Last WP of the year! With Lata Gangadharan and Jona Krutaj, we demonstrate through a lab experiment that redistribution can enhance both efficiency and fairness; however, a coordination device, such as leadership, is essential for the mechanism to work effectively. papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
NEW Handbook of Experimental [Economics] Methodology (Eds Erik Snowberg, Leatt Yariv) is out. shop.elsevier.com/books/handbo...
chapter w Isabelle Brocas, Juan Carrillo
label-laboratory.org
+ Ian Krajbich
krajbichlab.psych.ucla.edu/people/
is about many ways to measure and cause choice processes
Abstract of "Women's Power in the Household": We examine women's household power in low- and middle-income countries, synthesizing theoretical frameworks and empirical evidence on its measurement, determinants, and consequences. We define women's household power as their influence over household choices, distinguishing it from broader empowerment concepts. We review economic models, including unitary, collective, and bargaining frameworks, and map these to empirical approaches. We then discuss measurement methods such as structural estimation of consumption allocation, survey measures, and laboratory experiments. On the determinants of women's power, we find that some approaches, such as transfers targeted to women, show mixed results, while others, such as increasing women's control over their earnings, show clearer positive impacts. On the effects of women's power, we pay special attention to children's human capital. Few studies provide strong evidence that mothers invest more in children than fathers do, but collectively the evidence suggests such an effect. We conclude by highlighting research and methodological gaps.
New NBER working paper with Alessandra Voena on women's power in the household in LMICs.
I'd never found a review article on this topic that met my needs as a PhD class reading, so we sought to fill this gap.
NBER : www.nber.org/papers/w34605
Ungated: seemajayachandran.com/womens_power_JEL.pdf
When times get tough, CSR speaks loudest: a new lab experiment with E. Dadon and @rzultan.bsky.social shows that Corporate Social Responsibility is used and perceived as a signal of future employer support in moments of need—but only among male employers and male workers! doi.org/10.1016/j.je...
Wonderful BREW-ESA conference in Gurgaon! Thanks to the organizers: Puneet Arora, Sujoy Chakraborty, Anujit Chakraborty, Ritwik Banerjee, and Jeevant Rampal. Great keynote talks, exciting presentations, and very rich discussions. A conference that you should definitely put on your agenda!
🌟Interested in personal responsibility in training AI? Check out our newly published paper, co-authored with the great Victor Klockmann and Alicia von Schenk, in the special issue of the EER honoring N. Szech:
authors.elsevier.com/sd/article/S...
How do social interactions foster or hamper delusional beliefs?
This is the most pressing open question in the literature on motivated beliefs.
Great to see progress being made 👇
👍 🇫🇷🇸🇬 Many thanks to our colleagues from NTU Singapore (Eko Riyanto, Te Bao, Yeow Hwee Chua, Jonathan Tan, Jubo Yan, Jonathan Yeo, Jiahua Zhu) for the excellent presentations and discussions during our 2nd GATE-Lab-NTU workshop in Lyon! We are all looking forward to the next editions!
👍 🇸🇬 🇫🇷 We are very pleased to host the 2nd Behavioral and Experimental Economics joint workshop between GATE-Lab and NTU Singapore in Lyon, 15-16 May!
This week I will be giving a lecture to young experimentalists who are interested in publishing. I will provide some tips for doing better field experiments and advice on publishing. The slides will draw from my recent AFE keynote: ideas.repec.org/p/feb/artefa...
Experimentally-validated mechanism design in action @oechssler.bsky.social @andissofianos.bsky.social www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
🚨 New Working Paper 🚨
Alice Soldà and I investigated experimentally whether employees use narratives to influence reviews.
The answer is YES. Workers favored narratives portraying failures as resulting more often from bad luck than poor performance. Managers trust them.
hal.science/hal-04964354
🚨 New Working Paper 🚨
Our latest experimental study sheds light on how economic prospects fuel global tensions between rising and established powers, contradicting Thucydides’s Trap. Growing economy = cooperation, shrinking economy = conflict.
Read more: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
Your dignity honors the bravery of the Ukrainian people.
Be strong, be brave, be fearless.
You are never alone, dear President Zelenskyy.
We will continue working with you for a just and lasting peace.
