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Differential performance in high vs. low stakes tests : evidence from the GRE test
Schlosser, Analia; Neeman, Zvika; Attali, Yigal - 2019
We study how different demographic groups respond to incentives by comparing their performance in "high" and "low … section of the GRE. We find that Males exhibit a larger drop in performance between the high and low stakes examinations than … females, and Whites exhibit a larger drop in performance compared to minorities. Differences between high and low stakes tests …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011996241
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Predictors and portfolios over the life cycle : skill vs. luck
Kraft, Holger; Munk, Claus; Weiss, Farina - 2017 - Current version: February 6, 2017
In a calibrated consumption-portfolio model with stock, housing, and labor income predictability, we disentangle the welfare effects of skill and luck. Skilled investors are able to take advantage of all sources of predictability, whereas unskilled investors ignore predictability. Lucky...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012061991
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Meta-Analysis of Inequality Aversion Estimates
Nunnari, Salvatore; Pozzi, Massimiliano - 2022
) and advantageous inequality aversion (or guilt) from 26 articles in economics, psychology, neuroscience and computer … interval [0:240; 0:620]; the mean guilt coefficient is 0:290 with a 95% probability that the true value lies in the interval [0 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014080048
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Mozart or Pelé? : the effects of teenagers' participation in music and sports
Cabane, Charlotte; Hille, Adrian; Lechner, Michael - 2015
Using data from the German Socio-Economic Panel, this paper analyses the effects of spending part of adolescents' leisure time on playing music or doing sports, or both. We find that while playing music fosters educational outcomes compared to doing sports, particularly so for girls and children...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010510696
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Social interactions and schooling decisions
Lalive, Rafael (contributor);  … - 2006
The aim of this paper is to study whether schooling choices are affected by social interactions. Such social interactions may be important because children enjoy spending time with other children or parents learn from other parents about the ability of their children. Identification is based on...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003355647
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The targeted negative income tax (TNIT) in Germany : evidence from a quasi experiment
Spermann, Alexander (contributor);  … - 2006
We report empirical evidence from the first field experiments to be conducted in Germany with program and control groups between 1999 and 2002. The evaluated program called "Targeted Negative Income Tax (TNIT)" is a time-restricted employee subsidy for means-tested welfare recipients. We focus...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003377871
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Toward the integration of personality theory and decision theory in the explanation of economic and health behavior
Rustichini, Aldo; DeYoung, Colin G.; Anderson, Jon; … - 2012
; job performance ; heavy truck accident ; truckload ; turnover ; trucker …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009570095
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A nation-wide laboratory : examining trust and trustworthiness by integrating behavioral experiments into representative surveys
Fehr, Ernst; Fischbacher, Urs; Rosenbladt, Bernhard von; … - 2003
Typically, laboratory experiments suffer from homogeneous subject pools and selfselection biases. The usefulness of survey data is limited by measurement error and by the questionability of their behavioral relevance. Here we present a method integrating interactive experiments and...
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From local to global : external validity in a fertility natural experiment
Dehejia, Rajeev H.; Pop-Eleches, Christian; Samii, Cyrus - 2015
Experimental evidence on a range of interventions in developing countries is accumulating rapidly. Is it possible to extrapolate from an experimental evidence base to other locations of policy interest (from "reference" to "target" sites)? And which factors determine the accuracy of such an...
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Do unemployment insurance recipients actively seek work? : evidence From randomized trials in four U.S. states
Ashenfelter, Orley; Ashmore, David; Deschênes, Olivier - 2000
In this paper we report the results of the only field test of which we are aware that uses randomized trials to measure whether stricter enforcement and verification of work search behavior alone decreases unemployment claims and benefits paid in the U.S. unemployment insurance (UI) program....
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