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167 IZA Discussion Papers
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, 3, 202 - 289
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
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
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, 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
published as 'A Taste for Consistency and Survey Response Behavior' in: CESifo Economic Studies, 2013, 59 (1), 181–193
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
published in: Journal of Economic Psychology, 2011, 32 (5), 818-831
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 as 'Will There be Blood? Incentives and Displacement Effects in Pro-Social Behavior' in: American Economic Journal: Economic Policy, 2012, 4 (1), 186-223
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
IZA Discussion Paper No. 3584
Eliciting Motives for Trust and Reciprocity by Attitudinal and Behavioural Measures
Francesco Farina, Niall O'Higgins, Patrizia Sbriglia
revised version published as "Suit the action to the word, the word to the action" in: Research in Economics, 2009, 63 (4), 253-265
IZA Discussion Paper No. 3580
Blood Donations and Incentives: Evidence from a Field Experiment
Lorenz Götte, Alois Stutzer
revised version published in: Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 2020, 170, 52-74
IZA Discussion Paper No. 3554
Social Interactions and the Salience of Social Identity
Kendra N. McLeish, Robert J. Oxoby
published in: Journal of Economic Psychology, 2011, 32 (1), 172-178
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. 3276
Why Remit? The Case of Nicaragua
George S Naufal
IZA Discussion Paper No. 3242
Gender Differences in Charitable Giving
Greg Piper, Sylke V. Schnepf
revised version published as 'Gender Differences in Charitable Giving in Great Britain' in: Voluntas, 2008, 19 (2), 103-124
IZA Discussion Paper No. 3057
Who Gives for Overseas Development?
John Micklewright, Sylke V. Schnepf
published in: Journal of Social Policy, 2009, 38(2), 317-341
IZA Discussion Paper No. 3021
Why Volunteer? Evidence on the Role of Altruism, Reputation, and Incentives
Jeffrey P. Carpenter, Caitlin Knowles Myers
published in: Journal of Public Economics, 2010, 94 (11-12), 911-920
IZA Discussion Paper No. 2968
Doing Good or Doing Well? Image Motivation and Monetary Incentives in Behaving Prosocially
Dan Ariely, Anat Bracha, Stephan Meier
published in: American Economic Review, 2009, 99 (1), 544–555
IZA Discussion Paper No. 2804
Income Transfers, Welfare and Family Decisions
Joaquín Andaluz, Miriam Marcén, José Alberto Molina
published as "The effects of inter-generational transfers on the marital surplus" in The Manchester School, 2017, 85 (3), 320-338
IZA Discussion Paper No. 2734
Mums and Their Sons, Dads and Their Daughters: Panel Data Evidence of Interdependent Marginal Utilities across 14 EU Countries
José Alberto Molina, Maria Navarro Paniagua, Ian Walker
published as 'Intergenerational Well-Being Mobility in Europe' in: Kyklos, 2011, 64 (2), 253-270
IZA Discussion Paper No. 2726
How Does the Presence of Children Affect Dependent Care? A Psycho-Economic Approach
José Ignacio Gimenez-Nadal, Miriam Marcén, José Alberto Molina
IZA Discussion Paper No. 2469
Do Downward Private Transfers Enhance Maternal Labor Supply? Evidence from around Europe
Ralitza Dimova, François-Charles Wolff
published in: Journal of Population Economics, 2011, 24 (3), 911-933
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