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263 IZA Discussion Papers
IZA Discussion Paper No. 4521
Peers, Neighborhoods and Immigrant Student Achievement: Evidence from a Placement Policy
Olof Aslund, Per-Anders Edin, Peter Fredriksson, Hans Grönqvist
published in: American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, 2011, 3 (2), 67-95
IZA Discussion Paper No. 4414
Who Compares to Whom? The Anatomy of Income Comparisons in Europe
Andrew E. Clark, Claudia Senik
published in: Economic Journal, 2010, 120 (544), 573-594
IZA Discussion Paper No. 4412
Identities, Conflicting Behavioural Norms and the Importance of Job Attributes
Giovanni Russo, Edwin van Hooft
published in: Journal of Economic Psychology, 2011, 32 (1), 103-119
IZA Discussion Paper No. 4390
Life Satisfaction and Relative Income: Perceptions and Evidence
Guy Mayraz, Gert G. Wagner, Jürgen Schupp
IZA Discussion Paper No. 4365
Growing Up in a Recession: Beliefs and the Macroeconomy
Paola Giuliano, Antonio Spilimbergo
published in: Review of Economic Studies, 2014, 81 (2), 787-817 (Note: Article has been retracted by the authors because the original findings cannot be replicated, likely as a result of an inadvertent coding error)
IZA Discussion Paper No. 4303
Enforcement of Contribution Norms in Public Good Games with Heterogeneous Populations
Ernesto Reuben, Arno Riedl
published in: Games and Economic Behavior, 2013, 77 (1), 122-137
IZA Discussion Paper No. 4175
Migrants at School: Educational Inequality and Social Interaction in the UK and Germany
Horst Entorf, Eirini Tatsi
IZA Discussion Paper No. 4165
An Empirical Analysis of the Dynamics of the Welfare State: The Case of Benefit Morale
Martin Halla, Mario Lackner, Friedrich Schneider
revised version published in: Kyklos, 2010, 63 (1), 55-74
IZA Discussion Paper No. 4150
Family Ties and Political Participation
Alberto Alesina, Paola Giuliano
published in: Journal of the European Economic Association, 2011, 9 (5), 817-839
IZA Discussion Paper No. 4087
Measuring Trust: Experiments and Surveys in Contrast and Combination
Michael Naef, Jürgen Schupp
IZA Discussion Paper No. 3988
Why Praise Inequality? Public Good Provision, Income Distribution and Social Welfare
Indraneel Dasgupta
IZA Discussion Paper No. 3931
Cross-Nativity Marriages and Human Capital Levels of Children
Delia Furtado
published in: Research in Labor Economics, 2009, 29, 273 - 296
IZA Discussion Paper No. 3603
The Impact of Social Capital on Crime: Evidence from the Netherlands
I. Semih Akçomak, Bas ter Weel
published in: Regional Science and Urban Economics, 2012, 42 (4), 323-340
IZA Discussion Paper No. 3341
Social Capital, Innovation and Growth: Evidence from Europe
I. Semih Akçomak, Bas ter Weel
published in: European Economic Review, 2009, 53 (5), 544-567
IZA Discussion Paper No. 3319
Segregation, Entrepreneurship and Work Values: The Case of France
Claudia Senik, Thierry Verdier
published in: Journal of Population Economics, 2011, 24 (4), 1207-1234
IZA Discussion Paper No. 3317
Should Egalitarians Expropriate Philanthropists?
Indraneel Dasgupta, Ravi Kanbur
published as "Does Philanthropy Reduce Inequality?" in: Journal of Economic Inequality, 2011, 9 (1), 1-21
IZA Discussion Paper No. 3287
The Big Carrot: High Stake Incentives Revisited
Pablo Brañas-Garza, Teresa García-Muñoz, Shoshana Neuman
published in: Behavioral Decision Making, 2010, 23, 288-313
IZA Discussion Paper No. 3277
Residential Peer Effects in Higher Education: Does the Field of Study Matter?
Giorgio Brunello, Maria De Paola, Vincenzo Scoppa
published in: Economic Inquiry, 2010, 48(3), 621-634
IZA Discussion Paper No. 3195
Direct Evidence on Income Comparisons and their Welfare Effects
Claudia Senik
published in: Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 2009, 72 (1), 408-424
IZA Discussion Paper No. 3172
Acculturation Identity and Educational Attainment
Lena Nekby, Magnus Rödin, Gülay Özcan
updated version published as 'Acculturation Identity and Higher Education. Is There a Trade-off Between Ethnic Identity and Education? in: International Migration Review, 2009, 43 (4), 938 - 973
IZA Discussion Paper No. 3153
Social Deprivation and Exclusion of Immigrants in Germany
John de New, Mathias Sinning
published in: Review of Income and Wealth, 2010, 56 (4), 715-733
IZA Discussion Paper No. 3034
Labor Supply with Social Interactions: Econometric Estimates and Their Tax Policy Implications
Andrew Grodner, Thomas J. Kniesner
published in: Research in Labor Economics, 2008, 28, 1-23
IZA Discussion Paper No. 2916
Public Goods Provision and Sanctioning in Privileged Groups
Ernesto Reuben, Arno Riedl
published in: Journal of Conflict Resolution, 2009, 53 (1), 72-93
IZA Discussion Paper No. 2826
Acculturation Identity and Labor Market Outcomes
Lena Nekby, Magnus Rödin
revised version version published as 'Acculturation Identity and Employment among Second and Middle Generation Immigrants' in: Journal of Economic Psycology, 2010, 31(1), 35-50
IZA Discussion Paper No. 2750
The Power of the Family
Alberto Alesina, Paola Giuliano
published in: Journal of Economic Growth, 2010, 15 (2), 93-125
IZA Discussion Paper No. 2652
Identification of Peer Effects through Social Networks
Yann Bramoullé, Habiba Djebbari, Bernard Fortin
revised version published in: Journal of Econometrics, 2009, 150 (1), 41-55
IZA Discussion Paper No. 2583
Identity, Dignity and Taboos: Beliefs as Assets
Roland Benabou, Jean Tirole
IZA Discussion Paper No. 2380
The Intergenerational Transmission of Risk and Trust Attitudes
Thomas Dohmen, Armin Falk, David B. Huffman, Uwe Sunde
published in: Review of Economic Studies, 2012, 79 (2), 645-677
IZA Discussion Paper No. 2346
Unemployment, Social Capital, and Subjective Well-Being
Rainer Winkelmann
published in: Journal of Happiness Studies, 2009, 10 (4), 421-430
IZA Discussion Paper No. 2312
The Social Contract with Endogenous Sentiments
Matteo Cervellati, Joan Esteban, Laurence Kranich
revised version published in: Journal of Public Economics, 2010, 95 (9-10), 612-627
IZA Discussion Paper No. 2272
Why Does Ethnic Diversity Undermine Public Goods Provision? An Experimental Approach
James P. Habyarimana, Macartan Humphreys, Daniel N. Posner, Jeremy Weinstein
published as 'Why Does Ethnic Diversity Undermine Public Goods Provision?' in: American Political Science Review, 2007, 101 (4), 709 - 725
IZA Discussion Paper No. 2237
Is Man Doomed to Progress?
Claudia Senik
published in: Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 2008, 68 (1), 140-152
IZA Discussion Paper No. 2216
People's Trust: The Design of a Survey-based Experiment
John Ermisch, Diego Gambetta
IZA Discussion Paper No. 2212
The Economic Determinants of Ethnic Assimilation
Carmel U. Chiswick
published in: Journal of Population Economics, 2009, 22 (4), 859 - 880
IZA Discussion Paper No. 2209
Friendship Ties and Geographical Mobility: Evidence from the BHPS
Michèle Belot, John Ermisch
published in: Journal of the Royal Statistical Society. Series A (Statistics in Society), 2009, 172 (2), 427-442
IZA Discussion Paper No. 2154
Does Democracy Foster Trust?
Helmut Rainer, Thomas Siedler
published in: Journal of Comparative Economics, 2009, 37 (2), 251-269
IZA Discussion Paper No. 2106
Mutual Monitoring in Teams: Theory and Experimental Evidence on the Importance of Reciprocity
Jeffrey P. Carpenter, Samuel Bowles, Herbert Gintis
published in: Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 2009, 71(2), 221-232
IZA Discussion Paper No. 2089
Keeping in Touch: A Benefit of Public Holidays
Joachim Merz, Lars Osberg
IZA Discussion Paper No. 2042
Living Arrangements in Western Europe: Does Cultural Origin Matter?
Paola Giuliano
published in: Journal of the European Economic Association, 2007, 5 (5), 927-952
IZA Discussion Paper No. 2013
Performance Pay and the Erosion of Worker Cooperation: Field Experimental Evidence
Stephen V. Burks, Jeffrey P. Carpenter, Lorenz Götte
revised version published in: Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 2009, 70 (3), 458-469
IZA Discussion Paper No. 1940
Social Networks in the Boardroom
Francis Kramarz, David Thesmar
published in: Journal of the European Economic Association, 2013, 11(4), 780-807
IZA Discussion Paper No. 1905
Do Professionals Choke Under Pressure?
Thomas Dohmen
revised version published in: Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 2008, 65, 636-653
IZA Discussion Paper No. 1697
Do Social Preferences Increase Productivity? Field Experimental Evidence from Fishermen in Toyama Bay
Jeffrey P. Carpenter, Erika Seki
IZA Discussion Paper No. 1695
Incentives and Prosocial Behavior
Roland Benabou, Jean Tirole
published in: American Economic Review, 2006, 96 (5), 1652-1678
IZA Discussion Paper No. 1691
Competitive Work Environments and Social Preferences: Field Experimental Evidence from a Japanese Fishing Community
Jeffrey P. Carpenter, Erika Seki
published in: B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis and Policy: Contributions to Economic Analysis and Policy, 2006, 5 (2), Article 2
IZA Discussion Paper No. 1683
The Roots of Low European Employment: Family Culture?
Yann Algan, Pierre Cahuc
published in: J. Frenkel and C. Pissarides (eds.), NBER Macroeconomic Annual, MIT Press: 2007
IZA Discussion Paper No. 1643
Optimal Incentive Contracts under Inequity Aversion
Florian Englmaier, Achim Wambach
published in: Games and Economic Behavior, 2010, 69 (2), 312-328
IZA Discussion Paper No. 1584
Differences in Desired and Actual Fertility: An Economic Analysis of the Spanish Case
Alicia Adsera
published in: Review of Economics of the Household, 2006, 4 (1), 75-95
IZA Discussion Paper No. 1573
"It Wasn't Me, It Was Them!" - Social Influence in Risky Behavior by Adolescents
Andrew E. Clark, Youenn Lohéac
published in: Journal of Health Economics, 2007, 26 (4), 763-784
IZA Discussion Paper No. 1359
Tax Evasion and Social Interactions
Bernard Fortin, Guy Lacroix, Marie Claire Villeval
revised version published in: Journal of Public Economics, 2007, 91 (11-12), 2089-2112.
IZA Discussion Paper No. 1352
Fairness and Freight-Handlers: Local Labor-Market Conditions and Wage-Fairness Perceptions in a Trucking Firm
Eric Verhoogen, Stephen V. Burks, Jeffrey P. Carpenter
revised version published in: Industrial and Labor Relations Review, 2007, 60 (4), 477-498
IZA Discussion Paper No. 1347
Social Reciprocity
Jeffrey P. Carpenter, Peter Hans Matthews
IZA Discussion Paper No. 1341
Comparing Students to Workers: The Effects of Social Framing on Behavior in Distribution Games
Jeffrey P. Carpenter, Stephen V. Burks, Eric Verhoogen
published in: J. Carpenter, G. Harrison, and J. List (eds.), Field Experiments in Economics (Research in Experimental Economics, 10), 2005, 261 - 289
IZA Discussion Paper No. 1282
Do Workers Really Benefit From Their Social Networks?
Francois Fontaine
published in: Recherches Économique de Louvain / Louvan Economic Reivew, 2008, 74 (1), 5-31
IZA Discussion Paper No. 1215
Social Networks and Labor Market Transitions
Yann Bramoullé, Gilles Saint-Paul
published in: Labour Economics, 2010, 17 (1), 188-195
IZA Discussion Paper No. 1202
Approval of Equal Rights and Gender Differences in Well-Being
Rafael Lalive, Alois Stutzer
published in: Journal of Population Economics, 2010, 23 (3), 933-962
IZA Discussion Paper No. 1152
Choosing the Joneses: Endogenous Goals and Reference Standards
Armin Falk, Markus Knell
published in: Scandinavian Journal of Economics, 2004, 106 (3), 417-435
IZA Discussion Paper No. 1145
On Representative Social Capital
Charles Bellemare, Sabine Kröger
published in: European Economic Review, 2007, 51 (1), 183-202
IZA Discussion Paper No. 1045
Is Volunteering Rewarding in Itself?
Stephan Meier, Alois Stutzer
published in: Economica, 2008, 75 (297), 39-59
IZA Discussion Paper No. 1027
Labor Mobility, Trade and Social Capital
Maurice Schiff
published in: Review of International Economics, 2004, 12 (4), 630-642
IZA Discussion Paper No. 1021
PISA Results: What a Difference Immigration Law Makes
Horst Entorf, Nicoleta Minoiu
published in: German Economic Review, 2005, 6(3), 355-376
IZA Discussion Paper No. 777
It's all about Connections: Evidence on Network Formation
Armin Falk, Michael Kosfeld
published in: Review of Network Economics: 2012, 11 (3), Article 2
IZA Discussion Paper No. 742
Building a Better Theory of Well-Being
Richard A. Easterlin
published in: Luigino Bruni and Pierluigi Porta (eds.), Economics and Happiness: Framing the Analysis, Oxford University Press, 2006
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