Social image concerns and welfare take-up
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DOI: 10.1016/j.jpubeco.2018.10.008
Abstract: Using a laboratory experiment, we present first evidence that social image concerns causally reduce the take-up of an individually beneficial transfer. Our design manipulates the informativeness of the take-up decision by varying whether transfer eligibility… read more here.
Keywords: welfare take; image concerns; social image; transfer ... See more keywords