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A Gift is Not Always a Gift : Gift Exchange in a Voucher Experiment
Becker, Sascha O. - 2011
Different from traditional gift exchange experiments, we study a field experiment where a random subsample of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013123801
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Discrimination in hiring based on potential and realized fertility : evidence from a large-scale field experiment
Becker, Sascha O.; Fernandes, Ana; Weichselbaumer, Doris - 2019
Due to conventional gender norms, women are more likely to be in charge of childcare than men. From an employer's perspective, in their fertile age they are also at "risk" of pregnancy. Both factors potentially affect hiring practices of firms. We conduct a large-scale correspondence test in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012003750
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Discrimination in hiring based on potential and realized fertility : evidence from a large-scale field experiment
Becker, Sascha O.; Fernandes, Ana; Weichselbaumer, Doris - 2019
Due to conventional gender norms, women are more likely to be in charge of childcare than men. From an employer's perspective, in their fertile age they are also at "risk" of pregnancy. Both factors potentially affect hiring practices of firms. We conduct a large-scale correspondence test in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012022450
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Discrimination in hiring based on potential and realized fertility : evidence from a large-scale field experiment
Becker, Sascha O.; Fernandes, Ana; Weichselbaumer, Doris - 2019
than men. From an employer’s perspective, in their fertile age they are also at “risk” of pregnancy. Both factors potentially affect hiring practices of firms. We conduct a largescale correspondence test in Germany, Switzerland, and Austria, sending out approx. 9,000 job applications,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012009626
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A Gift is not Always a Gift: Gift Exchange in a Voucher Experiment
Becker, Sascha O.; Messer, Dolores; Wolter, Stefan C. - CESifo - 2011
Different from traditional gift exchange experiments, we study a field experiment where a random subsample of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009144874
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A gift is not always a gift: Gift exchange in a voucher experiment
Becker, Sascha O.; Messer, Dolores; Wolter, Stefan C. - 2011
Different from traditional gift exchange experiments, we study a field experiment where a random subsample of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010274727
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A gift is not always a gift : gift exchange in a voucher experiment
Becker, Sascha O.; Messer, Dolores; Wolter, Stefan C. - 2011
Different from traditional gift exchange experiments, we study a field experiment where a random subsample of … was not significantly different from the voucher non-recipients. -- gift exchange ; reciprocity ; field experiment ; long …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009153892
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Social cohesion, religious beliefs, and the effect of Protestantism on suicide
Becker, Sascha O.; Woessmann, Ludger - 2015
In an economic theory of suicide, we model social cohesion of the religious community and religious beliefs about afterlife as two mechanisms by which Protestantism increases suicide propensity. We build a unique micro-regional dataset of 452 Prussian counties in 1816-21 and 1869-71, when...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010498592
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Prussia disaggregated : the demography of its universe of localities in 1871
Becker, Sascha O.; Cinnirella, Francesco - 2020
, villages, and manors in 1871 Prussia. We study religion, literacy, fertility, and group segregation by location type (town …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012213131
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Religion in economic history: a survey
Becker, Sascha O.; Rubin, Jared; Woessmann, Ludger - 2020
This chapter surveys the recent social science literature on religion in economic history, covering both socioeconomic … causes and consequences of religion. Following the rapidly growing literature, it focuses on the three main monotheisms … monotheistic character of the Abrahamic religions facilitated a close historical interconnection of religion with political power …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012239065