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Learning in the marriage market : the economics of dating

Antler, Yair; Bird, Daniel; Fershtman, Daniel - 2022

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Learning about oneself : the effects of performance feedback on school choice

Bobba, Matteo; Frisancho Robles, Verónica - 2016

This paper designs and implements a field experiment that provides students from less advantaged backgrounds with individualized feedback on academic performance during the transition from middle to high school. The intervention reduces the gap between expected and actual performance, as well as...

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The effects of financial aid and returns information in selective and less selective schools : experimental evidence from Chile

Busso, Matias; Dinkelman, Taryn; Martínez Alvear, Claudia - 2016

Schools that provide higher education often belong to either a merit-based selective system or an open-access less selective system. This paper presents the results of a field experiment that provided Grade 12 students in Chile with tailored information about financial aid and average earnings...

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Meaningful talk

Streb, Jorge M.; Torrens, Gustavo - 2015

This paper develops a semiotic-inferential model of verbal communication for incomplete information games: a language is seen as a set of conventional signs that point to types, and the credibility of a message depends on the strategic context. Formally, there is an encoding-decoding step where...

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Self-perceptions about academic achievement : evidence from Mexico City

Bobba, Matteo; Frisancho Robles, Verónica - 2020

A growing body of evidence suggests that people exhibit large biases when processing information about themselves, but less is known about the underlying inference process. This paper studies belief updating patterns regarding academic ability in a large sample of students transitioning from...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012154090

Increasing retirement savings through access points and persuasive messages : evidence from Mexico

Bosch Mossi, Mariano; Rubli, Adrian - 2019

Transaction costs impose a barrier to savings, but lowering them may have smaller impacts than expected due to other constraints, such as psychological biases. Within the context of retirement savings under defined contributions in the privatized pension system in Mexico, we analyze two...

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Civic engagement in the Americas

Scartascini, Carlos G.; Vlaicu, Razvan - 2018

This paper estimates the effect of voting eligibility on civic engagement measured along three dimensions: political motivation, political activities, and political knowledge. These outcomes originate in the AmericasBarometer 2004-2016 surveys of eligible voters. To identify the effects the...

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Online business platforms and international trade

Carballo, Jerónimo; Rodriguez Chatruc, Marisol; Salas … - 2020 - This version: June 2020

International trade is subject to information incompleteness. Firms must therefore engage in a costly search process to … find business partners. Online platforms can reduce these search costs and thereby favor firms exports. We examine whether … the interpretation of the platform as a search cost-reducing mechanism, our estimates suggest that ConnectAmericas …

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The power of perception limitations of information in reducing air pollution exposure

Hanna, Rema; Hoffmann, Bridget; Oliva, Paulina; … - 2021

We conduct a randomized controlled trial in Mexico City to determine willingness to pay (WTP) for SMS air quality alerts and to study the effects of air quality alerts, reminders, and a reusable N95 mask on air pollution information and avoidance behavior. At baseline, we elicit WTP for the...

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Transparency and trust in government : evidence from a survey experiment

Alessandro, Martin; Lagomarsino, Bruno Cardinale; … - 2019

Does providing information improve citizens' perception about government transparency? Does all information matter the same for shaping perceptions about the government? This paper addresses these questions in the context of an online randomized survey experiment conducted in Argentina. Results...

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