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  • The Third Function of Law Is to Transform Cultural Categories (English)

    How does law change society? In the rational actor model, law affects behavior only by changing incentives and information -- the command and coordination function of law. Under the view that humans are...

    Document Type: Policy Research Working Paper Report No.: WPS8954 Document Date: August 6, 2019 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Hoff,Karla,Walsh,James Sonam

  • Behavioral Strategies to Support Social Stability in Lebanon (English)

    The war in Syria has had an enormous impact on Lebanese society and economy. Lebanon is host to an estimated 1.5 million forcibly displaced Syrians - one-third of the country’s population. This dramatic...

    Document Type: Working Paper Report No.: 136599 Document Date: March 28, 2019 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Walsh,James Sonam,Afif,Zeina,Batada,Amirali,Valcarcel Benitez,Francarlo Roberto,Vakis,Renos,Dalton,Abigail Goodnow,Leon Solano,Rene Antonio

  • A Light-Touch Method to Improve Accurate Reporting of IDP’s Food Consumption (English)

    Misreporting is a well-known challenge for researchers in social sciences and even more so for policymakers who rely on accurate data to design effective relief strategies. This issue is especially prevalent...

    Document Type: Policy Research Working Paper Report No.: WPS8539 Document Date: August 6, 2018 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Kaplan,Lennart Christian,Pape,Utz Johann,Walsh,James Sonam

  • The World Bank Research Observer 33 (1) (English)

    The World Bank Research Observer is intended for anyone who has a professional interest in development. Observer articles are written to be accessible to nonspecialist readers; contributors examine key...

    Document Type: Publication Report No.: 140546 Document Date: February 1, 2018 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Hoff,Karla,Walsh,James Sonam,Peters,Jörg,Langbein,Jörg,Roberts,Gareth Arthur,Estrin,Saul,Pelletier,Adeline,Leigland,James

  • The whys of social exclusion : insights from behavioral economics (English)

    All over the world, people are prevented from participating fully in society through mechanisms that go beyond the structural and institutional barriers identified by rational choice theory (poverty, exclusion...

    Document Type: Policy Research Working Paper Report No.: WPS8267 Document Date: December 11, 2017 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Hoff,Karla,Walsh,James Sonam