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Moral Transgressions by Groups : What Drives Individual Voting Behavior?
Feess, Eberhard - 2020
We conduct an experiment where subjects are matched in groups of three and vote on a moral transgression. Analyzing different voting rules, the frequency of votes for the moral transgression increases with the number of votes required for it. This effect persists when considering pivotal votes...
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Caste Based Discrimination : Evidence and Policy
Siddique, Zahra - 2021
-based discrimination in the Indian private sector. On average low-caste applicants need to send 20 percent more resumes than high-caste … and low-caste applicants are not entirely due to statistical discrimination. High-caste applicants are also differentially …Caste-based quotas in hiring have existed in the public sector in India for decades. Recently there has been debate …
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On the Optimal Size of a Joint Savings Association
Stark, Oded; Budzinski, Wiktor; Jakubek, Marcin; … - 2022
We develop a formula for the optimal size of a joint savings association between individuals who share the same financial goal and who can save towards that goal at the same rate. Our motivating example and the core of our analysis is a Rotating Savings and Credit Association (ROSCA). We measure...
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Perceived Fairness and Consequences of Affirmative Action Policies
Schildberg-Hörisch, Hannah - 2020
, either due to bad luck (discrimination), low productivity, or choice of a short working time. Higher fairness perceptions …
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Are Universities Important for Explaining Unequal Participation in Student Mobility? A Comparison between Germany, Hungary, Italy and the UK
Schnepf, Sylke V. - 2020
Policies supporting international student mobility prepare young people for the challengesof global and multicultural environments. However, disadvantaged students have lowerparticipation rates in mobility schemes, and hence benefit less from their positive impactson career progression....
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Fundamental Determinants of School Efficiency and Equity : German States as a Microcosm for OECD Countries
Woessmann, Ludger - 2007
Cross-country evidence on student achievement might be hampered by omitted country characteristics such as language or legal differences. This paper uses cross-state variation in Germany, whose sixteen states share the same language and legal system, but pursue different education policies. The...
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Institution Formation and Cooperation with Heterogeneous Agents
Kube, Sebastian - 2014
Driven by an ever-growing number of studies that explore the effectiveness of institutional mechanisms meant to mitigate cooperation problems, recent years have seen an increasing interest in the endogenous implementation of these institutions. In this paper, we test within a unified framework...
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Ex Post Inequality of Opportunity Comparisons
Fleurbaey, Marc - 2015
In this paper we propose different criteria to rank income distributions according to equality of opportunity. Different from existing ones, our criteria explicitly recognize the interplay between circumstances and effort. We characterize them axiomatically and we compare them with existing...
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Give and You Shall Receive : The Emergence of Welfare-Reducing Reciprocity
Murray, Cameron - 2015
We develop a new experiment to study the emergence of welfare-reducing bilateral alliances within larger groups, and the effectiveness of institutional interventions to curtail this reciprocal alliance behaviour. In each of the 25 rounds of our experiments, a player (the 'allocator') nominates...
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Technological Advance, Social Fragmentation and Welfare
Bosworth, Steven; Snower, Dennis J. - 2021
commonly the objects of social status comparisons, a tradeoff arises between in-group affiliation and inter-group status … their status-seeking activities. As prosocial relationships generate positive externalities whereas status … social welfare from material prosperity. Once the share of status goods in total production exceeds a crucial threshold …
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