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13 March 2023 | Peer Reviewed | Ethiopia
AbstractCultural norms diverge substantially across societies, often within the same country. We propose and investigate a self-domestication/selective migration hypothesis, proposing that cultural…
31 October 2021 | Peer Reviewed | VietnamWe investigate gender differences in competitiveness using a lab-in-the-field experiment and a subject pool consisting of Chinese adults following the design by Niederle and Vesterlund (2007). China…
21 March 2022 | Peer Reviewed | ChinaResearchers and officials interested in people’s attitudes toward risk when designing public policies should make sure that their questions about risk are asked in the specific context of the policy…
18 May 2020 | Research Brief | Sweden, Central AmericaAlthough field experimental methods are the workhorse of researchers interested in risk preferences, practitioners find surveys easier to implement. This paper compares results from experimental…
24 October 2019 | EfD Discussion Paper | Central AmericaCultural norms diverge substantially across societies, often within the same country. In the present paper, we propose and investigate the selective migration hypothesis, proposing that cultural…
12 June 2019 | EfD Discussion Paper | VietnamHaving a reliable supply of electricity is essential for the operation of any firm. In most developing countries, however, electricity supply is highly unreliable. In this study, we estimate the cost…
15 January 2019 | EfD Discussion Paper | Sweden, EthiopiaIn empirical studies, survey questions are typically used to measure trust; trust games are also used to measure interpersonal trust. In this paper, we measure trust in different institutions by using…
15 January 2019 | EfD Discussion Paper | Sweden, EthiopiaContinued high reliance on traditional biomass fuels and stoves in developing countries gives rise to several human health, environmental, and livelihood issues. However solid data on the performance…
28 February 2018 | Peer Reviewed | EthiopiaRisk aversion has generally been found to decrease in income. This may lead one to expect that people in poor countries will be more risk averse than inhabitants of rich countries. Recent comparative…
15 December 2016 | Peer Reviewed | Sweden, Ethiopia