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Why does real-time information reduce energy consumption?
Lynham, John; Nitta, Kohei; Saijo, Tatsuyoshi; Tarui, Nori - Department of Economics, University of Hawaii-Manoa - 2014
randomized-control trial with residential households. The experiment disentangles two competing mechanisms: (i) learning about …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011122644
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Measuring the relative productivity of multitasking to sole-tasking in household production: New experimental evidence
Foster, Gigi; Kalenkoski, Charlene - 2012
We present a household production model that incorporates multitasking and results from a customized experiment …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010283947
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Do children make women more patient? Experimental evidence from Indian villages
Bauer, Michal; Chytilová, Julie - 2009
This paper studies gender heterogeneity in preferences. We used experimental methods to elicit the subjective discount rate and attitude toward risk in Indian villages. Results show that women made more patient choices than men and that their discount rate is related to number of children. No...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010322205
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Women, children and patience: experimental evidence from Indian villages
Bauer, Michal; Chytilová, Julie - 2009
In this paper we study the link between women's responsibility for children and their preferences. We use a large random sample of individuals living in rural India, incentive compatible measures of patience and risk aversion, and detailed survey data. We find more patient choices among women...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010330095
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Of housewives and feminists: Gender norms and intra-household division of labour
Görges, Luise - 2021
To investigate the role of gender norms in household specialisation choices, I conduct a lab experiment with real …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012523386
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Feed the Children
Cherchye, Laurens; Chiappori, Pierre-André; De Rock, Bram - 2021
Nairobi, we conduct an experiment with 424 married couples. In the experiment, the spouses (individually and jointly …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012658266
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Feed the children
Cherchye, Laurens; Chiappori, Pierre-André; De Rock, Bram - 2021
Nairobi, we conduct an experiment with 424 married couples. In the experiment, the spouses (individually and jointly …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012816069
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Women, Children and Patience: Experimental Evidence from Indian Villages
Bauer, Michal; Chytilová, Julie - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2009
In this paper we study the link between women's responsibility for children and their preferences. We use a large random sample of individuals living in rural India, incentive compatible measures of patience and risk aversion, and detailed survey data. We find more patient choices among women...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005030895
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Do children make women more patient? Experimental evidence from Indian villages
Bauer, Michal; Chytilová, Julie - Institut ekonomických studií, Univerzita Karlova v Praze - 2009
This paper studies gender heterogeneity in preferences. We used experimental methods to elicit the subjective discount rate and attitude toward risk in Indian villages. Results show that women made more patient choices than men and that their discount rate is related to number of children. No...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005673632
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What’s love got to do with it ? An experimental test of household models in East Uganda.
Munro, Alistair; Kebede, Bereket; Iversen, Vegard; … - Department of Economics, Royal Holloway University of London - 2006
We test core theories of the household using variants of a public good game and experimental data from 240 couples in rural Uganda. Spouses do not maximise surplus from cooperation and realise a greater surplus when women are in charge. This violates assumptions of unitary and cooperative...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005652697