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The Value of Information in Technology Adoption
Islam, Asad; Ushchev, Philip; Zenou, Yves; Zhang, Xin - 2020
We develop a theoretical model in which technology adoption decisions are based on the information received from others about the quality of a new technology and on their risk attitudes. We test the predictions of this model using a randomized field experiment in Bangladesh. We show that the...
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Do equal rights for a minority affect general life satisfaction?
Berggren, Niclas; Bjørnskov, Christian; Nilsson, Therese - 2017
While previous research examines how institutions matter for general life satisfaction and how specific institutions embodying equal rights for gay people matter for the life satisfaction of gays, we combine these two issues to analyze how the latter type of institutions relates to general life...
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Immigrants' tolerance and integration into society
Berggren, Niclas; Ljunge, Martin; Nilsson, Therese - 2022
We highlight a new factor behind integration: tolerance in the immigrants' background culture. We hypothesize that it … is easier to partake of economic, civic-political, and social life in a new country for a person stemming from a culture … from the European Social Survey. The results indicate that tolerance in the background culture is a robust predictor of …
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Roots of tolerance among second-generation immigrants
Berggren, Niclas; Ljunge, Martin; Nilsson, Therese - 2019
culture. That immigrants embrace this kind of liberal value is arguably important for integration, a central policy goal. We …
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Did Africa's first choices matter? Growth legacies of leaders at independence
Jørgensen, Christina Mangaard; Bjørnskov, Christian - 2015
We explore the potential effects of the first leaders of Sub-Saharan Africa. We first outline a set of theoretical reasons for why leaders may matter particularly at the critical juncture of African independence and why this influence may be persistent. In an unbalanced panel from 40 African...
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Harmful norms: Can social convention theory explain the persistence of female genital cutting in Africa?
Congdon Fors, Heather; Isaksson, Ann-Sofie; Lindskog, Annika - 2021
This paper investigates the explanatory power of social convention theory for explaining the persistence of female genital cutting (FGC) in a broad sample of African countries. While influential in policy circles, the idea that FGC is best described as a bad equilibrium in a social coordination...
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Chinese Aid and Local Ethnic Identification
Isaksson, Ann-Sofie - 2020
Recent empirical evidence suggests that Chinese development finance may be particularly prone to elite capture and patronage spending. If aid ends up in the pockets of political elites and their ethno-regional networks, this may exacerbate ethnic grievances and contribute to ethnic mobilization....
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Chinese Aid to Africa: Distinguishing Features and Local Effects
Isaksson, Ann-Sofie; Kotsadam, Andreas - 2020
Drawing on our recent work on local effects of Chinese development projects in Africa, this review article highlights a number of distinguishing features of Chinese aid, and discusses how these may translate into local aid impacts that differ from those of other donors. Unlike aid from other...
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Aid and Institutions: Local Effects of World Bank Aid on Perceived Institutional Quality in Africa
Isaksson, Ann-Sofie; Durevall, Dick - 2021
Motivated by the lack of sub-national empirical evidence on the relationship between aid and institutional development, this study explores the local effects of World Bank aid on perceived institutional quality in African aid receiving countries. We combine geo-referenced data on the subnational...
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Chinese Aid to Africa : Distinguishing Features and Local Effects
Isaksson, Ann-Sofie - 2020
Drawing on our recent work on local effects of Chinese development projects in Africa, this review article highlights a number of distinguishing features of Chinese aid, and discusses how these may translate into local aid impacts that differ from those of other donors. Unlike aid from other...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012829127