Digits in statistical data produced by natural or social processes are often distributed in a manner described by 'Benford's law'. Recently, a test against this distribution was used to identify fraudulent accounting data. This test is based on the supposition that first, second, third, and...

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This article analyzes income differences between women and men in Switzerland. Using data from the Swiss Labour Force Survey of 1991, income functions are estimated on the basis of human capital theory. The sample selection bias is taken into account by the Heckman correction. It is asked for...

Digits in statistical data produced by natural or social processes are often distributed in a manner described by “Benford’s law”. Recently, a test against this distribution was used to identify fraudulent accounting data. This test is based on the supposition that real data follow the...

"Der Artikel befaßt sich mit einer empirischen Untersuchung der Einkommensunterschiede zwischen Männern und Frauen sowie zwischen Deutschen und Ausländern in der Bundesrepublik Deutschland. Anhand der Daten des Mikrozensus 1985 werden humankapitaltheoretisch fundierte Einkommensfunktionen...

In the intertemporal common-pool resource game, non-cooperative behavior produces externalities reducing subjects' payoffs in both the present and the future. In this paper, we investigate through two experiments whether binding contracts, non-binding promises and social feedback help to promote...

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