Abstract Affirmative action changes incentives at all stages of the employment process. In this paper, we study the effects of affirmative action statements in job ads on i) the effort expended on the…

Abstract This paper examines the hypothesis that cooperation depends on the aspirations that individuals hold for their community welfare and tests whether videos that depict either a successful…

Abstract We propose that community aspirations defined as the preferences for goals that increase communal well-being are an important determinant of cooperation in collective action problems. This…

Abstract We use a charitable experiment to study altruistic motivations among children living in Mumbai, India. Using structural estimation of the utility function, we disentangle warm-glow and pure…

Description This paper empirically examines the behavioral precautionary saving hypothesis by Koszegi and Rabin (2009) stating that uncertainty about future income triggers saving because of loss…

Abstract Spanish Abstract: ¿Cuáles son los logros y retos que las mujeres han enfrentado durante los últimos 20 años? Este capítulo buscar dar una explicación más detallada de los caminos para el…

El sistema fiscal colombiano entraña injusticias, contra las que buena parte del país se encuentra movilizada. Un nuevo pacto fiscal más justo es indispensable para satisfacer las demandas legítimas…

Abstract Spanish Abstract: El pago por servicios ambientales (PSA) es un instrumento económico diseñado para promover la conservación de ecosistemas y la provisión de sus servicios. Durante casi dos…

AbstractAs part of the Colombian government’s strategy to support the armed-conflict victims, a Graduation Program called “Transformando Mi Futuro” (Transforming my future) was implemented. Unlike…

The world economy is undergoing a period of structural and technological transformation, sometimes described as the ‘Fourth Industrial Revolution’. At the centre of this is the digitalisation of…