How to reduce discrimination? Evidence from a field experiment in amateur soccer

Amateur soccer: injuries in relation to field position.

How do Markets Shape Preferences? Evidence from a Field Experiment

Recent decades have seen a dramatic rise in the prominence of finance throughout the developed and even in the developing world. This is reflected not only in the increase in the size of the financial sector and its share of GDP, but also in the fact that more and more individuals are now engaged in financial trading, either directly or via their pension savings. How does engagement with financ...

How to stimulate single mothers to leave welfare for work; evidence from a field experiment

In this paper, we present the results from a field experiment in the Netherlands in which single mothers on welfare were stimulated to find a job. Two policy instruments were introduced: an earnings disregard and job creation. The experiment was performed at the level of municipalities. In our analysis we make a distinction between native and immigrant welfare recipients. For immigrant single m...

Information and discrimination in the rental housing market: evidence from a field experiment

This paper investigates the effect of disclosing information on the discriminatory behaviour against immigrants in the Spanish rental market. We conduct a field experiment where emails are sent showing interest on vacant rental apartments. Fictitious applicants whose names represent different ethnic groups send emails with different amount of information about their ability to pay the rent. Our...

How Do Agricultural Subsectors Respond to Productivity Shocks? Evidence from a Bayesian DSGE Model in Iran

Understanding the dynamics of productivity shocks is instrumental if we are to identify the sources of economic growth. This paper, investigates dynamic effects of positives productivity shocks to agricultural subsectors during the period from 1991-2015, by disaggregating agricultural sector in Iran into four key subsectors (crops, livestock, fishing and forestry) through an estimated DSGE mode...