decision makers in the family and the society. We test these alternative hypotheses running Dictators experiments in Italy, a …

We study the origins of support for gender-related affirmative action (AA) in two pre-registered online experiments (N … treatments to disentangle the preference for AA stemming from i) perceived gender differences in productivity, ii) beliefs about … successfully altering beliefs about expected productivity differences. Our results suggest that AA choice reflects a more intrinsic …

, their beliefs, preferences, and intentions to switch providers. Crucially, I can link their intentions with actual switching … consumers leaves money on the table by not switching. The low switching rates cannot be explained by biased beliefs or high … procrastinate and quickly forget to switch. Based on these findings, I suggest that simply drawing attention to information or …