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Impulse purchases, gun ownership and homicides : evidence from a firearm demand shock
Koenig, Christoph; Schindler, David - 2019
Do firearm purchase delay laws reduce aggregate homicide levels? Using quasi-experimental evidence from a 6-month countrywide gun demand shock starting in late 2012, we show that U.S. states with legislation preventing immediate handgun purchases experienced smaller increases in handgun sales....
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Corruption and access to socio-economic services in Africa
Freytag, Andreas; Riaz, Muhammad Faraz - 2021
Corruption is one of the world’s most widespread political problems. It can be found on international, national and sub … a micro level measure of corruption based on the personal experiences of individuals, which realistically represents the … African countries that contains information of more than 50,000 citizens. Corruption is found being negatively correlated with …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012428971
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Does female suffrage increase public support for government spending? : evidence from Swiss ballots
Hofer, Katharina E. - 2013
In this paper, I analyze the voting outcomes of two very similar Swiss referendum ballots concerning the federal governmentś competency to levy income, capital and turnover taxes to find out how the enfranchisement of women influences public support for government spending. The first ballot...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010204664
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Why people obey the law : experimental evidence from the provision of public goods
Feld, Lars P.; Tyran, Jean-Robert - 2002
According to economists, severe legal sanctions deter violations of the law. According to legal scholars, people may obey law backed by mild sanctions because of norm-activation. We experimentally investigate the effects of mild and severe legal sanctions in the provision of public goods. The...
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Slavery, corruption, and institutions
Rauscher, Michael; Willert, Bianca - 2019
economy may be trapped in a locally stable high-corruption, high-slavery equilibrium and major changes in government policies …
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Gene-environment effects on female fertility
Barban, Nicola; De Cao, Elisabetta; Francesconi, Marco - 2021
diffusion, affect age at first sexual intercourse, age at first birth, completed family size, and childlessness. Both genes and …
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The gender gap in informal child care : theory and some evidence from Italy
Barigozzi, Francesca; Cremer, Helmuth; Monfardini, Chiara - 2019
Our model studies couples' time allocation and career choices, which are affected by a social norm on gender roles in the family. Parents can provide two types of informal child care: basic care (feeding, changing children, baby-sitting) and quality care (activities that stimulate children's...
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Socialism, identity and the well-being of unemployed women
Günther, Tom; Conradi, Jakob; Hetschko, Clemens - 2024
Unemployment influences people’s life satisfaction beyond negative income shocks. A large body of literature investigates these non-pecuniary costs of unemployment and stresses the importance of social identity and therefore social norms, especially for men. We add to this literature by...
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Approval of equal rights and gender differences in well-being
Lalive, Rafael; Stutzer, Alois - 2004
Women earn less than men but are not less satisfied with life. This paper argues that norms on the appropriate pay for women compared to men explain these findings. We take citizens' approval of an equal rights amendment to the Swiss constitution as a proxy for the norm that "women and men shall...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011450210
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Law enforcement, municipal budgets and spillover effects : evidence from a quasi-experiment in Italy
Galletta, Sergio - 2016
enforcement against corruption and organized crime in local governments. Specifically, I take advantage of an Italian law that …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011415917