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This study investigates the prevalence and dynamics of vote-buying in Mongolia’s 2024 elections using a list experiment to address social desirability bias, a common challenge in measuring sensitive behaviors. Vote-buying, a form of electoral corruption and a criminal offense in many countries, undermines democratic processes by distorting voter choices and perpetuating inequality. The primary objective is to estimate the prevalence of vote-buying, while secondary outcomes focus on identifying demographic and behavioral patterns among voters. The study employs stratified random sampling, targeting 1,200 respondents aged 18 and above. By exploring these dynamics, this study offers recommendations for democratic governance and social equity.
Marginalized groups can avoid discrimination by hiding their group identity, and by “passing” for another identity. How successful are these strategies at masking identity, and which types of people are most successful? And does the hiding of identity change intergroup interactions? We answer these questions for the case of caste in north India. We are recruiting high and low-caste men to work together on data entry tasks for one day. Worker pairs will be randomized to either have their caste identity revealed (through common knowledge of full names), or hidden (through common knowledge only of first names), or to be told to hide their caste from their partner.
We want to explore whether different work environments impact selection into certain jobs and occupations. Using an online survey experiment, we ask individuals to make hypothetical job choices randomizing job attributes.
This trial studies US consumers' perceptions of the Fed and how these perceptions shape their macroeconomic expectations.
The ability to assess probabilities of future outcomes is an essential component of individuals’ decision-making under risk. A growing number of surveys ask people to assess their subjective probabilities for future events, and there is ample evidence that these beliefs matter for individuals’ choices. At the same time, different surveys employ different formats when asking for beliefs, and answers to these expectations questions show inconsistencies and measurement error. The objective of this project is to study how different formats relate to the measures of beliefs we derive from them. We implement an online survey of 4,400 participants to test how the format of income-expectation questions relates to measures of coherence, rounding, and estimated moments of the underlying beliefs. ...
This experiment is to investigate how informational prompts and repayment options affect individuals' credit card repayment decisions. We will use 3*2 design to investigate how different payment screen design affects indibiduals' repayment. We ask individuals to use a slider to choose a repayment aomount when they don't want to pay the credit card debt in full or the minimum repayment amount. We vary the initial positions of the slider across the different groups. Moreover, we randomly provide an information reminder to individuals in different groups. This design allows us to inverstigate whether individuals repay more when the slider is located on the full balance amount and the information reminder is provided.
Entrepreneurs in developing countries often have small and stagnant businesses, frequently reporting capital constraints and failing to implement standard best management practices. There is evidence that providing capital alone spurs growth while providing consulting services (group or individual) also improves management practices for such firms. In the case of group consulting, firm growth also increased significantly, delivering a cheaper yet superior alternative to individual consulting (De Mel et al. 2008; McKenzie & Woodruff 2008; Fafchamps et al. 2014; McKenzie, 2017; Iacovone, Maloney, and McKenzie, 2022). However, the mechanisms underlying the effectiveness of group consulting remain unknown, and any complementarities from jointly providing it with capital among the same firms...
In many low-income countries, firms commonly do not pay their employees’ contractually owed salaries. Newspaper articles across countries in Sub-Saharan Africa frequently illustrate this issue for example. In this study, we investigate the consequences ensuing because employers often do not pay their employees contractual salaries. Employees often do not know if their salaries will be paid on time or if it will be paid at all if they enter into wage employment. We will investigate the issue of salary uncertainty in Nigeria, specifically the consequences for workers and job-seekers, with an experimental study. The experimental study contains two parts. The first part of the experiment is designed to analyze the effect of salary uncertainty on people’s willingness to for an employer (extensi...
Uganda’s agricultural sector contributes the highest to its emissions. Low-carbon agricultural technologies are hence an indispensable fragment of Uganda’s energy transition. However, the uptake of these technologies is low, and lack of information, affordability, and financing mechanisms are often cited as key barriers to adoption. Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) can play a central role in driving the uptake of low-carbon agricultural technologies. The highest proportion of Uganda’s MSMEs are engaged in the agricultural sector. Through the use of innovative and inclusive business models, MSMEs can promote the adoption of agricultural technologies. Evidence on demand for low-carbon agricultural technology is scanty. Existing studies mainly use cross-sectional method...
This study examines the potential of narrative-based interventions to transform former combatants into peacebuilders, with a focus on promoting social integration and de-radicalization. Conducted across four rehabilitation centers in Somalia, the research targets individuals who voluntarily disengaged from Al-Shabaab, a jihadist group responsible for significant violence in Africa. Participants are randomly assigned to one of two groups, with one receiving tailored content that emphasizes their potential roles as peacebuilders. Over eight weeks, both groups engage in structured rehabilitation sessions, followed by comprehensive data collection, including surveys and natural language processing analyses. The study hypothesizes that framing former combatants as agents of peace enhances th...