The hidden advantage of delegation: Pareto improvements in a gift exchange game
This paper analyzes the effect on performance and earnings of delegating the wage choice
to employees. Our results show that such delegation significantly increases effort levels. …
to employees. Our results show that such delegation significantly increases effort levels. …
On the escalation and de-escalation of conflict
We introduce three extensions of the Hirshleifer–Skaperdas conflict game to study experimentally
the effects of post-conflict behavior and repeated interaction on the allocation of effort …
the effects of post-conflict behavior and repeated interaction on the allocation of effort …
Providing performance information in education: An experimental evaluation in Colombia
F Barrera-Osorio, K Gonzalez, F Lagos… - Journal of Public …, 2020 - Elsevier
We conducted a randomized controlled trial of an information intervention to evaluate the
effects of providing information to families on their children's reading and math achievement in …
effects of providing information to families on their children's reading and math achievement in …
The white dwarf binary pathways survey – VI. Two close post-common envelope binaries with TESS light curves
…, G Tovmassian, M Zorotovic, F Lagos… - Monthly Notices of …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Establishing a large sample of post-common-envelope binaries (PCEBs) that consist of a
white dwarf plus an intermediate mass companion star of spectral type AFGK, offers the …
white dwarf plus an intermediate mass companion star of spectral type AFGK, offers the …
The White Dwarf Binary Pathways Survey–IV. Three close white dwarf binaries with G-type secondary stars
…, SG Parsons, BT Gänsicke, F Lagos… - Monthly Notices of …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Constraints from surveys of post-common envelope binaries (PCEBs) consisting of a white
dwarf plus an M-dwarf companion have led to significant progress in our understanding of the …
dwarf plus an M-dwarf companion have led to significant progress in our understanding of the …
Population aging and legal retirement age
JA Lacomba, F Lagos - Journal of Population Economics, 2006 - Springer
This paper analyzes the effects of population aging on the preferred legal retirement age.
What is revealed is the crucial role that the indirect ‘macro’ effects resulting from a change in …
What is revealed is the crucial role that the indirect ‘macro’ effects resulting from a change in …
Social comparisons in wage delegation: Experimental evidence
We make two main contributions in this article. We examine whether social comparisons
affects workers’ performance when a firm can choose workers’ wages or let them choose their …
affects workers’ performance when a firm can choose workers’ wages or let them choose their …
Variation in the local segregation of Latino children—Role of place, poverty, and culture
Purpose: Does the rising share of Latino students in US schools help to integrate previously
White campuses or exacerbate racial and economic segregation over time? This article …
White campuses or exacerbate racial and economic segregation over time? This article …
Dysfunctional involvement of emotion and reward brain regions on social decision making in excess weight adolescents
Obese adolescents suffer negative social experiences, but no studies have examined
whether obesity is associated with dysfunction of the social brain or whether social brain …
whether obesity is associated with dysfunction of the social brain or whether social brain …
The development of social preferences
This paper examines how social preferences develop with age. This is done using a range of
mini-dictator games from which we classify 665 subjects into a variety of behavioural types. …
mini-dictator games from which we classify 665 subjects into a variety of behavioural types. …