor supply decisions : an experiment in India
Lowe, Matt; McKelway, Madeline - 2021
Joint household decision-making may be prevented by the incentives of individuals to withhold information or avoid bargaining. We study whether these barriers to joint decision-making keep female labor force participation low in India. In partnership with one of India’s largest carpet...
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