Educational Differences in Early Childbearing: A Cross-national Comparative Study Abstract: This cross-national comparative study describes relationships between women’s socioeconomic status and early age at first childbirth and seeks to lay an empirical foundation for further research on the ways in which these relationships are shaped by national context.  To this end, we describe differences in early childbearing with respect to both…

"The Nature of Risk Preferences: Evidence from Insurance Choices" (Note: the seminar is on Wednesday) Abstract:      We use data on insurance deductible choices to estimate a structural model of risky choice that permits "standard" risk aversion, loss aversion, and probability weighting. We show that loss aversion and probability weighting - though not separately identified without strong…

"Discrimination in labour markets: An experimental analysis" Abstract: This study highlights that discrimination can be pervasive on the labor market also in the lack of quality differences between different categories and if employers with unbiased intentions strive for high quality workers. We tested experimentally the hypotheses that (i) high aspiration levels of firms and (ii)…

"Inference for Best Linear Approximations to Set Identified Functions" Abstract: This paper provides inference methods for best linear approximations to functions which are known to lie within a band. It extends the partial identification literature by allowing the upper and lower functions defining the band to be any functions, including ones carrying an index, which…

"On the Efficiency of Partial Information in Elections" We study the relation between the electorate’s information about candidates’ policy platforms during an election, and the subsequent provision of inefficient local publicgoods (pork) by the elected government. More information does not lead to better outcomes. We show that the efficient outcome in which no candidate proposes…

"Price as a signal of product quality: experimental evidence from wine tastings" Abstract:We study the determinants of the choice between wines in wine tasting experiments where about 200 nonprofessional tasters were asked to indicate which one of the tasted wines they preferred and which one they would buy. In addition to actually tasting several wines, which differ in terms…

"An Estimable Equilibrium Model of Labor Market Search and Schooling Choice"

"A Salience Theory of Choice Errors"

"Treatment choice using empirical risk minimization"

"A more robust definition of multiple priors"

"Identifying Sorting: In Practice"

"Love for Quality, Comparative Advantage, and Trade"

"Organized Crime Networks: Theory and Evidence Based on Federal Bureau of Narcotics Secret Files on American Mafia"

"Long Term Youth Unemployment Or Disposable Workforce?"

"Knowing the right person in the right place: political connections and resistance to change"

"The Demarcation of Land and the Role of Coordinating Property Institutions"