We assess selection bias in estimated returns to workplace training by exploiting a field experiment with random …-experimental estimates that are estimated by using a sample of agents who were selected by management not to participate in the experiment …. When controlling for pre-treatment performance or individual fixed effects, only about one tenth of this bias remains and …

attention. This paper analyzes the dramatic impact of sample attrition in a large job search experiment. We take advantage of …

the desire to send positive signals to others about one's own skill; this suggests a either a bias in judgment, strategic …

performance. We conduct a randomized field experiment on more than a thousand sixth graders in Swedish primary schools. Extrinsic …

dynamic model of multi-tasking and an accompanying experiment with financial professionals, we identify hidden ranking costs …

In-group bias can be detrimental for communities and economic development. We study the causal effect of financial … constraints on in-group bias in prosocial behaviors – cooperation, norm enforcement, and sharing – among low-income rice farmers … in-group or out-group partners at village level. We find that in-group bias in cooperation and norm enforcement exist …

the internal and external validity of the results of a randomized experiment with balanced attrition rates, and proposes a … new method to correct for attrition bias. We rely on a 10-years longitudinal data set with a final attrition rate of 10 …

extent of p-hacking and publication bias by collecting and studying the universe of test statistics, 15,992 in total, from …

experiment that compares incentive mechanisms for encouraging social media shares to support a given cause. Our experiment takes …

This paper provides an expression for the bias of the OLS estimator of the schooling coefficient in a simple static … coefficient is biased upward, and the bias is increasing with potential labor-market experience and the degree of earnings … persistence. In addition, NLSY data are used to show that the magnitude of the persistence bias is non-negligible, and the bias …