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The effect of peer observation on consumption choices : experimental evidence

Grohmann, Antonia; Sakha, Sahra - 2015

This paper investigates the impact of peer observation on the consumption decisions of rural households in Thailand using a lab-in-the-field experiment. We find that those groups that observe each other show lower within group standard deviation in their decisions. Thus, we find evidence for...

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The effect of peer observation on consumption choices experimental evidence

Grohmann, Antonia; Sakha, Sahra - 2015 - Updated version

This paper investigates the impact of peer observation on consumption decisions of rural households in Thailand using a lab-in-the-field experiment. We find that observing groups show lower within group standard deviation. Thus, we provide evidence for conformity. Further, we find that...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012041128

Umfang und Kompensation von Überstunden : eine vergleichende Analyse für Westdeutschland und Großbritannien

Wagner, Gert G.; Pannenberg, Markus - 2000

Die Studie analysiert die Determinanten der Inzidenz, des Umfangs und der Kompensation von Überstunden in Westdeutschland und Großbritannien in den Jahren 1991 bis 1998. Ist die Inzidenz von Überstunden in beiden Ländern noch durchaus vergleichbar, so arbeiten britische Arbeitnehmer im...

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Long-term effects of unpaid overtime : evidence for West Germany

Pannenberg, Markus - 2002

Why do people work unpaid overtime? We show that remarkable long-term labor earnings gains are associated with unpaid overtime in West Germany. A descriptive analysis suggests that over a 10-year period workers with unpaid overtime experience on average at least a 10 percentage points higher...

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Peer effects in parental leave decisions

Welteke, Clara; Wrohlich, Katharina - 2016

This paper analyzes to what extent parental leave decisions of mothers with young children depend on the decisions made by their coworkers. The identification of peer effects, which are defined as indirect effects of the behavior of a social reference group on individual outcomes, bears various...

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The effect of social comparison on debt taking : experimental evidence

Grohmann, Antonia; Koch, Melanie - 2022

A number of studies show that there is a link between social comparison and high levels of household debt. However, the exact mechanisms behind this link are not yet well understood. In this paper, we disentangle two mechanisms by performing a lab experiment designed to study the effects of...

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Success in the university admission process in Germany : regional provenance matters

Braun, Sebastian (contributor); Dwenger, Nadja (contributor) - 2008

School education in Germany is under the responsibility of the federal states and as a consequence average grades differ widely across regions. Since school leavers apply nationwide for admission to university, regional provenance may thus matter a lot for the success probability in the...

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Spatial inequalities explained : evidence from Burkina Faso

Gräb, Johannes (contributor); Grimm, Michael (contributor) - 2008

approach based on multilevel modeling to decompose the sources of spatial disparities in incomes among households in Burkina … Faso. We show that spatial disparities are not only driven by the spatial concentration of households with particular …, but to a much smaller extent. -- Spatial inequality ; poverty ; multilevel modeling ; decomposition ; Sub-Saharan Africa …

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The Russian regional convergence process : where does it go?

Cholodilin, Konstantin Arkadʹevič; Oshchepkov, Aleksey; … - 2009

contributions to rather extensive literature on the regional convergence in Russia. First, it identifies spatial regimes using the … exploratory spatial data analysis. Second, it examines the impact of spatial effects on the convergence process. Our results show … controlling for spatial effects. However, when accounting for the spatial regimes, we find a strong regional convergence among …

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Incentive effects of fiscal equalization : has Russian style improved?

Frejnkman, Lev M.; Cholodilin, Konstantin Arkadʹevič; … - 2009

The effects of inter-government fiscal arrangements on variation in regional economic growth are analyzed for Russia, a country with large cross-regional differences and considerable fiscal redistribution. Moreover, fiscal reforms implemented in the first half of 2000s, which followed to some...

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