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Neighborhood Signaling Effects, Commuting Time, and Employment : Evidence from a Field Experiment
Carlsson, Magnus - 2018
(affluent) neighborhood. To this end, we conducted a field experiment where fictitious job applications were sent to employers …
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Matched Fundraising : Evidence from a Natural Field Experiment
Huck, Steffen - 2010
We present evidence from a natural field experiment designed to shed light on the efficacy of fundraising schemes in … assigned to treatments designed to explore behavioral responses to linear matching schemes, as well as the mere existence of a … charitable giving. We find that straight linear matching schemes raise the total donations received including the match value …
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Ability Dispersion and Team Performance : A Field Experiment
Hoogendoorn, Sander - 2012
conduct a large field experiment in which teams start up and manage real companies under identical circumstances. Exogenous …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013096461
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Aging and Attitudes Towards Strategic Uncertainty and Competition : An Artefactual Field Experiment in a Swiss Bank
Madiès, Thierry - 2012
We study the attitudes of junior and senior employees towards strategic uncertainty and competition, by means of a market entry game inspired by Camerer and Lovallo (1999). Seniors exhibit higher entry rates compared to juniors, especially when earnings depend on relative performance. This...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013104678
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The Effect of Early Entrepreneurship Education : Evidence from a Randomized Field Experiment
Rosendahl Huber, Laura - 2012
randomized field experiment to evaluate a leading entrepreneurship education program that is taught worldwide in the final grade …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013106956
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Digital Labor-Market Intermediation and Job Expectations : Evidence from a Field Experiment
Dammert, Ana - 2013
-treatment field experiment to investigate how job-market information sent to jobseekers via short text messages (SMS) influence …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013081816
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Do Employers Discriminate Less If Vacancies are Difficult to Fill? Evidence from a Field Experiment
Baert, Stijn - 2013
We empirically test the relationship between hiring discrimination and labour market tightness at the level of the occupation. To this end, we conduct a correspondence test in the youth labour market. In line with theoretical expectations, we find that, compared to natives, candidates with a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013087868
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Altruism in Society : Evidence from a Natural Experiment Involving Commuters
Mujcic, Redzo - 2013
We study social preferences in the form of altruism using data on 959 interactions between random commuters at selected traffic intersections in the city of Brisbane, Australia. By observing real decisions of individual commuters on whether to stop (give way) for others, wefind evidence of (i)...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013093531
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Migrant Remittances and Information Flows : Evidence from a Field Experiment
Batista, Catia - 2013
flows. In the experiment, a random sample of 1,500 migrants residing in Ireland was offered the possibility of contacting …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013071283
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The Consequences of a Piece Rate on Quantity and Quality : Evidence from a Field Experiment
Heywood, John S. - 2013
This field experiment examines output quantity and quality for workers in a data input business. We observe two sets of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013074166