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Population, immigration et identité nationale en France : XIX. - XX. siècle

Noiriel, Gérard - 1992

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Immigrants and immigration policy : individual skills, family ties, and group identities

Duleep, Harriet Orcutt (contributor) - 1996

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Three essays on the economic and cultural integration of migrants in Switzerland: putting into perspective the influence of economic discrimination and of host society culture

Kohler, Pierre - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2012

This thesis consists of three essays on the economic and cultural integration of migrants in Switzerland, reverse … behaviours and attitudes of migrants are diverging from or converging with those of natives. Chapter 2 examines the causes of … differences preventing the successful integration of migrants or does the root of integration failures lie in unequal economic …

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Risk and Evidence of Bias in Randomized Controlled Trials in Economics

Boone, Peter; Eble, Alex; Elbourne, Diana - Centre for Economic Performance, LSE - 2013

The randomized controlled trial (RCT) has been a heavily utilized research tool in medicine for over 60 years. Since the early 2000's, large-scale RCTs have been used in increasingly large numbers in the social sciences to evaluate questions of both policy and theory. The early economics...

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Cooperation, Competition, and Risk Attitudes: An Intergenerational Field and Laboratory Experiment

Charness, Gary; Villeval, Marie-Claire - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2007

The population of most developed societies is ‘graying’. As life expectancy increases and the large baby-boom generation approaches retirement age, this has critical consequences for maintaining a high standard of living and the sustainability of pension systems. In the light of these...

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Like ripples on a pond: Behavioral spillovers and their implications for research and policy

Dolan, Paul; Galizzi, Matteo M. - In: Journal of Economic Psychology 47 (2015) C, pp. 1-16

No behavior sits in a vacuum, and one behavior can greatly affect what happens next. We propose a conceptual frame within which a broad range of behavioral spillovers can be accounted for when applying behavioral science to policy challenges. We consider behaviors which take place sequentially...

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Field Experiments: A Bridge Between Lab and Naturally-Occurring Data

list, john - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2007

Laboratory experiments have been used extensively in economics in the past several decades to lend both positive and normative insights into a myriad of important economic issues. This study discusses a related approach that has increasingly grown in prominence of late--field experiments. I...

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Naturally Occurring Markets and Exogenous Laboratory Experiments: A Case Study of the Winner's Curse

Harrison, Glenn W.; list, john - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2007

There has been a dramatic increase in the use of experimental methods in the past two decades. An oft-cited reason for this rise in popularity is that experimental methods provide the necessary control to estimate treatment effects in isolation of other confounding factors. We examine the...

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On the Generalizability of Experimental Results in Economics: With a Response to Commentors

Al-Ubaydli, Omar; List, John A. - CESifo - 2013

Economists are increasingly turning to the experimental method as a means to estimate causal effects. By using randomization to identify key treatment effects, theories previously viewed as untestable are now scrutinized, efficacy of public policies are now more easily verified, and stakeholders...

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Lab Experiments are a Major Source of Knowledge in the Social Sciences

Falk, Armin; Heckman, James J - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2010

Laboratory experiments are a widely used methodology for advancing causal knowledge in the physical and life sciences. With the exception of psychology, the adoption of laboratory experiments has been much slower in the social sciences, although during the last two decades, the use of lab...

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