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How do parents advise their children on decisions about occupational and vocational choices? Is parental occupational advice gender-blind? This study aims to investigate whether i) the child’s gender affects the occupational advice parents give and whether ii) parental, regional, and occupational characteristics potentially drive occupational advice patterns. For this purpose, we run a survey experiment where adults give occupational advice in a hypothetical parent-child scenario.
We study the preferences of adults for their hypothetical child’s educational and career paths. For that purpose, we implement a discrete choice experiment among a representative survey of 6000 adults aged between 25 and 60 in Switzerland where we ask them in multiple choice situations which of two “careers” they would prefer for their child. These careers are defined by the highest educational attainment, wage, the hierarchical position in their job, and the risk that their job will be substituted within the next 10 years. We ask half of the survey sample about their preferences for their hypothetical daughter, and the other half about preferences for their hypothetical son. We investigate how career attributes affect the likelihood of a career being chosen, how these preferences for c...
Armed conflicts cause tremendous human suffering, particularly for displaced populations who lose their homes and sources of livelihood. Armed conflicts have resulted in 48 million people being displaced, either as refugees or Internally Displace People (IDP). Displaced populations are particularly vulnerable to psychological disorders because of war-related traumas before departure and adverse experiences during the transition and after arrival in a new community. Despite their dire need, displaced populations have limited access to mental health services. For this pilot study, around 600 Afghan refugees will be recruited in Istanbul, Turkey, and randomly assigned to (1) a manualized Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) training that teaches coping and emotion regulation skills, (2) Isla...
Economic transactions may lead to disputes where the weaker party claims economic abuse or injury. A key consideration for whether policy or legislation should intervene is a lack of consent from the weaker party. An important element of consent is the information state of the weaker party at the time of transacting. With decreasing costs of information disclosure, this has led to governments, firms, and legislators inundating consumers with pre-transactional information (or mandating for it to be so). For example, mandatory disclosure "is among the most ubiquitous and least controversial elements of public policy, often promoted as an attractive alternative to so-called hard forms of regulation" (Loewenstein et al, 2014). The appeal of information disclosure stems from the general pres...
Diabetes and diabetes-related complications have reached epidemic levels in urban India. A promising strategy for local governments to reduce the financial and physical burdens of diabetes is to encourage better disease management by patients. Disease management may be particularly poor among impatient and present-biased people, since the costs of management (e.g., exercising more) are borne today but the benefits are realized in the future. Thus, offering financial rewards for healthy behaviors may be a potent tool for improving disease management. However, it is not well understood how to optimally design incentives for impatient and present-biased agents. Two key aspects of the incentive design--the lag between incentivized behavior and payment, and whether the contract is additively...
The challenges and opportunities in livestock farming are different for women smallholder farmers compared to the men influencing individual empowerment and consequently impacting food-security, well-being and livelihood. In several countries, women are primary producers of food and tend to control vital livestock products to produce the same. Studies have demonstrated that women are primary caregivers of cattle, thus empowering women in livestock health decisions can benefit households and communities, as their unique perspectives and skills can contribute to disease prevention and overall livestock management. This study aims to investigate the relationship between women empowerment and cattle health management using a lab in the field experiment. The experiment is scheduled to ta...
Modern social communication systems–ranging from email to social media systems–present a dizzying number of decisions for users. Privacy configurations, when not hidden by social media companies, are opaque. Individuals sometimes are also not aware of the externality that their sharing decisions can have to others. Thus, it is often hard for individuals to react or behave in ways that model the personal behaviors or are communally advantageous. Personalized recommendations, interfaces, interventions or nudges can help but implementing these requires an understanding end-user preferences. Our research seeks to tackle this challenge by modeling individual preferences through the use of economic games, both in a neutral context and in specific scenarios. Simultaneously, we will collect use...
Why does academic and labour market outcomes differ for those in pursuing post secondary education? This study will explore whether any prior social or individual beliefs can explain these differences. An intervention designed to enable learning from past failures by generating an anticipation of regret for not taking action when it was the time to do so. A retrospective exposure to past failed experiences could increase individuals' awareness on what leads to failure. As a result, individuals should update their beliefs and make behavioural changes that help them get their desired educational and labour market goals. This study is interested to look at whether there is any demand for higher order cognitive skills as a result of the treatment and whether individual emotional intelligenc...
This study examines the adoption of menstrual health technologies in high-severity settings, focusing on the influence of social barriers on this adoption. Conducted through a randomized control trial, the research assesses two intervention groups: one receiving standard menstrual health education and products, and the other additionally involving male household members in specialized educational sessions. Initially, we explore the demand for various menstrual technology features, along with the knowledge and needs surrounding menstruation among women in communities served by Oxfam in Mali, the Central African Republic, and Somaliland. This approach allows us to understand both the direct impact of menstrual health technologies and the role of social dynamics in their adoption.
Working with peers can be beneficial or harmful for many reasons. This study explores how working in pairs and pair composition affects students’ academic achievement and attitudes towards group work.