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How Reliable Are Social Safety Nets? Value and Accessibility in Situations of Acute Economic Need
Immervoll, Herwig; Hyee, Raphaela; Fernandez, Rodrigo; … - 2022
Social protection systems use a range of entitlement criteria. First-tier support typically requires contributions or past employment in many countries, while safety net benefits are granted on the basis of need. In a context of volatile and uncertain labour markets, careful and continuous...
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Can Contracts Signal Social Norms? Experimental Evidence
Danilov, Anastasia; Sliwka, Dirk - 2013
We investigate whether incentive schemes signal social norms and thus affect behavior beyond their direct economic consequences. A principal-agent experiment is studied in which prior to contract choice principals are informed about past actions of other agents and thus have more information...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010319469
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Can Contracts Signal Social Norms? Experimental Evidence
Danilov, Anastasia; Sliwka, Dirk - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013
We investigate whether incentive schemes signal social norms and thus affect behavior beyond their direct economic consequences. A principal-agent experiment is studied in which prior to contract choice principals are informed about past actions of other agents and thus have more information...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010884174
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Complex Tax Incentives: An Experimental Investigation
Abeler, Johannes; Jäger, Simon - 2013
How does the tax system's complexity affect people's reaction to tax changes? To answer this question, we conduct a real-effort experiment in which subjects receive a piece rate and face a set of taxes. In one treatment the tax system is simple; in the other treatment it is highly complex. The...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010319504
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Complex Tax Incentives: An Experimental Investigation
Abeler, Johannes; Jäger, Simon - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013
How does the tax system's complexity affect people's reaction to tax changes? To answer this question, we conduct a real-effort experiment in which subjects receive a piece rate and face a set of taxes. In one treatment the tax system is simple; in the other treatment it is highly complex. The...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010884214
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Tax evasion, welfare fraud, and "the broken windows" effect: An experiment in Belgium, France and the Netherlands
Lefèbvre, Mathieu; Pestieau, Pierre; Riedl, Arno; … - 2011
In a series of experiments conducted in Belgium (Wallonia and Flanders), France and the Netherlands, we compare behavior regarding tax evasion and welfare dodging, with and without information about others' behavior. Subjects have to decide between a 'registered' income, the realization of which...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010278520
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Fungibility, Labels, and Consumption
Abeler, Johannes; Marklein, Felix - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2008
Fungibility of money is a central principle in economics. It implies that any unit of money is substitutable for another and that the composition of income is irrelevant for consumption. We find in a field experiment that even in a simple, incentivized setup many subjects do not treat money as...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005822688
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Tax Evasion, Welfare Fraud, and "The Broken Windows" Effect: An Experiment in Belgium, France and the Netherlands
Lefèbvre, Mathieu; Pestieau, Pierre; Riedl, Arno; … - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2011
In a series of experiments conducted in Belgium (Wallonia and Flanders), France and the Netherlands, we compare behavior regarding tax evasion and welfare dodging, with and without information about others' behavior. Subjects have to decide between a 'registered' income, the realization of which...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008922966
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Stigma and Take-up of Labor Market Assistance: Evidence from Two Field Experiments
Osman, Adam; Speer, Jamin D. - 2023
Aversion to "stigma" - disutility associated with a program or activity due to beliefs about how it is perceived - may … randomized field experiments, we show that stigma can affect consequential labor market decisions. Treatments designed to … alleviate stigma concerns about taking entry-level jobs - such as how those jobs are perceived by society - had small average …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014469334
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What Does Job Applicants' Body Art Signal to Employers?
Baert, Stijn; Herregods, Jolien; Sterkens, Philippe - 2023
measures the stigma surrounding job candidates with tattoos and piercings using real recruiters. We find that job candidates …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014377214