Department of Economics / Institutionen för nationalekonomi med statistik: Recent submissions
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Within-Families Inequalities in Human Capital Accumulation in India
(2018-12)We investigate within-family inequalities in human capital accumulation in India. We consider both indicators of the child's current stock of human capital and of investment into their continued human capital accumulation, ... -
Cooperation Between Emotional Players
(University of Gothenburg, 2018-12)This paper uses the framework of stochastic games to propose a model of emotions in repeated interactions. An emotional player, who transitions between different states of mind as a response to observed actions taken by ... -
Which type of policy instrument do citizens and experts prefer? A choice experiment on Swedish marine and water policy
(University of Gothenburg, 2018-11)In the choice between alternative environmental policy instruments, economists tend to favor policies capable of attaining cost-efficiency, but other considerations may be important to stakeholders. We perform a choice ... -
The cost-effectiveness of biological therapy cycles in the management of Crohn’s disease
(University of Gothenburg, 2018-11)Objectives: to examine the cost-effectiveness of continued treatment for patients with moderate-severe Crohn’s disease in clinical remission, with a combination of anti-TNFα (infliximab) and immunosuppressant therapy ... -
A man´s world? – The impact of a male dominated environment on female leadership
(University of Gothenburg, 2018-11)Despite the significant growth in female labor force participation and educational attainment over the past decades, few women reach leadership positions. In this study, we explore whether male dominated environments, in ... -
Experimental and non-experimental evidence on limited attention and present bias at the gym
(University of Gothenburg, 2018-10)We show that limited attention and present bias contribute to low levels of exercise. First, in a large randomized experiment, we find that email reminders increase gym visits by 13 % and that they benefit nearly all types ... -
Fiscal Federalism, Interjurisdictional Externalities and Overlapping Policies
(University of Gothenburg, 2018-09)In this paper, we analyze the effects of the interaction between national and local policies designed to reduce an environmental externality that causes environmental damages both nationally and locally. We formulate a ... -
Transition to Agriculture and First State Presence: A Global Analysis
(University of Gothenburg, 2018-09)It has often been observed that the emergence of states in a region is typically preceded by an earlier transition to agricultural production. Using new data on the date of first state emergence within contemporary countries, ... -
Gender, risk preferences and willingness to compete in a random sample of the Swedish population
(University of Gothenburg, 2018-08)Experimental results from student or other non-representative convenience samples often suggest that men, on average, are more risk-taking and competitive than women. Here we explore whether these gender preference gaps ... -
How wage announcements affect job search - a field experiment
(University of Gothenburg, 2018-08)We study how job seekers respond to wage announcements by assigning wages randomly to pairs of otherwise similar vacancies in a large number of professions. High wage vacancies attract more interest, in contrast with much ... -
Tax Evasion with a Conscience
(University of Gothenburg, 2018-08)How do moral concerns affect tax compliance and the need for audits? We propose answers by exploring an inspection game, modified to incorporate belief-dependent taxpayer guilt, unawareness, and third-party audience effects. ... -
Caseworker's discretion and the effectiveness of welfare-to-work programs
(2018-07)In this paper we focus on the role of caseworkers in the assignment and take-up of welfare-to-work programs. We conduct a field experiment that generates exogenous variation in the assignment to different policy regimes ... -
Field of study and family outcomes
(2018-08)This paper uses administrative data from 16 cohorts of the Dutch population to study the relationship between field of study and family outcomes. We first document considerable variation by field of study for a range of ... -
Purchasing-Power-Parity and the Saving Behavior of Temporary Migrants
(2018-08)How does saving behavior of immigrants respond to changes in purchasing power parity between the source and host countries? We examine this question by building a theoretical model of joint return-migration and saving ... -
Optimal Investment in Health when Lifetime is Stochastic, or, Rational Agents do not Often Follow Health Agency Recommendations
(2018-08)A health-capital model is contemplated which accounts for the consumption of many goods, a stock of health and investment in it, as well as an agent’s random lifetime and accumulation of wealth. It is shown that if an ... -
Everybody’s a Victim? Global Terror, Well-Being and Political Attitudes
(2018-06)Terror has become a global issue. Terror acts perpetuated by religious, nationalist or political groups around the globe can propagate distress rapidly through different channels and possibly change political attitudes. ... -
Long-run effects of family policies: An experimental study of the Chinese one-child policy
(2018-05)We present lab-in-the-field experimental evidence of the effects of the Chinese one-child policy on individuals’ preferences and behavior as adults. The experiments were conducted in three different provinces because the ... -
Cost of Power Outages for Manufacturing Firms in Ethiopia: A Stated Preference Study
(2018-05)Having 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 of power outages for ... -
Measuring Trust in Institutions
(2018-05)In 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 both trust games and ... -
Multiple Misbehaving: Loss Averse and Inattentive to Monetary Incentives
(2018-04)We study what determines taxpayers’ deduction behavior when filing tax returns. Preliminary deficits might be viewed as losses assuming zero preliminary balance as reference point. Swedish taxpayers may escape these losses ...