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Curbing grand corruption in the contracting out of public services lessons from a pilot study of the school meals program in Colombia
Keefer, Philip; Roseth, Benjamin - 2021
study of informal audits and text messages to parents, meant to curb corruption in the School Meals Program of Colombia …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012670998
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Grand corruption in the contracting out of public services : lessons from a pilot study in Colombia
Keefer, Philip; Roseth, Benjamin - 2021
study of informal audits and text messages to parents, meant to curb corruption in the School Meals Program of Colombia …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012583882
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Non-contributory pensions
Galiani, Sebastián; Gertler, Paul J.; Bando Grana, … - 2014
The creation of non-contributory pension schemes is becoming increasingly common as countries struggle to reduce poverty. Drawing on data from Mexico's Adultos Mayores Program (Older Adults Program) --a cash transfer scheme aimed at rural adults over 70 years of age-- we evaluate the effects of...
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The not so gentle push - behavioral spillovers and policy instruments
D'Adda, Giovanna; Capraro, Valerio; Tavoni, Massimo - 2015
We examine whether spillovers of pro-social behavior depend on how behavioral changes are induced. We conduct a large experiment using economic games, with a Dictator Game (DG) followed by either an identical game or a Prisoner’s Dilemma (PD). We influence initial behavior through widely used...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011438987
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Another brick on the wall : on the effects of non-contributory pensions on material and subjective well being
Bando Grana, Rosangela; Galiani, Sebastián; Gertler, … - 2021
Public expenditures on non-contributory pensions are equivalent to at least 1 percent of GDP in several countries in Latin America and is expected to increase. We explore the effect of non-contributory pensions on the well-being of the beneficiary population by studying the "Pensiones...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012586752
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The effects of non-contributory pensions on material and subjective well being
Bando Grana, Rosangela; Galiani, Sebastián; Gertler, … - 2017
Public expenditures on non-contributory pensions are equivalent to at least one percent of GDP in several countries in Latin America and is expected to increase. We explore the effect of non-contributory pensions on the well-being of the beneficiary population by studying the Pension 65 program...
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Trusting Covid-19 recommendations : the role of experts, markets and governments
Albornoz, Facundo; Cruces, Guillermo; Lombardi, María - 2023
Do individuals trust experts' advice? Does the sector represented by these experts matter for trust and compliance? Do individuals prefer the public or the private sector for large-scale responses to events such as the pandemic? We answer these questions by means of a large-scale survey on a...
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Frenando la gran corrupción en la contratación de servicios públicos : lecciones de un estudio piloto del Programa de Alimentación Escolar en Colombia
Keefer, Philip; Roseth, Benjamin - 2021
study of informal audits and text messages to parents, meant to curb corruption in the School Meals Program of Colombia …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012671049
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Nemo propheta in patria : empirical evidence from Italy
Millemaci, Emanuele; Patti, Alessandra - 2022
places endowed with more amenities. In the crossroad between these factors, this paper investigates corruption as key element …. Results suggest the dual role of push and pull mechanisms at play, as high corruption incentivizes Italian skilled mobility to … destinations that, instead, exhibit lower corruption. Moreover, sensitivity of the prospective tertiary students to corruption …
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Anti-corruption agenda of the G20: bringing order without law
Goyal, Tanu M. - 2020
action became permanent features of the G20 agenda. Tackling corruption was one of them. Corruption is being characterised as … an international problem requiring collective corrective action. The G20 established an Anti-Corruption Working Group as … early as in 2010, at the fourth summit in Toronto, which sets the Anti-Corruption Action Plan for the G20 members. Over the …
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