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When Too Good Is Too Much: Social Incentives and Job Selection

Reggiani, Tommaso G.; Rilke, Rainer Michael - 2020

We analyze the effects of substitutability of social incentives on the labor supply of gigworkers (N=944) in a natural field experiment. In our treatments, we vary the proportion of the worker's wage that is donated to a social cause. Our experimental design allows us to observe the decision to...

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Reputation as Insurance: How Reputation Moderates Public Backlash Following a Company's Decision to Profiteer

Arroyos-Calvera, Danae; Powdthavee, Nattavudh - 2022

We examine whether a company's corporate reputation gained from their CSR activities and a company leader's reputation …

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Want Freedom, Will Travel: Emigrant Self-Selection According to Institutional Quality

Naghsh Nejad, Maryam; Young, Andrew T. - 2015

We investigate emigrant self-selection according to institutional quality using up to 3,566 observations on bilateral migration flows from 77 countries over the 1990-2000 period. We relate these flows to differences in political and economic institutions. We improve and expand upon previous...

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The Return of the Prodigy Son: Do Return Migrants Make Better Leaders?

Mercier, Marion - 2013

of democracy in his country during his tenure. This effect is shown to be independent from the leader's education level …, as well as from his profession. Moreover, it is mainly driven by countries with a poor initial level of democracy. These …

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Do Institutions Affect Social Preferences? Evidence from Divided Korea

Kim, Byung-Yeon; Choi, Syngjoo; Lee, Jungmin; Lee, Sokbae; … - 2013

democracy than South Korean subjects. Attitudes toward institutions are more strongly associated with the experimental behaviors …

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Suffrage, Labour Markets and Coalitions in Colonial Virginia

Nikolova, Elena; Nikolova, Milena - 2016

We study Virginia's suffrage from the early 17th century until the American Revolution using an analytical narrative and econometric analysis of unique data on franchise restrictions. First, we hold that suffrage changes reflected labour market dynamics. Indeed, Virginia’s liberal institutions...

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Do Leaders' Characteristics and Regime Transitions in Africa Matter for Citizens' Health Status?

Diaz-Serrano, Luis; Sackey, Frank Gyimah - 2016

Africa's quest to achieving improved health status and meeting the Millennium Development Goals targets cannot be effectively achieved without examining the quality of leadership, transitions and regimes and how they impact on the decisions and the policy effectiveness that bring about improved...

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Voting Up? The Effects of Democracy and Franchise Extension on Human Stature

Batinti, Alberto; Costa-Font, Joan; Hatton, Timothy J. - 2019

new instrument for democracy and the extension of the franchise, the effect of decolonisation on democracy in the … colonising country's democratisation to identify the causal effect of democracy on heights. We find robust evidence of a link … between democratic quality and human stature. The results indicate that the transition to democracy increased average male …

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Trade, peace and democracy: an analysis of dyadic dispute

Polachek, Solomon W.; Seiglie, Carlos - 2006

At least since 1750 when Baron de Montesquieu declared peace is the natural effect of trade, a number of economists and political scientists espoused the notion that trade among nations leads to peace. Employing resources wisely to produce one commodity rather than employing them inefficiently...

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Wirtschaftliche Entwicklung und Demokratie: ist Demokratie ein Wohlstandsmotor oder ein Wohlstandsprodukt?

Sunde, Uwe - 2006

relationship according to which democracy is a determinant of economic development? Or is it, conversely, economic development that …

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