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Why volunteer? : Evidence on the role of altruism, reputation, and incentives
Carpenter, Jeffrey P. (contributor);  … - 2007
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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003561613
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Will there be blood? : incentives and substitution effects in pro-social behavior
Lacetera, Nicola; Macis, Mario; Slonim, Robert - 2009
experiment corroborates these findings and confirms that donors are motivated by the economic value of the items offered. We also … overestimated. -- Incentives ; altruism ; public good provision ; pro-social behavior ; public health …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003919831
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Racial discrimination in local public services : a field experiment in the US
Giulietti, Corrado; Tonin, Mirco; Vlassopoulos, Michael - 2015
Discrimination in access to public services can act as a major obstacle towards addressing racial inequality. We examine whether racial discrimination exists in access to a wide spectrum of public services in the US. We carry out an email correspondence study in which we pose simple queries to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011313587
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Self-selection into economics experiments is driven by monetary rewards
Abeler, Johannes; Nosenzo, Daniele - 2013
over-estimation of social preferences in the student population. -- methodology ; selection bias ; laboratory experiment … ; field experiment ; other-regarding behavior ; social preferences ; social approval ; experimenter demand …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009740435
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Why are economics students more selfish than the rest?
Bauman, Yoram; Rose, Elaina - 2009
majors and non-majors are less likely to contribute than comparable men. -- Altruism ; public goods …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003925572
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Monetary policy shifts and the stability of monetary policy models
Estrella, Arturo; Fuhrer, Jeffrey C. - In: The review of economics and statistics 85 (2003) 1, pp. 94-104
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An incentive theory of matching
Brown, Alessio J. G.; Merkl, Christian; Snower, Dennis J. - 2009
This paper presents a theory explaining the labor market matching process through microeconomic incentives. There are heterogeneous variations in the characteristics of workers and jobs, and firms face adjustment costs in responding to these variations. Matches and separations are described...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003832116
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Public wages, public employment, and business cycle volatility : evidence from U.S. metro areas
Boeing-Reicher, Claire A.; Caponi, Vincenzo - 2016
Based on data from a cross section of U.S. metro areas, we show that public employment correlates negatively with business cycle volatility, hinting at a stabilizing effect of public employment, while public wages correlate weakly and positively with business cycle volatility, hinting at a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011480769
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Pensions, household saving, and welfare : a dynamic analysis
Blau, David - 2011
Empirical analyses of the effects of public and private pensions on household saving impose strong assumptions in order to obtain a tractable empirical model: fixed retirement and pension claiming ages, no borrowing constraint, little or no uncertainty, and no institutional restrictions on...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009233017
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Do foreigners crowd natives out of STEM degrees and occupations? : evidence from the U.S. immigration act of 1990
Ransom, Tyler; Winters, John V. - 2016
This paper examines effects of the U.S. Immigration Act of 1990 on STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) degree completion and labor market outcomes for native-born Americans. The Act increased the in-flow and stock of foreign STEM workers in the U.S., both by increasing green...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011458960