A5018147601- Experimental Behavioral Economics Studies
- Early Childhood Education and Development
- Culture, Economy, and Development Studies
- Decision-Making and Behavioral Economics
- Intergenerational and Educational Inequality Studies
- Psychological Well-being and Life Satisfaction
- Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
- Sexual Assault and Victimization Studies
- Financial Literacy, Pension, Retirement Analysis
- Technology Adoption and User Behaviour
- Gender, Labor, and Family Dynamics
- Gender Diversity and Inequality
- Sports, Gender, and Society
- Media Influence and Politics
- Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare
Fondazione Bruno Kessler
2023
Ferioli & Gianotti (Italy)
2021
Abstract Imposing “sin” taxes has been the preferred way governments tried to discourage over-consumption of temptation goods for decades. However numerous evidence shows that consumers exhibit behavioral biases which can affect their reaction taxes. This paper investigates a potential bias and how it affects demand temptation: financial worries associated with poverty have shown shift attention towards pressing needs, often at expense forward-looking decisions. In an online experiment UK...
This pre-registered work tests the replicability of seven studies covering most important effects associated with mental accounting across 5,589 participants from 21 countries. Findings support robustness original time and culture, confirming role as a critical driver human decision-making.
We study prosocial behavior among primary school students in El Salvador. In a within-subject lab-in-the-field experiment, we examine the relationship between individual traits, i.e., cognitive skills, non-cognitive skills and violence exposure, how sensitive children are to changes setting of dictator game. propose two different variants game: allowing option take starting off with relatively unequal initial endowments. find that positively correlates while no significant correlation...
We conducted a randomized controlled trial to evaluate the impact of summer learning program for vulnerable students across ten cities in Italy (N=1,038). The had two components: educational workshops small groups (88 hours) and personalized tutoring (12 hours). Results indicate significant improvements reading comprehension marginally grammar. Improvements arithmetic geometry are smaller albeit when aggregated into single mathematics score. Effects were most pronounced among primary school...
We investigate the consistency of prosocial behaviors in response to changes institutional setting a lab-in-the-field experiment involving primary school students El Salvador. Students play variants dictator game allowing option take and with relative unequal initial endowments. exploit within-subject variation find that children are sensitive widening choice-set, significant drop contributions when becomes available. Higher cognitive skills systematically associated higher levels...
We investigate the consistency of prosocial behaviors in response to changes in- stitutional setting a lab-in-the-field experiment involving primary school students El Salvador. Students play variants dictator game allowing option take and with relative unequal initial endowments. exploit within-subject variation find that children are sensitive enlargement choice-set, significant drop offers when becomes available. Higher cognitive skills systematically associated higher levels prosociality...