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Nudging Households to Take Up Health Insurance: Evidence from a Randomized Experiment in Burkina Faso

Bocoum, Fadima; Grimm, Michael; Hartwig, Renate; Zongo, … - 2017

largely unknown and where strong cultural beliefs prevail, and eventually, how insurance uptake can be increased, although the …

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Information Frictions and Learning Dynamics: Evidence from Tax Avoidance in Ecuador

Bohne, Albrecht; Nimczik, Jan Sebastian - 2018

We show how experience and dynamic learning processes reduce the obstacles to optimization imposed by information frictions when individuals newly enter the formal sector economy. Most importantly, we provide causal evidence on the exact mechanisms through which individuals learn about the...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011873540

Don't give up on me baby: spousal correlation in smoking behaviour

Clark, Andrew E.; Etilé, Fabrice - 2005

We use nine waves of BHPS data to examine interactions between spouses in terms of a behaviour with important health repercussions: cigarette smoking. Correlation between partners' behaviours may be due to correlated effects, as a consequence of matching or information revealed by others'...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010272016

Dynamic incentive contracts under parameter uncertainty

Prat, Julien; Jovanovic, Boyan - 2010

beliefs of the principal. Moreover, in contrast to results under one-period commitment, wage volatility declines as experience …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010278382

College Attrition and the Dynamics of Information Revelation

Arcidiacono, Peter; Aucejo, Esteban; Maurel, Arnaud; … - 2023

We examine how informational frictions impact schooling and work outcomes. To do so, we estimate a dynamic structural model where individuals face uncertainty about their academic ability and productivity, which respectively determine their schooling utility and wages. Our framework accounts for...

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Cognitive Ability, Character Skills, and Learning to Play Equilibrium: A Level-k Analysis

Gill, David; Prowse, Victoria - 2014

In this paper we investigate how cognitive ability and character skills influence behavior, success and the evolution of play towards Nash equilibrium in repeated strategic interactions. We study behavior in a p-beauty contest experiment and find striking differences according to cognitive...

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Instruction Time, Information, and Student Achievement: Evidence from a Field Experiment

Andersen, Simon Calmar; Guul, Thorbjørn Sejr; Humlum, … - 2019

beliefs are more important for low-SES students' academic performance, that the intervention makes the teachers update these … beliefs, and—not least—that the intervention improves the reading skills of low-SES students and thereby reduces the … achievement gap between high- and low-SES students. The results are consistent with a model in which the teachers' beliefs about …

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Cognitive Ability, Character Skills, and Learning to Play Equilibrium: A Level-k Analysis

Gill, David; Prowse, Victoria L. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010886141

Dynamic Incentive Contracts under Parameter Uncertainty

Prat, Julien; Jovanovic, Boyan - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2010

beliefs of the principal. Moreover, in contrast to results under one-period commitment, wage volatility declines as experience …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008727782

Don’t Give Up On Me Baby: Spousal Correlation in Smoking Behaviour

Clark, Andrew E.; Etilé, Fabrice - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2005

We use nine waves of BHPS data to examine interactions between spouses in terms of a behaviour with important health repercussions: cigarette smoking. Correlation between partners’ behaviours may be due to correlated effects, as a consequence of matching or information revealed by others'...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005700850