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Social mindfulness and prosociality vary across the globe (2021)
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Van Doesum, N. J., Murphy, R. O., Gallucci, M., Aharonov-Majar, E., Athenstaedt, U., Au, W. T., Bai, L., Böhm, R., Bovina, I., Buchan, N. R., Chen, X.-P., Dumont, K. B., Engelmann, J. B., Eriksson, K., Euh, H., Fiedler, S., Friesen, J., Gächter, S., Garcia, C., González, R., …Van Lange, P. A. M. (2021). Social mindfulness and prosociality vary across the globe. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 118(35), Article e2023846118. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2023846118

Humans are social animals, but not everyone will be mindful of others to the same extent. Individual differences have been found, but would social mindfulness also be shaped by one’s location in the world? Expecting cross-national differences to exis... Read More about Social mindfulness and prosociality vary across the globe.

Confidence snowballing and relative performance feedback (2021)
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Murad, Z., & Starmer, C. (2021). Confidence snowballing and relative performance feedback. Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 190, 550-572. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jebo.2021.08.006

We investigate whether uninformative relative performance feedback can create biases in confidence leading it to 'snowball'. We study elicited confidence about own performance, relative to other group members, in three stages. As subjects move across... Read More about Confidence snowballing and relative performance feedback.

Disability in Uganda: a medical intervention to measure gendered impacts on functional independence and labour-market outcomes (2021)
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Abubakar, A., Bridges, S., Gaggero, A., & Owens, T. (2021). Disability in Uganda: a medical intervention to measure gendered impacts on functional independence and labour-market outcomes. Oxford Development Studies, 49(4), 324-336. https://doi.org/10.1080/13600818.2021.1959539

Using data from an orthotic intervention in Kampala, Uganda, this paper estimates the health and economic impacts of providing orthotic equipment to adults with lower limb disabilities. We examine changes to: (i) functional mobility and (ii) labour m... Read More about Disability in Uganda: a medical intervention to measure gendered impacts on functional independence and labour-market outcomes.

Regime Stability and the Persistence of Traditional Practices (2021)
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Poyker, M. (2023). Regime Stability and the Persistence of Traditional Practices. Review of Economics and Statistics, 105(5), 1175-1190. https://doi.org/10.1162/rest_a_01078

This paper investigates the role of national institutions on the persistence of cultural norms and traditions. In particular, I examine why the harmful tradition of fe-male genital mutilation persists in certain African countries while in others it h... Read More about Regime Stability and the Persistence of Traditional Practices.

The Wounds That Do Not Heal: The Lifetime Scar of Youth Unemployment (2021)
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De Fraja, G., Lemos, S., & Rockey, J. (2021). The Wounds That Do Not Heal: The Lifetime Scar of Youth Unemployment. Economica, 88(352), 896-941. https://doi.org/10.1111/ecca.12384

This paper uses UK administrative data to study the long-term effects of unemployment on earnings. It is the first paper to pinpoint accurately the relative importance of the timing of employment shocks within workers' lives. We find a strong effect... Read More about The Wounds That Do Not Heal: The Lifetime Scar of Youth Unemployment.

Skill-Biased Structural Change (2021)
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Buera, F. J., Kaboski, J. P., Rogerson, R., & Vizcaino, J. I. (2022). Skill-Biased Structural Change. Review of Economic Studies, 89(2), 592–625. https://doi.org/10.1093/restud/rdab035

Using a broad panel of advanced economies, we document that increases in GDP per capita are associated with a systematic shift in the composition of value added to sectors that are intensive in high-skill labour, a process we label as skill-biased st... Read More about Skill-Biased Structural Change.

The economic impact of political instability and mass civil protest (2021)
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Matta, S., Bleaney, M., & Appleton, S. (2022). The economic impact of political instability and mass civil protest. Economics and Politics, 34(1), 253-270. https://doi.org/10.1111/ecpo.12197

An extensive literature has examined the economic effects of non-violent political instability events. Nonetheless, the issue of whether economies react differently over time to such events remains largely unexplored. Using synthetic control methodol... Read More about The economic impact of political instability and mass civil protest.

The value-added tax and growth: design matters (2021)
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Acosta-Ormaechea, S., & Morozumi, A. (2021). The value-added tax and growth: design matters. International Tax and Public Finance, 28(5), 1211-1241. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10797-021-09681-2

Previous research has shown that changes in the composition of tax revenue affect long-run growth. However, little is yet known about whether the way tax revenue is raised matters for growth. This paper examines whether, in the context of OECD countr... Read More about The value-added tax and growth: design matters.

A self-funding reward mechanism for tax compliance (2021)
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Fatas, E., Nosenzo, D., Sefton, M., & Zizzo, D. J. (2021). A self-funding reward mechanism for tax compliance. Journal of Economic Psychology, 86, Article 102421. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.joep.2021.102421

We compare in a laboratory experiment two audit-based tax compliance mechanisms that collect fines from those found non-compliant. The mechanisms differ in the way fines are redistributed to individuals who were either not audited or audited and foun... Read More about A self-funding reward mechanism for tax compliance.

Do dictators signal strength with electoral fraud? (2021)
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Ananyev, M., & Poyker, M. (2022). Do dictators signal strength with electoral fraud?. European Journal of Political Economy, 71, Article 102075. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejpoleco.2021.102075

What role does electoral fraud play in nondemocracies? In this paper, we offer an empirical test of a popular idea that authoritarian governments use elections to engineer overwhelming victories with electoral fraud thus deterring potential oppositio... Read More about Do dictators signal strength with electoral fraud?.