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We study the broken windows theory with a field experiment in a shared area of a workplace in academia (department … increases ceteris paribus by around 40 percent. -- Broken Windows Theory ; Field Experiment ; Littering …
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Widespread misconceptions can be critical, especially in times of crisis. Through a field experiment, we study how to … into either Muslim or Hindu, guaranteeing exogenous variation in religion concordance between messenger and recipient … misconceptions are observed only when there is religion concordance and mainly for religious-salient misconceptions. Correcting …
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findings on gender discrimination, and while they have identified a bias against hiring women in some labor market segments …, the discrimination detected in field experiments is less pervasive than that implied by the regression approach …
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We conducted a framed field experiment to explore a situation where individuals have potentially competing social … identities to understand how group identification and socialization affect ingroup favoritism and out-group discrimination. The …
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Discrete Choice Experiment performed in 2008 in Switzerland and relate them to several behavioral determinants, in particular …
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health behaviour campaigns and the persistence of misinformation. We implement a field experiment among a representative … social proximity, signalled by religion. However, when sender and receiver share the same religion, the intervention …
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health campaigns. Focusing on shared religious affiliation as a signal of proximity, we implemented a field experiment during … Muslim identity, thereby manipulating the religion concordance between the sender and receiver. As compared to control … messages is contingent on the presence of religion concordance. In instances of concordance, the take-up of doctor messages is …
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Social capital is often represented by generalized trust - the degree to which one trusts "most (unknown) people". It is assumed to be enhanced by diverse group interactions. In the social capital literature, it is opposed by particularized trust, which represents our mutual confidence in...
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Citizens confront multiple challenges when attempting to access public services. This article focuses on an aspect yet unaddressed by existing literature on administrative burdens: the complexity of the written language used by government agencies in Latin America. It presents an impact...
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Citizens confront multiple challenges when attempting to access public services. This article focuses on an aspect yet unaddressed by existing literature on administrative burdens: the complexity of the written language used by government agencies in Latin America. It presents an impact...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012028642