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889 IZA Discussion Papers
IZA Discussion Paper No. 12543
Instruction Time, Information, and Student Achievement: Evidence from a Field Experiment
Simon Calmar Andersen, Thorbjørn Sejr Guul, Maria Knoth Humlum
IZA Discussion Paper No. 12540
The Role of Leaders in Inducing and Maintaining Cooperation: The CC Strategy
Michael Kosfeld
forthcoming in: The Leadership Quarterly
IZA Discussion Paper No. 12537
The Asymmetry of Population Ethics: Experimental Social Choice and Dual-Process Moral Reasoning
Dean Spears
forthcoming in: Economics and Philosophy, 2019
IZA Discussion Paper No. 12537
The Asymmetry of Population Ethics: Experimental Social Choice and Dual-Process Moral Reasoning
Dean Spears
forthcoming in: Economics and Philosophy, 2019
IZA Discussion Paper No. 12514
The Effects of Access to Credit on Productivity: Separating Technological Changes from Changes in Technical Efficiency
Nusrat Abedin Jimi, Plamen Nikolov, Mohammad Abdul Malek, Subal C. Kumbhakar
published in: Journal of Productivity Analysis, 2019, 52 (1-3), 37-55
IZA Discussion Paper No. 12513
Decisions on Extending Group Membership: Evidence from a Public Good Experiment
Christian Grund, Christine Harbring, Kirsten Thommes, Katja Rebecca Tilkes
publiched in: Games, 2020, 11, 61; doi:10.3390/g11040061
IZA Discussion Paper No. 12508
One Step at a Time: Does Gradualism Build Coordination?
Maoliang Ye, Jie Zheng, Plamen Nikolov, Samuel Asher
published in: Management Science, 2019, 66 (1), 113-129.
IZA Discussion Paper No. 12477
Buying Supermajorities in the Lab
Sebastian Fehrler, Maik T. Schneider
forthcoming in: Games and Economic Behavior
IZA Discussion Paper No. 12454
Does Stimulating Physical Activity Affect School Performance?
Bart H.H. Golsteyn, Maria W. J. Jansen, Dave H. H. Van Kann, Annelore Verhagen
IZA Discussion Paper No. 12450
Using Survey Questions to Measure Preferences: Lessons from an Experimental Validation in Kenya
Michal Bauer, Julie Chytilová, Edward Miguel
revised version forthcoming in: European Economic Review
IZA Discussion Paper No. 12447
Training, Soft Skills and Productivity: Evidence from a Field Experiment
Maria Prada, Graciana Rucci, Sergio Urzua
IZA Discussion Paper No. 12446
Talking about Performance or Paying for it? Evidence from a Field Experiment
Kathrin Manthei, Dirk Sliwka, Timo Vogelsang
IZA Discussion Paper No. 12395
Do Measures of Risk Attitude in the Laboratory Predict Behavior under Risk in and outside of the Laboratory?
Gary Charness, Thomas Garcia, Theo Offerman, Marie Claire Villeval
revised version published in: Journal of Risk and Uncertainty, 60, 99-123, 2020
IZA Discussion Paper No. 12348
How Uncertainty and Ambiguity in Tournaments Affect Gender Differences in Competitive Behavior
Loukas Balafoutas, Matthias Sutter
published in: European Economic Review, 2019, 118, 1-13.
IZA Discussion Paper No. 12347
An Experimental Study on the Effects of Communication, Credibility, and Clustering in Network Games
Gary Charness, Francesco Feri, Miguel A. Meléndez-Jiménez, Matthias Sutter
IZA Discussion Paper No. 12342
Anti-Elite Politics and Emotional Reactions to Socio-Economic Problems. Experimental Evidence on 'Pocketbook Anger' from France, Germany, and the United States
Paul Marx
forthcoming in: British Journal of Sociology
IZA Discussion Paper No. 12330
The Economic Preferences of Cooperative Managers
Guillermo Alves, Pablo Blanchard, Gabriel Burdin, Mariana Chávez, Andres Dean
IZA Discussion Paper No. 12308
Discrimination in Hiring Based on Potential and Realized Fertility: Evidence from a Large-Scale Field Experiment
Sascha O. Becker, Ana Fernandes, Doris Weichselbaumer
published in: Labour Economics, 2019, 59, 139–152
IZA Discussion Paper No. 12268
Asset Integration, Risk Taking and Loss Aversion in the Laboratory
William G. Morrison, Robert J. Oxoby
IZA Discussion Paper No. 12267
Helping under a Combination of Team and Tournament Incentives
Anastasia Danilov, Bernd Irlenbusch, Christine Harbring
published in: in: Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization 2019, 162, 120-135
IZA Discussion Paper No. 12253
Advanced Counter-Biasing
Jeffrey P. Carpenter, Kevin Benscheidt
IZA Discussion Paper No. 12249
Do Party Positions Affect the Public's Policy Preferences?
Elisabeth Grewenig, Philipp Lergetporer, Katharina Werner, Ludger Woessmann
IZA Discussion Paper No. 12230
Baby Bonuses and Early-Life Health Outcomes: Using Regression Discontinuity to Evaluate the Causal Impact of an Unconditional Cash Transfer
John Lynch, Aurélie Meunier, Rhiannon Pilkington, Stefanie Schurer
IZA Discussion Paper No. 12229
Refugees Welcome? Understanding the Regional Heterogeneity of Anti-Foreigner Hate Crimes in Germany
Horst Entorf, Martin Lange
IZA Discussion Paper No. 12217
Incentives, Search Engines, and the Elicitation of Subjective Beliefs: Evidence from Representative Online Survey Experiments
Elisabeth Grewenig, Philipp Lergetporer, Katharina Werner, Ludger Woessmann
forthcoming in: Journal of Econometrics
IZA Discussion Paper No. 12205
Breaking Ties: Regression Discontinuity Design Meets Market Design
Atila Abdulkadiroglu, Joshua Angrist, Yusuke Narita, Parag A. Pathak
IZA Discussion Paper No. 12193
Promoting Breast Cancer Screening Take-Ups with Zero Cost: Evidence from an Experiment on Formatting Invitation Letters in Italy
Marco Bertoni, Luca Corazzini, Silvana Robone
IZA Discussion Paper No. 12184
Credence Goods Markets and the Informational Value of New Media: A Natural Field Experiment
Rudolf Kerschbamer, Daniel Neururer, Matthias Sutter
IZA Discussion Paper No. 12183
Student Internships and Employment Opportunities after Graduation: A Field Experiment
Stijn Baert, Brecht Neyt, Thomas Siedler, Ilse Tobback, Dieter Verhaest
IZA Discussion Paper No. 12180
To What Do People Contribute? Ongoing Operations vs. Sustainable Supplies
Yuval Arbel, Ronen Bar-El, Mordechai E. Schwarz, Yossef Tobol
IZA Discussion Paper No. 12175
The Political Economy of Higher Education Finance: How Information and Design Affect Public Preferences for Tuition
Philipp Lergetporer, Ludger Woessmann
IZA Discussion Paper No. 12173
Human Capital Investment under Exit Options: Evidence from a Natural Quasi-Experiment
Satish Chand, Michael A. Clemens
submitted
IZA Discussion Paper No. 12140
A Field Experiment on Labor Market Speeddates for Unemployed Workers
Bas van der Klaauw, Lennart Ziegler
IZA Discussion Paper No. 12131
Employment Discrimination against Indigenous Peoples in the United States: Evidence from a Field Experiment
Patrick Button, Brigham Walker
IZA Discussion Paper No. 12121
What Aspects of Formality Do Workers Value? Evidence from a Choice Experiment in Bangladesh
Minhaj Mahmud, Italo A. Gutierrez, Krishna B. Kumar, Shanthi Nataraj
IZA Discussion Paper No. 12120
Unethical Behavior and Group Identity in Contests
Julien Benistant, Marie Claire Villeval
revised version published in: Journal of Economic Psychology, 2019, 72, 128-155
IZA Discussion Paper No. 12086
The Effects of Status Mobility and Group Identity on Trust
Rémi Suchon, Marie Claire Villeval
revised version published in: Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 2019, 163, 430-463
IZA Discussion Paper No. 12064
Employer and Employee Preferences for Worker Benefits: Evidence from a Matched Survey on the Bangladesh Informal Sector
Krishna B. Kumar, Minhaj Mahmud, Shanthi Nataraj, Yoon Y. Cho
IZA Discussion Paper No. 12058
Motivated Memory in Dictator Games
Charlotte Saucet, Marie Claire Villeval
revised version published in: Games and Economic Behavior, 2019, 117, 250-275
IZA Discussion Paper No. 12023
Does Paternity Leave Reduce Fertility?
Lídia Farré, Libertad Gonzalez
IZA Discussion Paper No. 11985
Who's Minding the Kids? Experimental Evidence on the Demand for Child Care Quality
James Gordon, Chris M. Herbst, Erdal Tekin
IZA Discussion Paper No. 11983
The Income Elasticity of Child Labour: Do Cash Transfers Have an Impact on the Poorest Children?
Luca Pellerano, Eleonora Porreca, Furio C. Rosati
IZA Discussion Paper No. 11971
Work Hard or Play Hard? Degree Class, Student Leadership and Employment Opportunities
Stijn Baert, Dieter Verhaest
IZA Discussion Paper No. 11970
Effects of Timing and Reference Frame of Feedback: Evidence from a Field Experiment
Mira Fischer, Valentin Wagner
IZA Discussion Paper No. 11956
Embezzlement and Guilt Aversion
Giuseppe Attanasi, Claire Rimbaud, Marie Claire Villeval
revised version published in: Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 167, 409-429
IZA Discussion Paper No. 11955
Civicness Drain
Marco Casari, Andrea Ichino, Moti Michaeli, Maria De Paola, Ginevra Marandola, Vincenzo Scoppa
IZA Discussion Paper No. 11949
Are Economic Preferences Shaped by the Family Context? The Impact of Birth Order and Siblings' Sex Composition on Economic Preferences
Lena Detlefsen, Andreas Friedl, Katharina Lima de Miranda, Ulrich Schmidt, Matthias Sutter
IZA Discussion Paper No. 11947
Economic Behavior of Children and Adolescents - A First Survey of Experimental Economics Results
Matthias Sutter, Claudia Zoller, Daniela Glätzle-Rützler
published in: European Economic Review, 2019, 111, 98-121
IZA Discussion Paper No. 11946
Behavioral Economic Phenomena in Decision-Making for Others
John Ifcher, Homa Zarghamee
IZA Discussion Paper No. 11920
High-Powered Performance Pay and Crowding out of Non-Monetary Motives
David B. Huffman, Michael L. Bognanno
published in: Management Science, 2018, 64 (10), 4669-4680.
IZA Discussion Paper No. 11861
Teamwork, Leadership and Gender
Maria De Paola, Francesca Gioia, Vincenzo Scoppa
IZA Discussion Paper No. 11859
Performance Pay and Prior Learning: Evidence from a Retail Chain
Kathrin Manthei, Dirk Sliwka, Timo Vogelsang
IZA Discussion Paper No. 11814
How Wage Announcements Affect Job Search: A Field Experiment
Michèle Belot, Philipp Kircher, Paul Muller
IZA Discussion Paper No. 11798
A Method to Estimate Mean Lying Rates and Their Full Distribution
Ellen Garbarino, Robert Slonim, Marie Claire Villeval
revised version published in: Journal of the Economic Science Association, 2018, 4 (2), 136-150.
IZA Discussion Paper No. 11797
Quasi-Experimental Methods in Environmental Economics: Opportunities and Challenges
Olivier Deschenes, Kyle C. Meng
IZA Discussion Paper No. 11789
Prosocial Managers, Employee Motivation, and the Creation of Shareholder Value
Agne Kajackaite, Dirk Sliwka
IZA Discussion Paper No. 11763
Relative Income and Happiness: An Experiment
John Ifcher, Homa Zarghamee, Daniel Houser, Lina Diaz
IZA Discussion Paper No. 11760
The Shape of Warm Glow: Field Experimental Evidence from a Fundraiser
Jeffrey P. Carpenter
IZA Discussion Paper No. 11730
Educational Inequality and Public Policy Preferences: Evidence from Representative Survey Experiments
Philipp Lergetporer, Katharina Werner, Ludger Woessmann
published in: Journal of Public Economics, 2020, 188, 104226
IZA Discussion Paper No. 11666
Caseworker's Discretion and the Effectiveness of Welfare-to-Work Programs
Jonneke Bolhaar, Nadine Ketel, Bas van der Klaauw
published in: Journal of Public Economics, 2020, 183, 104080
IZA Discussion Paper No. 11641
Risky Choices and Solidarity: Why Experimental Design Matters
Conny Wunsch, Renate Strobl
IZA Discussion Paper No. 11620
Pension Reform: Disentangling Retirement and Savings Responses
Maarten Lindeboom, Raymond Montizaan
forthcoming in: Journal of Public Economics
IZA Discussion Paper No. 11611
Immigration, Housing Rents, and Residential Segregation: Evidence from Syrian Refugees in Turkey
Binnur Balkan, Elif Ozcan Tok, Huzeyfe Torun, Semih Tumen
IZA Discussion Paper No. 11599
Nudging Businesses to Pay Their Taxes: Does Timing Matter?
Christian Gillitzer, Mathias Sinning
published in: Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 2020, 169, 284-300
IZA Discussion Paper No. 11592
Using Ethical Dilemmas to Predict Antisocial Choices with Real Payoff Consequences: An Experimental Study
David L. Dickinson, David Masclet
revised version published in: Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 2019, 166, 195-215. (10.1016/j.jebo.2019.08.023)
IZA Discussion Paper No. 11581
Multitasking and Subjective Performance Evaluations: Theory and Evidence from a Field Experiment in a Bank
Kathrin Manthei, Dirk Sliwka
forthcoming in: Management Science, 2019
IZA Discussion Paper No. 11580
The Timing of Discretionary Bonuses: Effort, Signals, and Reciprocity
Luke Boosey, Sebastian J. Goerg
published in: Games and Economic Behavior, 2020, 124, 254-280.
IZA Discussion Paper No. 11564
Looking at the Bright Side: The Motivation Value of Overconfidence
Si Chen, Hannah Schildberg-Hörisch
forthcoming in: European Economic Review, 2019
IZA Discussion Paper No. 11563
Mind, Body, Bubble! Psychological and Biophysical Dimensions of Behavior in Experimental Asset Markets
David Butler, Stephen L. Cheung
published in: Gigi Foster (ed), Biophysical Measurement in Experimental Social Science Research, Academic Press, 2019
IZA Discussion Paper No. 11505
Sales Performance and Social Preferences
Andrea Essl, Frauke von Bieberstein, Michael Kosfeld, Markus Kröll
IZA Discussion Paper No. 11460
Help, Prejudice and Headscarves
Luis Artavia-Mora, Arjun S. Bedi, Matthias Rieger
IZA Discussion Paper No. 11459
Evaluating Trust and Trustworthiness in Social Groups and Networks
Niall O'Higgins, Clelia Mazzoni, Patrizia Sbriglia
IZA Discussion Paper No. 11453
Does Ignorance of Economic Returns and Costs Explain the Educational Aspiration Gap? Evidence from Representative Survey Experiments
Philipp Lergetporer, Katharina Werner, Ludger Woessmann
IZA Discussion Paper No. 11411
Measuring Costly Effort Using the Slider Task
David Gill, Victoria L. Prowse
published in: ​Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Finance, 2019, 21, 1-9
IZA Discussion Paper No. 11411
Measuring Costly Effort Using the Slider Task
David Gill, Victoria L. Prowse
published in: ​Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Finance, 2019, 21, 1-9
IZA Discussion Paper No. 11393
Police Patrols and Crime
Jordi Blanes i Vidal, Giovanni Mastrobuoni
IZA Discussion Paper No. 11383
Duration of Parental Leave and Women's Employment
Jungho Kim
IZA Discussion Paper No. 11366
Pay-What-You-Want to Support Independent Information: A Field Experiment on Motivation
Alessandra Casarico, Mirco Tonin
IZA Discussion Paper No. 11365
The Impact of Self-Selection on Performance
Lukas Kiessling, Jonas Radbruch, Sebastian Schaube
IZA Discussion Paper No. 11364
Does Decentralization of Decisions Increase the Stability of Large Groups?
Tjaša Bjedov, Simon Lapointe, Thierry Madies, Marie Claire Villeval
revised version published in: Social Choice and Welfare, 2018, 51 (4), 681-716
IZA Discussion Paper No. 11363
Does Marital Status Affect How Firms Interpret Job Applicants' Un/Employment Histories?
Margaret Maurer-Fazio, Sili Wang
IZA Discussion Paper No. 11360
Gender Norms and the Motherhood Penalty: Experimental Evidence from India
Arjun S. Bedi, Tanmoy Majilla, Matthias Rieger
IZA Discussion Paper No. 11345
The Effect of the H-1B Quota on the Employment and Selection of Foreign-Born Labor
Anna Maria Mayda, Francesc Ortega, Giovanni Peri, Kevin Y. Shih, Chad Sparber
published in: European Economic Review, Volume 108, September 2018, Pages 105-128
IZA Discussion Paper No. 11337
Evaluating Intergenerational Persistence of Economic Preferences: A Large Scale Experiment with Families in Bangladesh
Shyamal Chowdhury, Matthias Sutter, Klaus F. Zimmermann
IZA Discussion Paper No. 11327
Confidence in Knowledge or Confidence in the Ability to Learn: An Experiment on the Causal Effects of Beliefs on Motivation
Mira Fischer, Dirk Sliwka
published in: Games and Economic Behavior, 2018, 111, 122-142.
IZA Discussion Paper No. 11326
Cognitive Skills and the Development of Strategic Sophistication
Eduardo Fe, David Gill
IZA Discussion Paper No. 11317
The Formation and Malleability of Dietary Habits: A Field Experiment with Low Income Families
Michèle Belot, Noemi Berlin, Jonathan James, Valeria Skafida
IZA Discussion Paper No. 11315
The Misaddressed Letter Experiment
Gweneth Leigh, Andrew Leigh
IZA Discussion Paper No. 11285
Does Labor Market Tightness Affect Ethnic Discrimination in Hiring?
Magnus Carlsson, Luca Fumarco, Dan-Olof Rooth
published in: Applied Economics, 2018, 50(24), 2652–2663 [Online Access]
IZA Discussion Paper No. 11284
Neighborhood Signaling Effects, Commuting Time, and Employment: Evidence from a Field Experiment
Magnus Carlsson, Abdulaziz Abrar Reshid, Dan-Olof Rooth
published in: International Journal of Manpower, 2018, 39 (4), 534-549.
IZA Discussion Paper No. 11228
Team Incentives, Task Assignment, and Performance: A Field Experiment
Josse Delfgaauw, Robert Dur, Michiel Souverijn
published in: The Leadership Quarterly, 2020, 31 (3), 101241
IZA Discussion Paper No. 11227
Exclusion and Reintegration in a Social Dilemma
Alice Solda, Marie Claire Villeval
revised version published in: Economic Inquiry, 2019, 58 (1), 120-149
IZA Discussion Paper No. 11179
Masculine vs Feminine Personality Traits and Women's Employment Outcomes in Britain: A Field Experiment
Nick Drydakis, Katerina Sidiropoulou, Swetketu Patnaik, Sandra Selmanovic, Vasiliki Bozani
published in: International Journal of Manpower, 2018, 39 (4), 621-630
IZA Discussion Paper No. 11158
Socio-Economic Status and Inequalities in Children's IQ and Economic Preferences
Thomas Deckers, Armin Falk, Fabian Kosse, Pia Pinger, Hannah Schildberg-Hörisch
forthcoming in: Journal of Political Economy
IZA Discussion Paper No. 11129
Deadlines and Cognitive Limitations
Steffen Altmann, Christian Traxler, Philipp Weinschenk
IZA Discussion Paper No. 11128
Measuring Indirect Effects of Unfair Employer Behavior on Worker Productivity: A Field Experiment
Matthias Heinz, Sabrina Jeworrek, Vanessa Mertins, Heiner Schumacher, Matthias Sutter
published in: Economic Journal, 2020, 130(632), 2546-2568
IZA Discussion Paper No. 11117
Long-Run Consequences of Health Insurance Promotion: Evidence from a Field Experiment in Ghana
Patrick Opoku Asuming, Hyuncheol Bryant Kim, Armand Sim
IZA Discussion Paper No. 11115
Productivity and Health: Alternative Productivity Estimates Using Physical Activity
Oladele Akogun, Andrew Dillon, Jed Friedman, Ashesh Prasann, Pieter Serneels
forthcoming in: World Bank Economic Review, 2020
IZA Discussion Paper No. 11078
The Effects of Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals on the Educational Outcomes of Undocumented Students
Amy Hsin, Francesc Ortega
published in: Demography, volume 55, issue 4, pages 1487-1506.
IZA Discussion Paper No. 11056
Employment Discrimination in a Former Soviet Union Republic: Evidence from a Field Experiment
Muhammad Asali, Norberto Pignatti, Sophiko Skhirtladze
revised version published in: Journal of Comparative Economics, 2018, 46 (4), 1294-1309.
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