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On the Relevance and Composition of Gifts within the Firm : Evidence from Field Experiments

Shearer, Bruce S. - 2009

We investigate the economic relevance and the composition of gifts within a firm where output is contractible. We develop a structural econometric model that identifies workers' optimal reaction to monetary gifts received from their employer. We estimate the model using data from two separate...

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The Future Economics of Artificial Intelligence : Mythical Agents, a Singleton and the Dark Forest

Naudé, Wim - 2022

This paper contributes to the economics of AI by exploring three topics neglected by economists: (i) the notion of a Singularity (and Singleton), (ii) the existential risks that AI may pose to humanity, including that from an extraterrestrial AI in a Dark Forest universe; and (iii) the relevance...

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The Roots of Inequality : Estimating Inequality of Opportunity from Regression Trees and Forests

Brunori, Paolo; Hufe, Paul; Mahler, Daniel Gerszon - 2021

In this paper we propose the use of machine learning methods to estimate inequality of opportunity. We illustrate how our proposed methods—conditional inference regression trees and forests—represent a substantial improvement over existing estimation approaches. First, they reduce the risk...

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Gift Exchange within a Firm : Evidence from a Field Experiment

Bellemare, Charles; Shearer, Bruce S. - 2021

We present results from a field experiment testing the gift-exchange hypothesis inside a tree-planting firm paying its workforce incentive contracts. Firm managers told a crew of tree planters they would receive a pay raise for one day as a result of a surplus not attributable to past planting...

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The Use of Violence in Illegal Markets : Evidence from Mahogany Trade in the Brazilian Amazon

Chimeli, Ariaster - 2011

first piece of evidence on the causal effect of illegality on systemic violence. Brazil has historically been the main world …

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Asabiyya : Re-Interpreting Value Change in Globalized Societies

Heshmati, Almas; Tausch, Arno - 2009

. The World Values Survey provided a data framework of global value change, whose quantitative results led members of the … parcel of a larger set of traditional values. With the free available country-wide data from the World Values Survey, we re …/Welzel, 2003, 2003. A frequently asked question is whether “modernization” without “spiritual values” in a globalized world economy …

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The Political U : New Evidence on Democracy and Income

Campos, Nauro; Coricelli, Fabrizio; Frigerio, Marco - 2022

This paper throws new light on the relationship between income and democracy. Using data for 162 countries over 1960-2018, we show that the causal relationship between political and economic development is U-shaped: "intermediate" political regimes significantly lead to inferior economic...

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Demographic Transitions Across Time and Space

Delventhal, Matt; Fernández-Villaverde, Jesús; Guner, … - 2022

The demographic transition the move from a high fertility/high mortality regime into a low fertility/low mortality regime is one of the most fundamental transformations that countries undertake. To study demographic transitions across time and space, we compile a data set of birth and death...

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Is Secessionism Mostly About Income or Identity? A Global Analysis of 3,003 Subnational Regions

Desmet, Klaus; Ortuño-Ortín, Ignacio; Özak, Ömer - 2022

This paper analyzes whether the propensity to secede by subnational regions responds mostly to differences in income per capita or to distinct identities. We explore this question in a quantitative political economy model where people's willingness to finance a public good depends on their...

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Urban Resilience and Social Security Uptake : New Zealand Evidence from the Global Financial Crisis and the COVID-19 Pandemic

Cochrane, William; Poot, Jacques; Roskruge, Matthew - 2022

This paper focuses on the spatial variation in the uptake of social security benefits following a large and detrimental exogenous shock. Specifically, we focus on the Global Financial Crisis (GFC) and the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. We construct a two-period panel of 66 Territorial...

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