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quickly if we introduce two relevant features of social life into the experiment: (i) subjects can migrate across groups with …
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and social norms, and trust. In a preregistered online experiment (n = 1,038), we find that biased institutions reduce …
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). Agents differ in their motivation to exert social effort. Our model predicts that lowering incentives for selfish effort in … prediction in a lab experiment allowing us to cleanly separate the selection effect from other effects of low incentives. Results …
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punishment ; collective action ; public goods ; internet experiment …
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minimum altruism, in which child labor in a given family is judged relative to a specific social standard. Under this … criterion, child labor is exploitative only in families where the parent (or guardian) displays insufficient altruism towards …
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altruism, reputational concerns, and material incentives. We present an analysis of a unique data set that combines an … experimental measure of altruism, surveyed measures of other factors including reputational concerns, and call records from … explanations, we find that altruism and reputational concerns are positively associated with the decision to volunteer. Moreover …
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it becomes scarce. In the second, restraint serves to conceal the actor's intrinsic motivation. In both cases, not …
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, however, with a minority of workers report crowding in of motivation. Thus, the impact of performance pay might depend on the …
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Social impact bonds (SIBs) are an innovative financing mechanism for public goods. In a SIB, an investor provides capital to a service provider for a social intervention. The investor receives a return based on the outcome of the intervention relative to a predetermined benchmark. We describe...
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Changes in political boundaries aimed at devolving power to local governments are common in many countries. We examine the economic consequences of redistricting through the creation of smaller government units. Exploiting reforms that led to sharp variations in the number of government units in...
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