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Background Note
Behavioural experiments as an impactful tool in sustainable development

Introduction Only recently has the importance and potential of behavioural sciences been recognized as a critical tool to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). This long-awaited recognition comes from the highest levels of the United...

Working Paper
Consolidating behavioural economics and rational choice theory

Using illustrations from research on inequality, this paper offers evidence on the strengths of ‘behavioural synthesis’, i.e. the reconciliation between neoclassical and behavioural economics. We compare how theoretical models of absolute and...

Book Chapter
Social networks as levers of mobility

Part of Book Social Mobility in Developing Countries

Working Paper
Social networks, role models, peer effects, and aspirations

We review the literature on pathways through which social networks may influence social mobility in developing countries. We find that social networks support members in tangible ways—via access to opportunities for migration, credit, trading...

Project
New approaches to measuring poverty and vulnerability

Theme: 2010-11

Presentation
ASREC Europe 2016

The Association for the Study of Religion, Economics and Culture (ASREC) held a conference at the University of Copenhagen on 16-17 May 2016.

16 May 2016 – 17 May 2016
Department of Economics, University of Copenhagen, Øster Farimagsgade 5, Building 26, Copenhagen, Denmark
Past event
Presentation
Optimal taxation from a behavioral viewpoint: Implications for redistributive policies

Jukka Pirttilä presented 'Optimal taxation from a behavioral viewpoint: Implications for redistributive policies' at the University of Verona, Winter School of Inequality and social welfare theory, 2015.

13 January 2015
University of Verona, Via dell'Artigliere 8, Verona, Italy
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Journal Article
Theoretical models of inequality

Using illustrations from research on inequality, this essay makes a case for ‘behavioural synthesis’, that is the reconciliation between neo-classical and behavioural economics. Focusing on selected theories of absolute and relative inequality, we...

Video
Behavioural Foundations

Conference on Inequality—Measurement, trends, impacts, and policies - Parallel 2.4

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