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Can information correct optimistic wage expectations?: Evidence from Mozambican job-seekersForward-looking expectations are central to job search but often inaccurate. To test whether public information can help correct beliefs, we embed an experiment in a longitudinal survey of Mozambican graduates...
Wage expectation Information HeuristicsWorking Paper
No taxation without informational foundation: On the role of legibility in tax state developmentThis paper combines cross-national statistical analysis and in-depth historical case studies of Argentina and Chile to explore the relationship between two crucial dimensions of state capacity...
State capacity Information Fiscal capacityWorking Paper
Informed participation: the effects of information treatment on panel non-responseThis paper builds on a longitudinal school-to-work transition phone survey experiment to quantify the effects on attrition of communicating with participants...
Survey Participation InformationWorking Paper
Can information campaigns reduce last mile payment delays in public works programme?: Evidence from a field experiment in IndiaDoes information dissemination among beneficiaries of welfare programmes mitigate their implementation failures?...
Implementation Information randomizationWorking Paper
Updating great expectations: The effect of peer salary information on own-earnings forecastsHow jobseekers set their earnings expectations is central to job search models...
Wage expectation Information Heuristics