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Migration Gravity, Networks, and Unemployment

Basu, Arnab K.; Chau, Nancy H.; Lin, Gary C. - 2022

We develop and estimate a theory-consistent gravity model for interregional migration flows in the presence of unemployment. Micro-founded in a setting where search friction regulates labor market transitions, we derive a migration gravity equation for bilateral mobility that embodies a...

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A new model of wage determination and wage inequality

Jasso, Guillermina - 2008

dissent does so even more; (3) When leaders of democratic nations seek to forge an economic consensus, they are unwittingly …

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A New Model of Wage Determination and Wage Inequality

Jasso, Guillermina - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2008

dissent does so even more; (3) When leaders of democratic nations seek to forge an economic consensus, they are unwittingly …

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Preferences for consistency

Falk, Armin; Zimmermann, Florian - 2011

This paper studies how a preference for consistency can affect economic decision-making. We propose a two-period model where people have a preference for consistency because consistent behavior allows them to signal personal and intellectual strength. We then present three experiments that study...

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Gender Effects, Culture and Social Influence in the Dictator Game: An Italian Study

O'Higgins, Niall; Palomba, Arturo; Sbriglia, Patrizia - 2015

There is little consensus on whether women are more generous than men; some research results indicate a higher propensity towards giving of female dictators, whilst others suggest the opposite. Two explanations have been put forward. According to the first one, women are more generous than men...

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Peer effects in pro-social behavior: Social norms or social preferences?

Gächter, Simon; Nosenzo, Daniele; Sefton, Martin - 2012

We compare social preference and social norm based explanations for peer effects in a three-person gift-exchange game experiment. In the experiment a principal pays a wage to each of two agents, who then make effort choices sequentially. In our baseline treatment we observe that the second...

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Preferences for Consistency

Falk, Armin; Zimmermann, Florian - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2011

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Peer Effects in Pro-Social Behavior: Social Norms or Social Preferences?

Gächter, Simon; Nosenzo, Daniele; Sefton, Martin - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012

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Gender Effects, Culture and Social Influence in the Dictator Game: An Italian Study

O'Higgins, Niall; Palomba, Arturo; Sbriglia, Patrizia - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2015

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Social interactions in demand

Grodner, Andrew; Kniesner, Thomas J. - 2008

effect in the form of an externality from other consumers' choices and or a conformity effect representing a need for making … similar choices as others. A positive spillover effect increases the demand for the good with interactions, and a conformity … implication is that spillover in consumption increases the associated derived demand for labor and conformity in consumption makes …

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