joint with Michèle Belot and Paul Muller (first version 2021) We propose a simple method to elicit time preferences at the individual level even when income and consumption varies over time. We validate the method and apply it to correlate individuals’ impatience with job search behavior and success. Find Out More
Author Archives: Philipp Kircher
joint with Michèle Belot and Paul Muller (first version July 2022) In a randomized field experiment, we provide personalized suggestions about suitable alternative occupations to long-term unemployed job seekers in the UK. Effects on the primary pre-registered outcomes of “finding a stable job” and “reaching a cumulative earnings threshold” are positive, are significant among those who searched at […]
joint with L.Brotherhood, C. Santos and M. Tertilt (new version: April 2021, first version May 2020) This paper explores policies in epidemiological model of Covid-19 where individual’s make private social distancing decisions. Individuals differ by age, where the young have lower risk but need to earn a living (though they can telework). In equilibrium the elderly protect […]
This is a slightly inward-looking question at a time where many lives are at stake, but it is not an unimportant one. Publications give both incentives and – maybe more importantly – some level of accreditation. At a time where a lot of material is circulating, accreditation seems very important. Traditional economics articles tend to […]
I became vegan in 2013. Prior to that, I thought factory farms were extreme and not the norm. That turned out be incorrect. Books like “Eating Animals” and videos about today’s ‘normal’ farming practices changed my view. Interestingly, the information only changed my behavior when I connected it to what I feel about it. What […]