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Volunteering to take on power : experimental evidence from matrilineal and patriarchal societies in India
Banerjee, Debosree; Ibanez, Marcela; Riener, Gerhard; … - 2015
Gender equity in the creation and enforcement of social norms is important not only as a normative principle but it can … whether this form of segregation is due to inherent gender differences in the willingness to volunteer for take on positions … that segregation in coercive roles is due to conformity with pre-assigned gender roles in both cultures. We find that women …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011390561
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Volunteering to take on power : experimental evidence from matrilineal and patriarchal societies in India
Banerjee, Debosree; Ibañez, Marcela; Riener, Gerhard; … - 2015
Gender equity in the creation and enforcement of social norms is important not only as a normative principle but it can … whether this form of segregation is due to gender differences in the willingness to volunteer for take on positions of power … segregation in coercive roles is due to conformity with pre-assigned gender roles in both cultures. We find that women in the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011386817
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The effects of punishment in dynamic public-good games
Rockenbach, Bettina; Wolff, Irenaeus - 2017 - Preliminary draft, this version: 30th Jan, 2017
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011730563
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Behavioural responses to unfair institutions : experimental evidence on rule compliance, norm polarisation, and trust
Columbus, Simon; Feld, Lars P.; Kasper, Matthias; … - 2023
This study investigates the effects of unfair enforcement of institutional rules on public good contributions, personal and social norms, and trust. In a preregistered online experiment (n = 1,038), we find that biased institutions reduce rule compliance compared to fair institutions. However,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014321962
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Behavioural responses to unfair institutions : experimental evidence on rule compliance, norm polarisation, and trust
Columbus, Simon; Feld, Lars P.; Kasper, Matthias; … - 2023
This study investigates the effects of unfair enforcement of institutional rules on public good contributions, personal and social norms, and trust. In a preregistered online experiment (n = 1,038), we find that biased institutions reduce rule compliance compared to fair institutions. However,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014319160
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On the social appropriateness of discrimination
Barr, Abigail; Lane, Tom; Nosenzo, Daniele - 2015
Understanding what motivates discrimination is of importance to economists and social scientists in general. In this paper, the authors address whether the taste to discriminate against outsiders is related to social norms. Recent studies have shown various different types of economic behaviour...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011434327
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On the social inappropriateness of discrimination
Barr, Abigail; Lane, Tom; Nosenzo, Daniele - 2017 - This is a revised version of 2015-25
We experimentally investigate the relationship between discriminatory behaviour and the perceived social inappropriateness of discrimination. We test the framework of Akerlof and Kranton (2000, 2005), which suggests discrimination will be stronger when social norms favour it. Our results support...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011691181
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Gender gap in public good preferences in Africa : do gender norms matter?
Ndiaye, Oulimata - 2019
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012244496
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The importance of emotions for the effectiveness of social punishment
Hopfensitz, Astrid; Reuben, Ernesto - 2006
This paper experimentally explores how the enforcement of cooperative behavior in a social dilemma is facilitated through institutional as well as emotional mechanisms. Recent studies emphasize the importance of negatively valued emotions, such as anger, which motivate individuals to punish free...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011346451
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Improving voluntary public good provision by a non-governmental, endogenous matching mechanism : experimental evidence
Reif, Christiane; Rübbelke, Dirk T. G.; Löschel, Andreas - 2014
Social norms can help to foster cooperation and to overcome the free-rider problem in private provision of public goods. This paper focuses on the enforcement of social norms by a self-introduced punishment and reward scheme. We analyse if subjects achieve to implement a norm-enforcement...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010416242