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Relational Goods, Monitoring and Non-Pecuniary Compensations in the Nonprofit Sector : The Case of the Italian Social Services
Mosca, Michele; Musella, Marco; Pastore, Francesco - 2021
main predictions of the model in Italy's case. It adds to the available empirical literature by introducing in the analysis …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013317474
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More Apples Less Chips? The Effect of School Fruit Schemes on the Consumption of Junk Food
Brunello, Giorgio - 2012
We use scanner data of supermarket sales to investigate the effects of the EU School Fruit campaign, conducted in a sample of primary schools in the city of Rome during 2010 and 2011, on the consumption of unhealthy snacks. We allocate supermarkets to treatment and control groups depending on...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013107203
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When the Baby Cries at Night : Inelastic Buyers in Non-Competitive Markets
Calzolari, Giacomo - 2014
of demand composition and demand size with limited information on costs. We show how pharmacists in Italy selectively …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013046241
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A Survey of the Economics of Fair Trade
Dammert, Ana - 2014
Fair Trade has spread in developing countries as an initiative aimed at lifting poor smallholder farmers out of poverty by providing them with premium prices, availability of credit, and improved community development and social goods. Fair Trade is also viewed as a niche market for high value...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013053537
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Anticipation, Free-Rider Problem, and Adaptation to Trade Union : Re-Examining the Curious Case of Dissatisfied Union Members
Powdthavee, Nattavudh - 2010
This paper documents evidence that rejects the paradox of dissatisfied union members. Using eleven waves of the BHPS, it studies the past, contemporaneous, and future effects of union membership on job satisfaction. By separating union "free-riders" from other nonmembers in the fixed effects...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013146837
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Does Forced Solidarity Hamper Investment in Small and Micro Enterprises?
Grimm, Michael - 2013
Sharing is a norm in many societies. We present a theoretical model on the trade-off between sharing and investment which we test on data from tailors in Burkina Faso. The empirical results support the idea that there are two behavioural patterns: entrepreneurs following an 'insurance regime'...
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Crowding-Out or Crowding-In? Heterogeneous Effects of Insurance on Solidarity
Landmann, Andreas - 2020
We analyze whether the availability of formal insurance products affects informal solidarity transfers in two … minimizes strategic concerns. The introduction of an insurance treatment alters solidarity in both experiments. We find crowding …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012823295
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Did the Intergenerational Solidarity Pact Increase the Employment Rate of Older Workers in Belgium? A Macro-Econometric Evaluation
Dejemeppe, Muriel - 2015
In December 2005, the Belgian government adopted the law on the Intergenerational Solidarity Pact (ISP) aiming at …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013016379
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Insurance and Solidarity : Evidence from a Lab-in-The-Field Experiment in Cambodia
Lenel, Friederike - 2017
This paper investigates the crowding out of informal support among peers by the introduction of formal insurance. We show that the availability of insurance changes people's intrinsic motivation to support others. We report results from a lab-in-the-field experiment conducted in Cambodia. Half...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012947718
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Does Voluntary Risk Taking Affect Solidarity? Experimental Evidence from Kenya
Strobl, Renate - 2017
In this study we experimentally investigate whether solidarity, which is a crucial base for informal insurance … subjects. The reduction of solidarity is driven by a change in giving behaviour of persons with the risky project. Compared to … to show solidarity is influenced by both the desire for own compensation and attributions of responsibility. Our findings …
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