IZA Discussion Papers

revised version published in: International Tax and Public Finance, 2017, 24 (6), 1026-1049 - DOI: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10797-017-9474-z

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10606

Facing Yourself: A Note on Self-Image

Armin Falk

revised version available from the briq website

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10410

Trust the Police? Self-Selection of Motivated Agents into the German Police Force

Guido Friebel, Michael Kosfeld, Gerd Thielmann

published in: American Economic Journal: Microeconomics, 2019, 11 (4), 59-78

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10331

What's in a Name in a War

Štepán Jurajda, Dejan Kovač

Journal of Population Economics 2021, 34(1), 1-33

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10277

Spatial Segregation and Socio-Economic Mobility in European Cities

Maarten van Ham, Tiit Tammaru, Elise de Vuijst, Merle Zwiers

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10187

Efficiency-Morality Trade-Offs in Repugnant Transactions: A Choice Experiment

Julio Elias, Nicola Lacetera, Mario Macis

Revised version published as 'Paying for Kidneys? A Randomized Survey and Choice Experiment' in: American Economic Review (August 2019)

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10127

Charitable Donations by China's Private Enterprises

Björn Anders Gustafsson, Xiuna Yang, Gang Shuge, Dai Jianzhong

published in Economic Systems, 2017, 41 (3), 456 - 469

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9947

Image versus Information: Changing Societal Norms and Optimal Privacy

S. Nageeb Ali, Roland Benabou

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9886

Why Do Some Young Adults Not Graduate from Upper Secondary School? On the Importance of Signals of Labour Market Failure

Björn Anders Gustafsson, Katarina Katz, Torun Österberg

published in: Scandinavian Journal of Educational Research, 2017, 61 (6), 701 - 720

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9871

Intuitive Cooperation and Punishment in the Field

Luis Artavia-Mora, Arjun S. Bedi, Matthias Rieger

published in European Economic Review, 2017, 92, 133-145

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9861

The Formation of Prosociality: Causal Evidence on the Role of Social Environment

Fabian Kosse, Thomas Deckers, Hannah Schildberg-Hörisch, Armin Falk

published in: Journal of Political Economy, ahead of print January 02, 2020

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9842

The Effect of Kinship on Intergenerational Cooperation: A Lab Experiment with Three Generations

José Alberto Molina, Alfredo Ferrer, J. Ignacio Gimenez-Nadal, Carlos Gracia-Lazaro, Yamir Moreno, Angel Sanchez

published as 'Intergenerational cooperation within the household: a Public Good game with three generations' in: Review of Economics of the Household (First Online: 07 April 2018)

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9763

Immigrant Volunteering: A Way Out of Labour Market Discrimination?

Stijn Baert, Suncica Vujic

revised version published in: Economics Letters [Online Access]

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9703

Cooperation, Motivation and Social Balance

Steven J. Bosworth, Tania Singer, Dennis J. Snower

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9657

Gender Differences in Altruism: Responses to a Natural Disaster

Matthew Lilley, Robert Slonim

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9650

Market Design for Altruistic Supply: Evidence from the Lab

Robert Slonim, Carmen Wang

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9649

Does It Pay to Care? Prosocial Engagement and Employment Opportunities

Stijn Baert, Suncica Vujic

revised version published as 'Does it Pay to Care? Volunteering and Employment Opportunities' in: Journal of Population Economics [Online Access]

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9388

The Impact of Fine Size and Uncertainty on Punishment and Deterrence: Theory and Evidence from the Laboratory

Eberhard Feess, Hannah Schildberg-Hörisch, Markus Schramm, Ansgar Wohlschlegel

published in: Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 2018, 149, 58-73

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8977

How Does Socio-Economic Status Shape a Child's Personality?

Thomas Deckers, Armin Falk, Fabian Kosse, Hannah Schildberg-Hörisch

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8952

Incentives and the Design of Charitable Fundraisers: Lessons from a Field Experiment

Jeffrey P. Carpenter, Peter Hans Matthews

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8680

Defaults and Donations: Evidence from a Field Experiment

Steffen Altmann, Armin Falk, Paul Heidhues, Rajshri Jayaraman

substantially revised version published in: Review of Economics and Statistics, 2019, 101 (5), 808-826

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8496

Love Thy Neighbor: Religion and Prosocial Behavior

Guido Heineck

revised version published in: International Journal of Social Economics, 2017, 44(7), 869 - 883

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8491

Waiting To Give

Ashley Craig, Ellen Garbarino, Stephanie A. Heger, Robert Slonim

published as 'Wating to Give: Stated and Revealed Preferences' in: Management Science, 2017, 63 (11), 3672 - 3690

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8310

Using Cognitive Dissonance to Manipulate Social Preferences

Robert J. Oxoby, Alexander Smith

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8287

The Effect of Conflict History on Cooperation Within and Between Groups: Evidence from a Laboratory Experiment

Gonne Beekman, Stephen L. Cheung, Ian Levely

revised version published in: Journal of Economic Psychology, 2017, 63, 168-183

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8238

Are Public Sector Workers Different? Cross-European Evidence from Elderly Workers and Retirees

Mirco Tonin, Michael Vlassopoulos

published in: IZA Journal of Labor Economics, 4:11, 2015

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8171

Viral Altruism? Generosity and Social Contagion in Online Networks

Nicola Lacetera, Mario Macis, Angelo Mele

published as 'Viral Altruism? Charitable Giving and Social Contagion in Online Networks' in: Sociological Science, 2016 [open access]

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8020

Donations, Risk Attitudes and Time Preferences: A Study on Altruism in Primary School Children

Silvia Angerer, Daniela Glätzle-Rützler, Philipp Lergetporer, Matthias Sutter

published in: Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 2015, 115, 67-74

IZA Discussion Paper No. 7998

Rotten Spouses, Family Transfers and Public Goods

Helmuth Cremer, Kerstin Roeder

published in: Journal of Population Economics, 2017, 30, 141-161

IZA Discussion Paper No. 7995

Referral Incentives in Crowdfunding

Victor Naroditskiy, Sebastian Stein, Mirco Tonin, Long Tran-Thanh, Michael Vlassopoulos, Nicholas R. Jennings

published in: Proceedings of the Second AAAI Conference on Human Computation and Crowdsourcing, 2014, 171-183

IZA Discussion Paper No. 7697

Does It Pay to Work for Free? Wage Returns and Gender Differences in the Market for Volunteers

Guido Cozzi, Noemi Mantovan, Robert M. Sauer

published in: Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics, 2017, 79(6), 1018-1045

IZA Discussion Paper No. 7629

Directed Giving: Evidence from an Inter-Household Transfer Experiment

Catia Batista, Dan Silverman, Dean Yang

published in: Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 2015, 118, 2-21 [Lead Article]

IZA Discussion Paper No. 7516

Giving and Sorting among Friends: Evidence from a Lab-in-the-Field Experiment

Christine Binzel, Dietmar Fehr

published in: Economics Letters, 2013, 121(2), 214-217

IZA Discussion Paper No. 7449

Exploitation, Altruism, and Social Welfare: An Economic Exploration

Matthias Doepke

published in: Politics, Philosophy & Economics, 2013, 12(4), 375-391

IZA Discussion Paper No. 7445

The Price of Warm Glow

Andrew Lilley, Robert Slonim

published in: Journal of Public Economics, 2014, 114, 58-74

IZA Discussion Paper No. 7294

Sharing One's Fortune? An Experimental Study on Earned Income and Giving

Mirco Tonin, Michael Vlassopoulos

published in: Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics, 2017, 66, 112-118

IZA Discussion Paper No. 7014

Charitable Bequests and Wealth at Death

Tony Atkinson, Peter G. Backus, John Micklewright

published in: Economic Journal, 2017, 127 (605), F1-F23

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6814

Removing Financial Barriers to Organ and Bone Marrow Donation: The Effect of Leave and Tax Legislation in the U.S.

Nicola Lacetera, Mario Macis, Sarah S. Stith

published in: Journal of Health Economics, 2014, 33, 43-56

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6716

Social Incentives Matter: Evidence from an Online Real Effort Experiment

Mirco Tonin, Michael Vlassopoulos

substantially revised version published as 'Corporate Philanthropy and Productivity: Evidence from an Online Real Effort Experiment' in: Management Science, 2015, 61(8), 1795-1811

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6631

Remittances and Well-Being among Rural-to-Urban Migrants in China

Alpaslan Akay, Corrado Giulietti, Juan David Robalino, Klaus F. Zimmermann

revised version published in: Review of Economics of the Household, 2014, 12(3), 517-546 [Online Access]

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6467

Cultural Integration: Experimental Evidence of Changes in Immigrants' Preferences

Lisa A. Cameron, Nisvan Erkal, Lata Gangadharan, Marina Zhang

published in Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, March 2015, 111, 38-58.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6388

Experimental Evidence of Self-Image Concerns as Motivation for Giving

Mirco Tonin, Michael Vlassopoulos

published in: Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 2013, 90, 19-27

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6290

Laws and Norms

Roland Benabou, Jean Tirole

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6026

Effects of Parental Background on Other-Regarding Preferences in Children

Michal Bauer, Julie Chytilová, Barbara Pertold-Gebicka

revised version published as 'Parental Background and Other-regarding Preferences in Children' in: Experimental Economics, 2014, 17(1), 24-46

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5840

Preferences for Consistency

Armin Falk, Florian Zimmermann

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5721

Are Nurses More Altruistic than Real Estate Brokers?

Karin Jacobsen, Kari H. Eika, Leif Helland, Jo Thori Lind, Karine Nyborg

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5648

Altruism in Society: Evidence from a Natural Experiment Involving Commuters

Redzo Mujcic, Paul Frijters

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5592

Emotions, Sanctions and Cooperation

Mateus Joffily, David Masclet, Charles N. Noussair, Marie Claire Villeval

published in: Southern Economic Journal, 2014, 80(4), 1002-1027.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5461

An Experimental Investigation of Intrinsic Motivations for Giving

Mirco Tonin, Michael Vlassopoulos

published in: Theory and Decision, 2014, 76(1), 47-67

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5356

Directed Generosity and Network Formation: Network Dimension Matters

Ben D'Exelle, Arno Riedl

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5267

Matched Fundraising: Evidence from a Natural Field Experiment

Steffen Huck, Imran Rasul

published in: Journal of Public Economics, 2011, 95 (5-6), 351-362

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5090

Preferences for Redistribution and Pensions: What Can We Learn from Experiments?

Franziska Tausch, Jan Potters, Arno Riedl

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5016

Social Preferences in Childhood and Adolescence: A Large-Scale Experiment

Matthias Sutter, Francesco Feri, Martin G. Kocher, Peter Martinsson, Katarina Nordblom, Daniela Glätzle-Rützler

published in: Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 2018, 146, 16-30.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4625

Why Are Economics Students More Selfish than the Rest?

Yoram Bauman, Elaina Rose

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4599

You Can't Be Happier than Your Wife: Happiness Gaps and Divorce

Cahit Guven, Claudia Senik, Holger Stichnoth

published in: Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 2012, 82 (1), 110-130

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4570

Individual and Corporate Social Responsibility

Roland Benabou, Jean Tirole

published in Economica, 2010, 77 (305) , 1-19.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4567

Will There Be Blood? Incentives and Substitution Effects in Pro-social Behavior

Nicola Lacetera, Mario Macis, Robert Slonim

published in: American Economic Journal: Economic Policy, 2012, 4 (1), 186-223 as "Will There be Blood? Incentives and Displacement Effects in Pro-Social Behavior"

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4458

Do All Material Incentives for Prosocial Activities Backfire? The Response to Cash and Non-Cash Incentives for Blood Donations

Nicola Lacetera, Mario Macis

published in: Journal of Economic Psychology, 2010, 31 (4), 738-748

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4343

Caste and Punishment: The Legacy of Caste Culture in Norm Enforcement

Karla Hoff, Mayuresh Kshetramade, Ernst Fehr

published in: Economic Journal, 2011, 121 (556), 449-475

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4016

Volunteering and the State

Franz Hackl, Martin Halla, Gerald J. Pruckner

revised version published in: Public Choice,2012, 151 (3-4), 465 - 495

IZA Discussion Paper No. 3872

Charitable Giving for Overseas Development: UK Trends over a Quarter Century

Tony Atkinson, Peter G. Backus, John Micklewright, Cathy Pharoah, Sylke V. Schnepf

revised version published in: Journal of the Royal Statistical Society, Series A (Statistics in Society), 2012, 175 (1), 167-190

IZA Discussion Paper No. 3771

Social Image Concerns and Pro-Social Behavior

Nicola Lacetera, Mario Macis

published in: Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 2010, 76 (2), 225-237

IZA Discussion Paper No. 3770

Motivating Altruism: A Field Study

Nicola Lacetera, Mario Macis

published as 'Time for Blood: The Effect of Paid Leave Legislation on Altruistic Behavior' in: Journal of Law, Economics and Organization, 2013, 29(6), 1384-1420

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