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Caste and punishment: the legacy of caste culture in norm enforcement
Hoff, Karla Ruth; Kshetramade, Mayuresh; Fehr, Ernst - 2009
Well-functioning groups enforce social norms that restrain opportunism, but the social structure of a society may encourage or inhibit norm enforcement. Here we study how the exogenous assignment to different positions in an extreme social hierarchy - the caste system - affects individuals'...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010269625
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Institutions, Opportunism and Prosocial Behavior: Some Experimental Evidence
Cabrales, Antonio; Clots-Figueras, Irma; … - 2020
Formal or informal institutions have long been adopted by societies to protect against opportunistic behavior. However, we know very little about how these institutions are chosen and their impact on behavior. We experimentally investigate the demand for different levels of institutions that...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012269948
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Caste and Punishment: The Legacy of Caste Culture in Norm Enforcement
Hoff, Karla; Kshetramade, Mayuresh; Fehr, Ernst - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2009
Well-functioning groups enforce social norms that restrain opportunism, but the social structure of a society may encourage or inhibit norm enforcement. Here we study how the exogenous assignment to different positions in an extreme social hierarchy – the caste system – affects individuals'...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004976904
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Skills, Signals, and Employability: An Experimental Investigation
Piopiunik, Marc; Schwerdt, Guido; Simon, Lisa; … - 2018
As skills of labor-market entrants are usually not directly observed by employers, individuals acquire skill signals …. To study which signals are valued by employers, we simultaneously and independently randomize a broad range of skill … signals on pairs of resumes of fictitious applicants among which we ask a large representative sample of German human …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011816555
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Unequal Bequests
Francesconi, Marco; Pollak, Robert; Tabasso, Domenico - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2015
Using data from the Health and Retirement Study (HRS), we make two contributions to the literature on end-of-life transfers. First, we show that unequal bequests are much more common than generally recognized, with one-third of parents with wills planning to divide their estates unequally among...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011163488
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Asymmetry of Information within Family Networks
De Weerdt, Joachim; Genicot, Garance; Mesnard, Alice - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014
exchange as motives to transfer. The model makes predictions about the correlations between misperceptions and transfers under … or an exchange motive with the recipient holding all the bargaining power. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010891178
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On Market Forces and Human Evolution
Saint-Paul, Gilles - 2002
This paper studies how an institution such as markets affects the evolution of mankind. My key point is that the forces of natural selection are made weaker because trade allows people to specialize in those activities where they are strong, and to offset their weaknesses by purchasing adequate...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010262480
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Is There Such a Thing as a Family Constitution? : A Test Based on Credit Rationing
Cigno, Alessandro; Giannelli, Gianna Claudia; Rosati, … - 2004
family constitution, than if she is moved by either altruistic or exchange motivations. The circumstance is the presence of a … motivated by either altruistic or straight exchange motives, but not the one that these transfers are governed by family …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010273995
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On Market Forces and Human Evolution
Saint-Paul, Gilles - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2002
This paper studies how an institution such as markets affects the evolution of mankind. My key point is that the forces of natural selection are made weaker because trade allows people to specialize in those activities where they are strong, and to offset their weaknesses by purchasing adequate...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005761761
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Is There Such a Thing as a Family Constitution? A Test Based on Credit Rationing
Cigno, Alessandro; Giannelli, Gianna C.; Rosati, Furio C.; … - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2004
family constitution, than if she is moved by either altruistic or exchange motivations. The circumstance is the presence of a … motivated by either altruistic or straight exchange motives, but not the one that these transfers are governed by family …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005762423