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September 13, 2021

Air pollution reduces electoral support for government parties

New study identifies emotions as an explanation why poor air quality affects voting decisions

  • air pollution
  • behavior
  • elections
  • emotions
  • environment
  • voting
  • Benjamin Elsner
  • Luna Bellani
  • Nico Pestel
  • Stefano Ceolotto
Research

August 19, 2020

Does the dream of home ownership rest upon biased beliefs?

New study finds that prospective home owners overestimate the well-being consequences of home ownership

  • behavior
  • beliefs
  • bias
  • happiness
  • home ownership
  • life satisfaction
  • Alois Stutzer
  • Reto Odermatt
Research

November 20, 2019

Why don’t we sleep enough?

Field experiment explores the role of behavioral biases in sleep choice and shows that monetary incentives work

  • behavior
  • commitment
  • field experiment
  • habits
  • overconfidence
  • self-control
  • sleep
  • Mallory Avery
  • Osea Giuntella
  • Peiran Jiao
Research

November 5, 2019

Why the German police deserve your trust

Police applicants self-select on trustworthiness and the willingness to enforce norms of cooperation

  • behavior
  • cooperation
  • experiment
  • norm enforcement
  • policy
  • punishment
  • Trust
  • Gerd Thielmann
  • Guido Friebel
  • Michael Kosfeld
Research

October 5, 2018

Does faster reintegration of the unemployed reduce job quality?

Two studies from Switzerland analyze the effects of job search requirements and assistance

  • active labor market policies
  • behavior
  • employment
  • Switzerland
  • unemployment
  • Amelie Schiprowski
  • Lionel Cottier
  • Patrick Arni
  • Pierre Kempeneers
  • Rafael Lalive
  • Yves Flückiger
Research

August 22, 2018

When the market drives you crazy

Stock market returns affect the number of fatal car accidents

  • accidents
  • behavior
  • decision making
  • emotions
  • financial wealth
  • reckless driving
  • stock market
  • Corrado Giulietti
  • Michael Vlassopoulos
  • Mirco Tonin
Research

January 1, 2018

When the unhealthy self kills our New Year’s resolutions

“New Year’s Day: Now is the accepted time to make your regular annual good resolutions. Next week you can begin […]

  • behavior
  • consumption
  • food budget
  • health
  • households
  • lifestyle
  • low income
  • New Year’s resolutions
  • preferences
  • self-control
  • Bram De Rock
  • Frederic Vermeulen
  • Kate Smith
  • Laurens Cherchye
  • Martin O’Connell
  • Rachel Griffith
IZA News

February 24, 2017

IZA/IAB Linked Evaluation Dataset: New resource for the analysis of labor market policies

High-quality data are the key to evaluating the effectiveness of labor market policies. While administrative datasets provide detailed and reliable […]

  • active labor market policy
  • attitudes
  • behavior
  • dataset
  • evaluation
  • IAB
  • job search
  • personality
  • unemployment
Research

November 18, 2015

Sexual orientation related to preferences for competition

The gender wage gap is one of the most researched empirical facts in labor economics. But it is not only […]

  • behavior
  • competition
  • experiment
  • gay
  • gender wage gap
  • lesbian
  • preferences
  • sexual orientation
  • Erik Plug
  • Lydia Geijtenbeek
  • Thomas Buser
Research

October 22, 2015

How language influences children’s economic behavior

Patience is an important trait in children that can make a difference for a lifetime. Many disciplines, including economics, have […]

  • behavior
  • German
  • health
  • intertemporal choice
  • Italian
  • language
  • linguistic savings
  • patience
  • wealth
  • Daniela Glätzle-Rützler
  • Matthias Sutter
  • Philipp Lergetporer
  • Silvia Angerer
Research

December 28, 2014

Terrorist attacks also affect future generations

Terrorist attacks have detrimental effects not only on those directly affected as victims. The negative consequences also extend to future […]

  • baby ETA
  • Basque
  • behavior
  • child
  • mother
  • pregnancy
  • Spain
  • stress
  • terrorism
  • Climent Quintana-Domeque
  • Pedro Ródenas-Serrano
Videos

August 24, 2014

Employee performance and the value of the bosses: Video interview with Kathryn Shaw

Employees should ultimately be paid for performance, not for working hours, says Kathryn Shaw (Stanford University and IZA) in a […]

  • behavior
  • bosses
  • education
  • incentive
  • skills
  • wage inequality
  • Kathryn Shaw
Research

July 18, 2014

How Viagra changed the lifestyle of elderly men

The introduction of Viagra in 1998 changed the world of men suffering from erectile dysfunction. Up until then, there were […]

  • behavior
  • disease
  • divorce
  • health
  • old
  • risky behavior
  • USA
  • viagra
  • Hendrik Wolff
  • Jacob LaRiviere
Research

June 20, 2014

A culture of crime: growing up with the mafia next door

Organized crime generates about two percent of global GDP. While this is already a considerable share, the mafia and other […]

  • behavior
  • crime
  • education
  • Italy
  • mafia
  • school
  • student
  • Antonino Vaccaro
  • Lamar Pierce
  • Stephan Meier

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