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Building social cohesion in ethnically mixed schools : an intervention on perspective taking

Alan, Sule; Baysan, Ceren; Gumren, Mert; Kubilay, Elif - 2020

We evaluate the impact of an educational program that aims to build social cohesion in ethnically mixed schools by developing perspective-taking ability in children. The program is implemented in a high-stakes context where the ethnic composition in schools has changed due to a massive influx of...

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Drivers of Covid-19 vaccinations : vaccine administration and delivery efficiency in the United States

Goel, Rajeev K.; Nelson, Michael A. - 2021

economic prosperity and rural population aid vaccine administration and delivery efficiency. Delivery efficiency improves in …

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Elite capture, political voice and exclusion from aid : an experimental study

D'Exelle, Ben (contributor); Riedl, Arno (contributor) - 2008

We experimentally study the influence of local information conditions on elite capture and social exclusion in community-based development schemes with heterogeneous groups. Not only information on the distribution of aid resources through community-based schemes, but also information on who...

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Social exclusion and optimal redistribution

Aronsson, Thomas; Bastani, Spencer; Tayibov, Khayyam - 2021

We integrate social exclusion, operationalized in terms of long-term unemployment, into the theory of optimal redistributive taxation. Our results show how an optimal mix of education policy, public employment, and support to the unemployed, in conjunction with optimal income taxation,...

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Communicating subjective evaluations

Lang, Matthias - 2014

Should principals explain and justify their evaluations? Suppose the principal's evaluation is private information, but she can provide justification by sending a costly cheap-talk message. If she does not provide justification, her message space is restricted, but the message is costless. I...

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Information transmission and ownership consolidation in aid programs

Dreher, Axel; Marchesi, Silvia - 2013

This paper explores the role of information transmission in explaining donors ́choice between project aid and budget support. Budget support increases the involvement of recipient governments in the decision-making process and can thus be an example of a "delegation-scheme." Conversely, project...

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Information transmission within federal fiscal architectures : theory and evidence

Gehring, Kai; Kotsogiannēs, Chrēstos; Marchesi, Silvia - 2013

" consists of unverifiable information and the quality of communication depends on the conflict of interests between the …

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I lie? We lie! Why? : experimental evidence on an dishonesty shift

Kocher, Martin; Schudy, Simeon; Spantig, Lisa - 2016

deciding as a group member. We observe a strong dishonesty shift. This shift is mainly driven by communication within groups …

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Pre-play communication with forgone costly messages : experimental evidence on forward induction

Blume, Andreas; Kriss, Peter H.; Weber, Roberto A. - 2016

We experimentally study optional costly communication in Stag-Hunt games. Prior research demonstrates that efficient … coordination is difficult without a communication option but obtains regularly with mandatory costless pre-play messages. We find … that even small communication costs dramatically reduce message use when communication is optional, but efficient …

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Behavioral aspects of communication in organizations

Casoria, Fortuna; Riedl, Arno; Werner, Peter - 2020

This paper reviews experimental studies that investigate the effects of communication on be-havior in organizational … research that tests whether com-munication can help to overcome coordination failure within organizations, and (b) studies that … analyze the role of communication in alleviating problems arising from information asym-metries at the workplace. The evidence …

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