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Children's cooperation and discrimination in a bilingual province
Lergetporer, Philipp; Angerer, Silvia; … - 2015
multitude of attributes like ethnicity, religion, gender, or language, the development of such behavior in children is still …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011301439
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Defaults and Donations: Evidence from a Field Experiment
Altmann, Steffen; Falk, Armin; Heidhues, Paul; … - 2015
We study how website defaults aff ect consumer behavior in the domain of charitable giving. In a field experiment that was conducted on a large platform for making charitable donations over the web, we exogenously vary the default options in two distinct choice dimensions. The first pertains to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011301694
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Matching donations without crowding out? Some theoretical considerations and a field experiment
Adena, Maja; Huck, Steffen - 2015
In this paper, we present evidence from a large-scale natural experiment in which different fundraising schemes are tested and compared: lead donor, standard linear matching (1:1), and an alternative matching scheme in which the matching amount goes to another project. The lead donor treatment,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011301805
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Subsidizing Quantity Donations: Matches, Rebates, and Discounts Compared
Diederich, Johannes; Eckel, Catherine C.; Epperson, Raphael - 2019
We present online-experimental evidence that challenges the generalizability of established results on subsidizing giving by considering a "quantity donation" scheme. We define this scheme as one in which donors choose how many units of a charitable good to fund, rather than the amount of money...
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On the relevance of income and behavioral factors for absolute and relative donations: A framed field experiment
Simixhiu, Amantia; Ziegler, Andreas - 2018
Based on data from a computer-based survey among more than 500 German respondents, this paper empirically examines the effect of actual equivalent income and estimated income position as well as behavioral factors on absolute and relative donations. Donations were measured in an incentivized...
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The double dividend of social information in charitable giving: Evidence from a framed field experiment
Feine, Gregor; Groh, Elke D.; von Loessl, Victor; … - 2021
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012623183
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Social Norms and Individual Climate Protection Activities: A Framed Field Experiment for Germany
Engler, Daniel; Ziegler, Andreas; Gutsche, Gunnar; … - 2023
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Timing of Kindness Evidence from a Field Experiment
Werner, Peter; Ockenfels, Axel; Sliwka, Dirk - 2014
We conduct a field experiment in a naturally occurring labor environment and track whether the performance of workers responds to unexpected wage increases. Specifically, we investigate how the timing of wage increases affects efforts. We find that workers performance is about 11% higher for the...
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Why Do Women Favor In-group Competition? Evidence From an Incentive Compatible Choice Experiment
Schmitt, Norma; Beblo, Miriam; Beninger, Denis; … - 2015
This paper identifies a woman's self-confidence to boost her competition willingness independently from the gender …, 442 of them female, with competition-free and competition-involving choice sets that ruled inter alia the gender … more eager to engage in same-gender than in mixed-gender competition. However, if a woman is revealed to be self …
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Equality of the Sexes and Gender Differences in Competition: Evidence from Three Traditional Societies
Schwieren, Christiane; Klonner, Stefan; Pal, Sumantra - 2020
Can gender-balanced social norms mitigate the gender differences in competitiveness that are observed in traditional … previously been studied. We find that, unlike in the patriarchic society, there is no significant gender difference in the … inclination to compete in the gender-balanced society. We also find that women's decisions in our experiment are optimal more …
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