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  • April 2018
  • Article

Elite Strategies and Incremental Policy Change: The Expansion of Primary Education in India

By: Akshay Mangla
This article analyzes India’s recent enactment of universal primary education. This programmatic policy change is puzzling given the clientelistic features of Indian democracy. Drawing on interviews and official documents, I demonstrate the catalytic role of committed... View Details
Keywords: Education; Policy Change; Policy Elites; Institutions; India; Early Childhood Education; Policy; Education Industry; India
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  • January 2014
  • Article

Self-reported Ethical Risk Taking Tendencies Predict Actual Dishonesty

By: Liora Zimerman, Shaul Shalvi and Yoella Bereby-Meyer
Are people honest about the extent to which they engage in unethical behaviors? We report an experiment examining the relation between self-reported risky unethical tendencies and actual dishonest behavior. Participants’ self-reported risk taking tendencies were... View Details
Keywords: DOSPERT; Risk Taking; Honesty; Lying; Dishonesty; Unethical Behavior; Moral Sensibility; Cognition and Thinking
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  • 2010
  • Chapter

A Resource Belief-Curse: Oil and Individualism

By: Rafael Di Tella, Juan Dubra and Robert MacCulloch
We study the correlation between a belief concerning individualism and a measure of luck in the US during the period 1983-2004. The measure of beliefs is the answer to a question related to whether the poor should be helped by the government or if they should help... View Details
Keywords: History; Natural Environment; Non-Renewable Energy; Values and Beliefs; Price; Poverty; Policy; Economy; United States
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  • 2007
  • Working Paper

A Resource Belief-Curse: Oil and Individualism

By: Rafael Di Tella, Juan Dubra and Robert MacCulloch
We study the correlation between a belief concerning individualism and a measure of luck in the US during the period 1983-2004. The measure of beliefs is the answer to a question related to whether the poor should be helped by the government or if they should help... View Details
Keywords: Energy; Price; Policy; Government and Politics; Poverty; Welfare; Energy Industry; United States
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  • 06 Mar 2014
  • HBS Seminar

Dina Pomeranz, Harvard Business School

  • Research Summary

Overview

The focus of Professor Gross’ research agenda is U.S. technological innovation, innovation policy, and the effects of technological change on economic activity. He is also interested in learning about what drives individual creative behavior. Methodologically, he is... View Details

    Effects of an Information Sharing System on Employee Creativity, Engagement, and Performance

    Many service organizations rely on information sharing systems to boost employee creativity to meet customer needs. We conducted a field experiment in a retail chain, based on a registered report accepted by JAR, to test whether an information sharing system recording... View Details
    • Web

    Faculty & Researchers - Managing the Future of Work

    Harvard Business Review (website), July 10, 2024. With Leila Doumi, Sagar Goel, Orsolya Kovács-Ondrejkovic, and Raffaella Sadun. Case Study: Navigating Labor Unrest , Article, Harvard Business Review, March–April 2024. Helping Children Catch Up: Early Life Shocks and... View Details
    • Web

    Careers Blog

    Video | Nicole Ledoux (MBA 2008) tag Alumni Career Videos Nicole Ledoux (MBA 2008) shares how a personal experience sparked an unexpected pivot from finance to entrepreneurship, launching the healthy snack brand 88 Acres with no... View Details
    • Web

    Apply - Crossover Into Business

    interested in learning more about business? Prior business experience is not a “must,” but what experience do you have in business? What are your goals as they relate to the Crossover program? We expect... View Details
    • Portrait Project

    Albert Chiu

    COVID-19 was not my first experience with deadly viral outbreaks. I was born in Macau and lived through the 2002 SARS epidemic. During the epidemic, my mother, a doctor, volunteered to serve on the frontlines, tirelessly treating an... View Details
    • 25 Nov 2008
    • First Look

    First Look: November 25, 2008

    Working Papers Reality versus Propaganda in the Formation of Beliefs about Privatization Authors: Rafael Di Tella, Sebastian Galiani, and Ernesto Schargrodsky Abstract Argentina privatized most public utilities during the 1990s but re-nationalized the main water... View Details
    Keywords: Martha Lagace
    • April 2021
    • Article

    For the Love of Money: The Role of Financially Contingent Self-worth in Romantic Relationships

    By: Deborah E. Ward, Lora E. Park, Courtney M. Walsh, Kristin Naragon-Gainey, Elaine Paravati and Ashley V. Whillans
    Financial conflicts are among the top reasons for dissatisfaction and dissolution in romantic relationships. Beyond economic strain, however, few studies have examined the psychological antecedents of financial conflicts that contribute to relationship satisfaction.... View Details
    Keywords: Conflict and Resolution; Family and Family Relationships; Satisfaction; Personal Finance
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    • September 2023
    • Article

    Measuring Time Use in Rural India: Design and Validation of a Low-Cost Survey Module

    By: Erica Field, Rohini Pande, Natalia Rigol, Simone Schaner, Elena Stacy and Charity Troyer Moore
    Time use data can help us understand individual labor supply choices, especially for women who often provide unpaid care and home production. Although enumerator-assisted diary-based time use data collection is suitable for low-literacy populations, it is costly and... View Details
    Keywords: Time Use; Measurement and Metrics; Gender; Labor
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    • March 2024
    • Article

    Human Capital Affects Religious Identity: Causal Evidence from Kenya

    By: Livia Alfonsi, Michal Bauer, Julie Chytilová and Edward Miguel
    We study how human capital and economic conditions causally affect the choice of religious denomination. We utilize a longitudinal dataset monitoring the religious history of more than 5,000 Kenyans over 20 years, in tandem with a randomized experiment (deworming) that... View Details
    Keywords: Religion; Human Capital; Developing Countries and Economies; Welfare; Kenya
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    • 2025
    • Working Paper

    Global Harms, Local Profits: How the Uneven Costs of Natural Disasters Affect Support for Green Political Platforms

    By: Silvia Pianta and Paula Rettl
    Large-scale fires are becoming increasingly common due to climate change. While conventional wisdom suggests that firsthand experiences with natural disasters foster green coalitions by raising awareness of environmental degradation, we propose an alternative... View Details
    Keywords: Climate Impact; Politics; Environmental Issues; Environmental Protection; Economic Analysis; Economic Behavior; Economic Geography; Economy; Economics; Climate Change; Environmental Management; Political Elections; Natural Disasters; Green Technology; Environmental Sustainability; Latin America; Brazil
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    • 2022
    • Working Paper

    The Limits of Decentralized Administrative Data Collection: Experimental Evidence from Colombia

    By: Natalia Garbiras-Diaz and Tara Slough
    States collect vast amounts of data for use in policymaking and public administration. To do so, central governments frequently solicit data from decentralized bureaucrats. Because central governments use these data in policymaking, decentralized bureaucrats may face... View Details
    Keywords: Decentralization; Policy-making; Policy/economics; Policy Evaluation; Governance; Government Administration; Government and Politics; Government Legislation; Policy; Public Opinion; Analytics and Data Science; Latin America; South America; Colombia
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    • December 2022
    • Article

    The Emotional Rewards of Prosocial Spending Are Robust and Replicable in Large Samples

    By: Lara B. Aknin, Elizabeth W. Dunn and Ashley V. Whillans
    Past studies show that spending money on other people—prosocial spending—increases a person’s happiness. However, foundational research on this topic was conducted prior to psychology’s credibility revolution (or “replication crisis”), so it is essential to ask... View Details
    Keywords: Happiness; Money
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    • 2024
    • Working Paper

    What Drives Variation in Investor Portfolios? Estimating the Roles of Beliefs and Risk Preferences

    By: Mark Egan, Alexander MacKay and Hanbin Yang
    We present an empirical model of portfolio choice that allows for the nonparametric estimation of investors' (subjective) expectations and risk preferences. Utilizing a comprehensive dataset of 401(k) plans from 2009 through 2019, we explore heterogeneity in asset... View Details
    Keywords: Stock Market Expectations; Demand Estimation; Retirement Planning; Defined Contribution Retirement Plan; 401 (K); Finance; Investment Portfolio; Investment; Retirement; Behavioral Finance; Financial Services Industry; United States
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    Inaccurate Group Meta-Perceptions Drive Negative Out-Group Attributions in Competitive Contexts

    By: J. Lees and M. Cikara
    Across seven experiments and one survey (n = 4,282), people consistently overestimated out-group negativity towards the collective behaviour of their in-group. This negativity bias in group meta-perception was present across multiple competitive (but not cooperative)... View Details
    Keywords: Intergroup Competition; Psychology; Political Polarization; Judgment And Decision-making
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