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Asabiyya: re-interpreting value change in globalized societies
Tausch, Arno; Heshmati, Almas - 2009
This article reflects the renewed interest of economics and the social science discipline in value systems and religion. The World Values Survey provided a data framework of global value change, whose quantitative results led Barro (2004) to analyze the connections between some dimensions of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010271305
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Testing an EU-Candidate's Place on the Maps of Global Economic, Political and Social Values: The Case of Turkey
Tausch, Arno; Heshmati, Almas - 2014
Following the attempt by Alesina and Guiliano (2013) to measure global culture and to project these measurements onto real choropleth geographical world maps, we utilize the data from the World Values Survey (WVS) to arrive at robust measurement scales of global economic, political and social...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010377294
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Testing an EU-Candidate's Place on the Maps of Global Economic, Political and Social Values: The Case of Turkey
Tausch, Arno; Heshmati, Almas - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014
Following the attempt by Alesina and Guiliano (2013) to measure global culture and to project these measurements onto real choropleth geographical world maps, we utilize the data from the World Values Survey (WVS) to arrive at robust measurement scales of global economic, political and social...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010764609
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Asabiyya: Re-Interpreting Value Change in Globalized Societies
Tausch, Arno; Heshmati, Almas - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2009
This article reflects the renewed interest of economics and the social science discipline in value systems and religion. The World Values Survey provided a data framework of global value change, whose quantitative results led Barro (2004) to analyze the connections between some dimensions of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008565187
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Motivating Bureaucrats through Social Recognition: External Validity — A Tale of Two States
Gauri, Varun; Jamison, Julian C.; Mazar, Nina; Ozier, Owen - 2019
Bureaucratic performance is a crucial determinant of economic growth, but little real-world evidence exists on how to improve it, especially in resource-constrained settings. We conducted a field experiment of a social recognition intervention to improve record keeping in health facilities in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012005952
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The Anti-Corruption Campaign and the Inter-Generational Transmission of Working in Bureaucracy: Evidence from China
Chen, Shuai; Ge, Erqi - 2022
those without. Using the recent anti-corruption campaign in China as a quasi-experiment, we investigate how endeavors for … counter-corruption affect inequality and potential cronyism in bureaucratic employment through inter-generational transmission …. First, we conduct a difference-in-differences analysis to compare changes in the probability of working in bureaucracy after …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013426418
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Turf Wars
Herrera, Helios; Reuben, Ernesto; Ting, Michael M. - 2014
Turf wars commonly occur in environments where competition undermines collaboration. We develop a game theoretic model and experimental test of turf wars. The model explores how team production incentives ex post affect team formation decisions ex ante. In the game, one agent decides whether to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010468110
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Turf Wars
Herrera, Helios; Reuben, Ernesto; Ting, Michael M. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014
Turf wars commonly occur in environments where competition undermines collaboration. We develop a game theoretic model and experimental test of turf wars. The model explores how team production incentives ex post affect team formation decisions ex ante. In the game, one agent decides whether to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010959610
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Voter Reaction to Government Incompetence and Corruption Related to the 1999 Earthquakes in Turkey
Akarca, Ali T.; Tansel, Aysit - 2015
Two major earthquakes which struck northwestern Turkey in 1999 exposed rampant corruption involving construction and … zoning code violations. The government's relief efforts were tainted by corruption as well, and exhibited a great deal of … parties were responsible for the construction of the shoddy buildings, and for the corruption and mismanagement related to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011307370
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Corruption in the Health Sector: Evidence from Unofficial Consultation Fees in Bangladesh
Abdallah, Wahid; Chowdhury, Shyamal; Iqbal, Kazi - 2015
for combating corruption, especially in developing countries. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011307489