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Are optimistic expectations keeping the Chinese happy?

Frijters, Paul; Liu, Amy Y.C.; Meng, Xin - In: Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization 81 (2012) 1, pp. 159-171

In this paper we study the effect of optimistic income expectations on life satisfaction amongst the Chinese population … strong in the countryside and amongst rural-to-urban migrants. The importance of these expectations for life satisfaction is … particularly pronounced in the urban areas, though also highly significant for the rural area. If expectations were to reverse from …

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How to commit (if you must): Commitment contracts and the dual-self model

Peysakhovich, Alexander - In: Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization 101 (2014) C, pp. 100-112

This paper studies how dual-self (Fudenberg and Levine, 2006) decision-makers can use commitment technologies to combat temptation and implement long-run optimal actions. I consider three types of commitment technologies: carrot contracts (rewards for ‘good’ behavior financed by borrowing...

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Do customers return excessive change in a restaurant?

Azar, Ofer H.; Yosef, Shira; Bar-Eli, Michael - In: Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization 93 (2013) C, pp. 219-226

The article reports the results of a field experiment used to study dishonest behavior in a natural setting. Customers in a restaurant in tables of one or two diners who paid with cash received excessive change of either 10 or 40 Shekels (about $3 or $12). A majority of customers (128 out of...

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Interest-group size and legislative lobbying

Schneider, Maik T. - In: Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization 106 (2014) C, pp. 29-41

We develop a model of legislative decision making in which lobbying and public policy are jointly determined. We examine how policy outcomes depend on the sizes of the interest groups. While a larger size typically involves favorable effects on policy, we also identify threshold levels of...

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Migration and social protection in Europe and beyond (volume 3) : a focus on non-EU sending states

Lafleur, Jean-Michel (ed.); Vintila, Daniela (ed.) - 2020

This third and last open access volume in the series takes the perspective of non-EU countries on immigrant social protection. By focusing on 12 of the largest sending countries to the EU, the book tackles the issue of the multiple areas of sending state intervention towards migrant populations....

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Migration and social protection in Europe and beyond (volume 1) : comparing access to welfare entitlements

Lafleur, Jean-Michel (ed.); Vintila, Daniela (ed.) - 2020

This first open access book in a series of three volumes provides an in-depth analysis of social protection policies that EU Member States make accessible to resident nationals, non-resident nationals and non-national residents. In doing so, it discusses different scenarios in which the...

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Migration and social protection in Europe and beyond (volume 2) : comparing consular services and diaspora policies

Lafleur, Jean-Michel (ed.); Vintila, Daniela (ed.) - 2020

This second open access book in a series of three volumes examines the repertoire of policies and programmes led by EU Member States to engage with their nationals residing abroad. Focusing on sending states’ engagement in the area of social protection, this book shows how a series of...

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Migrants with irregular status in Europe : evolving conceptual and policy challenges

Spencer, Sarah (ed.); Triantaphyllidu, Anna (ed.) - 2020

This open access book explores the conceptual challenges posed by the presence of migrants with irregular immigration status in Europe and the evolving policy responses at European, national and municipal level. It addresses the conceptual and policy issues raised, post-entry, by this particular...

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Circular migration and the rights of migrant workers in Central and Eastern Europe : the EU promise of a triple win solution

Vankova, Zvezda Dimitrova - 2020

By adopting a rights-based approach, this open access book sheds light on the different legal and policy instruments that have been adopted to implement circular migration policies in the EU and their consequences for the rights of migrant workers. It contributes to the understanding of the...

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Migration to and from welfare states : lived experiences of the welfare-migration nexus in a globalised world

Ryndyk, Oleksandr (ed.); Suter, Brigitte (ed.); … - 2021

This open access book explores the role of family, public, market and third sector welfare provision for individual and households’ decisions regarding geographical mobility. It challenges the state-centred approach in research on welfare and migration by emphasising migrants’ own...

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