Participation Incentives in Randomized Social Choice

Efficiency and Incentives in Randomized Social Choice

Participation Rights and Mechanism Design

This paper is concerned with the procedural aspects of collective choice and the impact of the parties' participation rights on the optimal mechanism. We ̄nd that the mechanism designer generally bene ̄ts from the selective engagement of the agents | the exclusion of some agenttypes from the choice process. We show that optimization of mechanisms with voluntary participation involves two mutuall...

IZA Discussion Paper No. 832

Joint Labour Supply Dynamics of Older Couples This paper studies the labour force participation dynamics of older couples in the United States. Longitudinal data from the five available waves of the Health and Retirement Study (HRS) is used to investigate if the dynamics introduced by considering both spouses’ behavior provide additional information in trying to fit observed participation seque...

Limits of Freedom ? Experiences with the Participation Act

The views expressed in this publication are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of United Nations University. Limits of Freedom? Experiences with the Participation Act Up until now, there has been relatively little research on the motives of social assistance recipients and the crucial factors influencing their choice – or the extent to which there is a choice – betwee...

The effect of financial incentives on chlamydia testing rates: Evidence from a randomized experiment☆

Financial incentives have been used in a variety of settings to motivate behaviors that might not otherwise be undertaken. They have been highlighted as particularly useful in settings that require a single behavior, such as appointment attendance or vaccination. They also have differential effects based on socioeconomic status in some applications (e.g. smoking). To further investigate these c...