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Refugee Return and Conflict : Evidence from a Natural Experiment
Blair, Christopher; Wright, Austin L. - 2021
We estimate the causal effect of a large cash assistance program for refugee returnees on conflict in Afghanistan. The … increasing social conflict. The program's cash benefits were substantial and may have raised reservation wages in communities … clarify the conditions under which refugee return affects conflict. Building social capital and legitimate, local institutions …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013219363
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Gender differences in seeking challenges : the role of institutions
Niederle, Muriel; Yestrumskas, Alexandra H. - 2008
"We examine whether women and men of the same ability differ in their decisions to seek challenges. In the laboratory, we create an environment in which we can measure a participants performance level (high or low), where a high performance level participant has on average higher earnings from...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003686367
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Gender Differences in Seeking Challenges : The Role of Institutions
Niederle, Muriel - 2013
We examine whether women and men of the same ability differ in their decisions to seek challenges. In the laboratory, we create an environment in which we can measure a participants performance level (high or low), where a high performance level participant has on average higher earnings from...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012753626
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Gender Differences in Seeking Challenges : The Role of Institutions
Niederle, Muriel - 2008
We examine whether women and men of the same ability differ in their decisions to seek challenges. In the laboratory, we create an environment in which we can measure a participants performance level (high or low), where a high performance level participant has on average higher earnings from...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012464725
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Cross-racial envy and underinvestment in South African partnerships
Haile, Daniel; Sadrieh, Abdolkarim; Verbon, Harrie - In: Cambridge journal of economics 32 (2008) 5, pp. 703-724
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003758549
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Why does ethnic diversity undermine public goods provision? : An experimental approach
Habyarimana, James Paul; Humphreys, Macartan; Posner, … - 2006
"A large and growing literature links high levels of ethnic diversity to low levels of public goods provision. Yet while the empirical connection between ethnic heterogeneity and the underprovision of public goods is widely accepted, there is little consensus on the specific mechanisms through...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003359290
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Cross-racial envy and underinvestment in South Africa
Haile, Daniel (contributor); Sadrieh, Abdolkarim (contributor) - 2006
Trust games are employed to investigate the effect of heterogeneity in income and race on cooperation in South Africa. The amount of socio-economic information available to the subjects about their counterparts is varied. No significant behavioural differences are observed, when no such...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003301019
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Essays in applied microeconomics
Kamenica, Emir - 2006
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003965338
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Why Does Ethnic Diversity Undermine Public Goods Provision? An Experimental Approach
Habyarimana, James P.; Humphreys, Macartan; Posner, … - 2021
A large and growing literature links high levels of ethnic diversity to low levels of public goods provision. Yet while the empirical connection between ethnic heterogeneity and the underprovision of public goods is widely accepted, there is little consensus on the specific mechanisms through...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013317460
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Cross-racial envy and underinvestment in South African partnerships
Haile, Daniel; Sadrieh, Abdolkarim; Verbon, Harrie A. A. - 2006
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003400268