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closer to point identification. We apply our sample selection correction in the context of a job-search experiment with low …
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This paper tests for a number of survey effects in the elicitation of expenditure items. In particular we examine the extent to which individuals use features of the expenditure question to construct their answers. We test whether respondents interpret question wording as researchers intend and...
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attention. This paper analyzes the dramatic impact of sample attrition in a large job search experiment. We take advantage of …
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sense that it correlates with trusting behaviour in the experiment. Furthermore, we demonstrate that the test …
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Can a short survey instrument reliably measure a range of fundamental economic preferences across diverse settings? We focus on survey questions that systematically predict behavior in incentivized experimental tasks among German university students (Becker et al. 2016) and were implemented...
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increased online-search activity. Consistently, an experiment that just encourages search-engine usage produces very similar … results. Another experiment provides no evidence of experimenter-demand effects. Overall, results suggest that incentive …
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We combine a survey and an experiment with real pay-out among Peking University students to measure and validate … individual risk attitudes. The experiment involves choosing between a cash payment and playing a lottery. The survey questions …
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use in global research. I conduct a randomized experiment in the Philippines to test the effectiveness of web-form and …
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We combine data from a risk preference elicitation experiment conducted on a representative sample via the Internet … with laboratory data on students for the same experiment to investigate effects of implementation mode and of subject pool … selection. We find that the frequency of errors in the lab experiment is drastically below that of the representative sample in …
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migration research has demonstrated positive economic impacts of cultural diversity on productivity and innovation at the … regional level. However, there is a dearth of research on the links between innovation and migrant diversity at the firm level …
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