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Working Papers

2024

1. How Do Surrogates Make Treatment Decisions for Patients with Dementia? An Experimental Survey Study
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc
   See also Journal Article How do surrogates make treatment decisions for patients with dementia: An experimental survey study, Health Economics, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. (2024) (2024)
2. Out-Group Penalties in Refugee Assistance: A Survey Experiment
   CESifo Working Paper Series, CESifo
   Also in NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2024)
3. Trust and Health Care-Seeking Behavior
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc
   Also in IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) (2024)

2022

4. Improving the Availability of Unrelated Stem Cell Donors: Evidence from a Major Donor Registry
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc
   Also in IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) (2022)
5. Is the Price Right? The Role of Economic Tradeoffs in Explaining Reactions to Price Surges
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (1)
6. Is the Price Right? The Role of Morals, Ideology, and Tradeoff Thinking in Explaining Reactions to Price Surges
   IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (1)
   Also in CESifo Working Paper Series, CESifo (2022) View citations (1)
7. Nudging the Nudger: A Field Experiment on the Effect of Performance Feedback to Service Agents on Increasing Organ Donor Registrations
   CESifo Working Paper Series, CESifo
8. Nudging the Nudger: Performance Feedback and Organ Donor Registrations
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc
   See also Journal Article Nudging the nudger: Performance feedback and organ donor registrations, Journal of Health Economics, Elsevier (2024) (2024)
9. Passing the Message: Peer Outreach about COVID-19 Precautions in Zambia
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc
   See also Journal Article Passing the message: Peer outreach about COVID-19 precautions in Zambia, Journal of Development Economics, Elsevier (2024) (2024)

2021

10. Management, Supervision, and Healthcare: A Field Experiment
    Working Papers, Center for Global Development
    Also in NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2017) View citations (10)
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) (2017) View citations (10)
11. Providing Vouchers and Value Information for Already Free Eye Exams Increases Uptake Among a Low-Income Minority Population: A Randomized Trial
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc
    See also Journal Article Providing vouchers and value information for already free eye exams increases uptake among a low‐income minority population: A randomized trial, Health Economics, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. (2022) View citations (1) (2022)

2020

12. Compliance with COVID-19 Social-Distancing Measures in Italy: The Role of Expectations and Duration
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (92)
    Also in CESifo Working Paper Series, CESifo (2020) View citations (104)
13. Expectations, reference points, and compliance with COVID-19 social distancing measures
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (33)
    See also Journal Article Expectations, reference points, and compliance with COVID-19 social distancing measures, Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics (formerly The Journal of Socio-Economics), Elsevier (2023) View citations (6) (2023)

2019

14. Incentivized Peer Referrals for Tuberculosis Screening: Evidence from India
    Working Paper CRENoS, Centre for North South Economic Research, University of Cagliari and Sassari, Sardinia View citations (2)
    Also in NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2018) View citations (2)
    See also Journal Article Incentivized Peer Referrals for Tuberculosis Screening: Evidence from India, American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, American Economic Association (2023) View citations (2) (2023)
15. Paying for Kidneys? A Randomized Survey and Choice Experiment
    Working Paper CRENoS, Centre for North South Economic Research, University of Cagliari and Sassari, Sardinia View citations (40)
    Also in NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2019) View citations (40)
    See also Journal Article Paying for Kidneys? A Randomized Survey and Choice Experiment, American Economic Review, American Economic Association (2019) View citations (39) (2019)

2018

16. Do Female Executives Make a Difference? The Impact of Female Leadreship on Gender Gaps and Firm Performance
    CHILD Working Papers Series, Centre for Household, Income, Labour and Demographic Economics (CHILD) - CCA View citations (3)
    Also in CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers (2014) View citations (44)
    Working Papers CELEG, Dipartimento di Economia e Finanza, LUISS Guido Carli (2015)
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2016) View citations (14)
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) (2014) View citations (50)
    2015 Meeting Papers, Society for Economic Dynamics (2015) View citations (1)
    See also Journal Article Do Female Executives Make a Difference? The Impact of Female Leadership on Gender Gaps and Firm Performance, The Economic Journal, Royal Economic Society (2019) View citations (97) (2019)
17. Leveraging Patients' Social Networks to Overcome Tuberculosis Underdetection: A Field Experiment in India
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (3)
18. Moral NIMBY-ism? Understanding Societal Support for Monetary Compensation to Plasma Donors in Canada
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc
    Also in IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) (2018)
    Working Papers, Canadian Centre for Health Economics (2018)
    CESifo Working Paper Series, CESifo (2018)

2017

19. Economic Development and the Regulation of Morally Contentious Activities
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (8)
    See also Journal Article Economic Development and the Regulation of Morally Contentious Activities, American Economic Review, American Economic Association (2017) View citations (8) (2017)
20. Understanding repugnance: Implications for public policy
    CEMA Working Papers: Serie Documentos de Trabajo., Universidad del CEMA View citations (2)

2016

21. Efficiency-Morality Trade-Offs in Repugnant Transactions: A Choice Experiment
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (8)
    Also in CESifo Working Paper Series, CESifo (2016) View citations (10)
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2016) View citations (8)

2015

22. "Ain't No Rest for the Wicked": Population, Crime, and the 2013 Government Shutdown
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (1)
23. Sacred Values? The Effect of Information on Attitudes toward Payments for Human Organs
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (51)
    See also Journal Article Sacred Values? The Effect of Information on Attitudes toward Payments for Human Organs, American Economic Review, American Economic Association (2015) View citations (49) (2015)

2014

24. Viral Altruism? Generosity and Social Contagion in Online Networks
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (1)

2012

25. Exports and Wages: Rent Sharing, Workforce Composition or Returns to Skills?
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (12)
    Also in Development Working Papers, Centro Studi Luca d'Agliano, University of Milano (2012) View citations (17)
    CEPR Discussion Papers, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers (2012) View citations (13)
    EIEF Working Papers Series, Einaudi Institute for Economics and Finance (EIEF) (2012) View citations (13)
    Working Paper CRENoS, Centre for North South Economic Research, University of Cagliari and Sassari, Sardinia (2012) View citations (12)
    See also Journal Article Exports and Wages: Rent Sharing, Workforce Composition, or Returns to Skills?, Journal of Labor Economics, University of Chicago Press (2016) View citations (94) (2016)
26. Removing Financial Barriers to Organ and Bone Marrow Donation: The Effect of Leave and Tax Legislation in the U.S
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (2)
    Also in IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) (2012) View citations (2)
    See also Journal Article Removing financial barriers to organ and bone marrow donation: The effect of leave and tax legislation in the U.S, Journal of Health Economics, Elsevier (2014) View citations (17) (2014)
27. The Effects of Information, Social and Economic Incentives on Voluntary Undirected Blood Donations: Evidence from a Randomized Controlled Trial in Argentina
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (9)
28. Viral altruism? A natural field experiment of social contagion in on-line networks
    Working Papers, NET Institute

2011

29. Rewarding Altruism? A Natural Field Experiment
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (8)

2010

30. WILL THERE BE BLOOD? INCENTIVES AND SUBSTITUTION EFFECTS IN PRO-SOCIAL BEHAVIOR*
    Working Papers, University of Sydney, School of Economics View citations (2)
    Also in IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) (2009) View citations (7)

2009

31. Do All Material Incentives for Prosocial Activities Backfire? The Response to Cash and Non-Cash Incentives for Blood Donations
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (4)
    See also Journal Article Do all material incentives for pro-social activities backfire? The response to cash and non-cash incentives for blood donations, Journal of Economic Psychology, Elsevier (2010) View citations (80) (2010)
32. The Impact of Non-Wage Benefits on Job Quality and Labor Market Outcomes in the Developing World: What Do We Know?
    World Bank Publications - Reports, The World Bank Group View citations (1)

2008

33. Do Unemployment Benefits Promote or Hinder Structural Change?
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (4)
34. Labor regulations in developing countries: a review of the evidence and directions for future research
    Social Protection Discussion Papers and Notes, The World Bank View citations (42)
35. Motivating Altruism: A Field Study
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (7)
36. Social Image Concerns and Pro-Social Behavior
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (19)

Journal Articles

2024

1. How do surrogates make treatment decisions for patients with dementia: An experimental survey study
   Health Economics, 2024, 33, (6), 1211-1228
   See also Working Paper How Do Surrogates Make Treatment Decisions for Patients with Dementia? An Experimental Survey Study, NBER Working Papers (2024) (2024)
2. Norm misperceptions in social dilemmas: the role of preferences, heuristics and experiences
   Journal of Behavioral Economics for Policy, 2024, 8, (S1), 9-11
3. Nudging the nudger: Performance feedback and organ donor registrations
   Journal of Health Economics, 2024, 97, (C)
   See also Working Paper Nudging the Nudger: Performance Feedback and Organ Donor Registrations, NBER Working Papers (2022) (2022)
4. Passing the message: Peer outreach about COVID-19 precautions in Zambia
   Journal of Development Economics, 2024, 171, (C)
   See also Working Paper Passing the Message: Peer Outreach about COVID-19 Precautions in Zambia, NBER Working Papers (2022) (2022)

2023

5. Expectations, reference points, and compliance with COVID-19 social distancing measures
   Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics (formerly The Journal of Socio-Economics), 2023, 103, (C) View citations (6)
   See also Working Paper Expectations, reference points, and compliance with COVID-19 social distancing measures, NBER Working Papers (2020) View citations (33) (2020)
6. Incentivized Peer Referrals for Tuberculosis Screening: Evidence from India
   American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, 2023, 15, (1), 259-91 View citations (2)
   See also Working Paper Incentivized Peer Referrals for Tuberculosis Screening: Evidence from India, Working Paper CRENoS (2019) View citations (2) (2019)

2022

7. Providing vouchers and value information for already free eye exams increases uptake among a low‐income minority population: A randomized trial
   Health Economics, 2022, 31, (3), 541-551 View citations (1)
   See also Working Paper Providing Vouchers and Value Information for Already Free Eye Exams Increases Uptake Among a Low-Income Minority Population: A Randomized Trial, NBER Working Papers (2021) (2021)

2019

8. Do Female Executives Make a Difference? The Impact of Female Leadership on Gender Gaps and Firm Performance
   The Economic Journal, 2019, 129, (622), 2390-2423 View citations (97)
   See also Working Paper Do Female Executives Make a Difference? The Impact of Female Leadreship on Gender Gaps and Firm Performance, CHILD Working Papers Series (2018) View citations (3) (2018)
9. Paying for Kidneys? A Randomized Survey and Choice Experiment
   American Economic Review, 2019, 109, (8), 2855-88 View citations (39)
   See also Working Paper Paying for Kidneys? A Randomized Survey and Choice Experiment, Working Paper CRENoS (2019) View citations (40) (2019)

2017

10. Economic Development and the Regulation of Morally Contentious Activities
    American Economic Review, 2017, 107, (5), 76-80 View citations (8)
    See also Working Paper Economic Development and the Regulation of Morally Contentious Activities, NBER Working Papers (2017) View citations (8) (2017)
11. Gender Differences in Earnings and Leadership: Recent Evidence on Causes and Consequences
    ifo DICE Report, 2017, 15, (02), 18-21
12. Gender differences in wages and leadership
    IZA World of Labor, 2017, 323 View citations (5)

2016

13. Exports and Wages: Rent Sharing, Workforce Composition, or Returns to Skills?
    Journal of Labor Economics, 2016, 34, (4), 945 - 978 View citations (94)
    See also Working Paper Exports and Wages: Rent Sharing, Workforce Composition or Returns to Skills?, IZA Discussion Papers (2012) View citations (12) (2012)

2015

14. Markets and Morals: An Experimental Survey Study
    PLOS ONE, 2015, 10, (6), 1-13 View citations (9)
15. Sacred Values? The Effect of Information on Attitudes toward Payments for Human Organs
    American Economic Review, 2015, 105, (5), 361-65 View citations (49)
    See also Working Paper Sacred Values? The Effect of Information on Attitudes toward Payments for Human Organs, NBER Working Papers (2015) View citations (51) (2015)

2014

16. Removing financial barriers to organ and bone marrow donation: The effect of leave and tax legislation in the U.S
    Journal of Health Economics, 2014, 33, (C), 43-56 View citations (17)
    See also Working Paper Removing Financial Barriers to Organ and Bone Marrow Donation: The Effect of Leave and Tax Legislation in the U.S, NBER Working Papers (2012) View citations (2) (2012)
17. Rewarding Volunteers: A Field Experiment
    Management Science, 2014, 60, (5), 1107-1129 View citations (54)

2013

18. The effects of information, social and financial incentives on voluntary undirected blood donations: Evidence from a field experiment in Argentina
    Social Science & Medicine, 2013, 98, (C), 214-223 View citations (19)
19. Time for Blood: The Effect of Paid Leave Legislation on Altruistic Behavior
    The Journal of Law, Economics, and Organization, 2013, 29, (6), 1384-1420 View citations (16)

2012

20. Will There Be Blood? Incentives and Displacement Effects in Pro-social Behavior
    American Economic Journal: Economic Policy, 2012, 4, (1), 186-223 View citations (100)

2010

21. Do all material incentives for pro-social activities backfire? The response to cash and non-cash incentives for blood donations
    Journal of Economic Psychology, 2010, 31, (4), 738-748 View citations (80)
    See also Working Paper Do All Material Incentives for Prosocial Activities Backfire? The Response to Cash and Non-Cash Incentives for Blood Donations, IZA Discussion Papers (2009) View citations (4) (2009)
22. Do unemployment benefits promote or hinder job reallocation?
    Journal of Development Economics, 2010, 93, (1), 109-125 View citations (19)
23. Social image concerns and prosocial behavior: Field evidence from a nonlinear incentive scheme
    Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 2010, 76, (2), 225-237 View citations (164)