Search Results - "Bursztyn, Leonardo"

Misperceived Social Norms: Women Working Outside the Home in Saudi Arabia by Bursztyn, Leonardo, González, Alessandra L., Yanagizawa-Drott, David

“…We show that the vast majority of young married men in Saudi Arabia privately support women working outside the home (WWOH) and substantially underestimate…”
Get full text

'Acting Wife': Marriage Market Incentives and Labor Market Investments by Bursztyn, Leonardo, Fujiwara, Thomas, Pallais, Amanda

“…Do single women avoid career-enhancing actions because these actions signal undesirable traits, like ambition, to the marriage market? While married and…”
Get full text

From Extreme to Mainstream: The Erosion of Social Norms by Bursztyn, Leonardo, Egorov, Georgy, Fiorin, Stefano

“…Social norms, usually persistent, can change quickly when new public information arrives, such as a surprising election outcome. People may become more…”
Get full text

The Environment and Directed Technical Change by Acemoglu, Daron, Aghion, Philippe, Bursztyn, Leonardo, Hemous, David

“…This paper introduces endogenous and directed technical change in a growth model with environmental constraints. The final good is produced from "dirty" and…”
Get full text

Social Image and Economic Behavior in the Field: Identifying, Understanding, and Shaping Social Pressure by Bursztyn, Leonardo, Jensen, Robert

“…Many people care about how they are perceived by those around them. Several recent field experiments in economics have found that such social image concerns…”
Get full text

Poverty and the political economy of public education spending: Evidence from Brazil by Bursztyn, Leonardo

“…A large body of literature has emphasized the elite capture of democratic institutions as the explanation for the low levels of spending on public education in…”
Get full text

A TEAR IN THE IRON CURTAIN: THE IMPACT OF WESTERN TELEVISION ON CONSUMPTION BEHAVIOR by Bursztyn, Leonardo, Cantoni, Davide

“…This paper examines the impact of exposure to foreign media on the economic behavior of agents in a totalitarian regime. We study private consumption choices…”
Get full text

How does peer pressure affect educational investments? by Bursztyn, Leonardo, Jensen, Robert T

“…When effort is observable to peers, students may try to avoid social penalties by conforming to prevailing norms. To test this hypothesis, we first consider a…”
Get full text

UNDERSTANDING MECHANISMS UNDERLYING PEER EFFECTS: EVIDENCE FROM A FIELD EXPERIMENT ON FINANCIAL DECISIONS by Bursztyn, Leonardo, Ederer, Florian, Ferman, Bruno, Yuchtman, Noam

“…Using a high-stakes field experiment conducted with a financial brokerage, we implement a novel design to separately identify two channels of social influence…”
Get full text

STATUS GOODS: EXPERIMENTAL EVIDENCE FROM PLATINUM CREDIT CARDS by Bursztyn, Leonardo, Ferman, Bruno, Fiorin, Stefano, Kanz, Martin, Rao, Gautam

“…This article provides field-experimental evidence on status goods. We work with an Indonesian bank that markets platinum credit cards to high-income customers…”
Get full text

Cool to be Smart or Smart to be Cool? Understanding Peer Pressure in Education by BURSZTYN, LEONARDO, EGOROV, GEORGY, JENSEN, ROBERT

“…We model and test two school-based peer cultures: one that stigmatizes effort and one that rewards ability. The model shows that either may reduce…”
Get full text

POVERTY AND THE POLITICAL ECONOMY OF PUBLIC EDUCATION SPENDING: EVIDENCE FROM BRAZIL: Poverty and the Political Economy of Public Education Spending by Bursztyn, Leonardo

Get full text

Opinions as Facts by Bursztyn, Leonardo, Rao, Aakaash, Roth, Christopher, Yanagizawa-Drott, David

“…Abstract The rise of opinion programs has transformed television news. Because they present anchors’ subjective commentary and analysis, opinion programs often…”
Get full text

Justifying Dissent by Bursztyn, Leonardo, Egorov, Georgy, Haaland, Ingar, Rao, Aakaash, Roth, Christopher

“…Abstract Dissent plays an important role in any society, but dissenters are often silenced through social sanctions. Beyond their persuasive effects,…”
Get full text

Killer Incentives: Rivalry, Performance and Risk-Taking among German Fighter Pilots, 1939–45 by Ager, Philipp, Bursztyn, Leonardo, Leucht, Lukas, Voth, Hans-Joachim

“…Abstract Using newly collected data on death rates and aerial victories of more than 5,000 German fighter pilots during World War II, we examine the effects of…”
Get full text

Misperceptions About Others by Bursztyn, Leonardo, Yang, David Y

“…Perceptions about others play an important role in shaping people's attitudes and behaviors, as well as social norms more broadly. This review presents a…”
Get full text

The schooling decision: Family preferences, intergenerational conflict, and moral hazard in the Brazilian favelas by Bursztyn, Leonardo, Coffman, Lucas C

“…This paper experimentally analyzes the schooling decisions of poor households in urban Brazil. We elicit parents' choices between monthly government transfers…”
Get full text

Identifying the Effect of Election Closeness on Voter Turnout: Evidence from Swiss Referenda by Bursztyn, Leonardo, Cantoni, Davide, Funk, Patricia, Schönenberger, Felix, Yuchtman, Noam

“…Abstract We provide evidence of a causal effect of anticipated election closeness on voter turnout, exploiting the precise day-level timing of the release of…”
Get full text

Political Identity: Experimental Evidence on Anti-Americanism in Pakistan by Bursztyn, Leonardo, Callen, Michael, Ferman, Bruno, Gulzar, Saad, Hasanain, Ali, Yuchtman, Noam

“…Abstract We identify Pakistani men’s willingness to pay to preserve their anti-American identity using two experiments imposing clearly specified financial…”
Get full text

The Schooling Decision: Family Preferences, Intergenerational Conflict, and Moral Hazard in the BrazilianFavelas by Bursztyn, Leonardo, Coffman, Lucas C.

“…This paper experimentally analyzes the schooling decisions of poor households in urban Brazil. We elicit parents’ choices between monthly government transfers…”
Get full text