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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 …
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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
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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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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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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...
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Experimental investigations on fairness and social norms in allocation settings
Schmidt, Robert J. - 2020
in the projects represent allocation settings, where some active individuals decide about how resources are allocated …
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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...
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Gender gap in public good preferences in Africa : do gender norms matter?
Ndiaye, Oulimata - 2019
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Essays on moral norms, legal unbundling and franchise systems
Kranz, Sebastian - 2008
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Enforcement of contribution norms in public good games with heterogeneous populations
Reuben, Ernesto; Riedl, Arno - 2009
Economic and social interaction takes place between individuals with heterogeneous characteristics. We investigate experimentally the emergence and informal enforcement of different contribution norms to a public good in homogeneous and different heterogeneous groups. When punishment is not...
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