Exposure to Poverty and Productivity

We study whether exposure to poverty can induce affective states that decrease productivity. In a controlled laboratory setting, we find that subjects randomly assigned to a treatment, in which they view a video featuring individuals that live in extreme poverty, exhibit lower subsequent productivit...

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Main Authors: Dalton, Patricio S., Gonzalez Jimenez, Victor H., Noussair, Charles N.
Other Authors: Univ Arizona, Dept Econ, Eller Coll Management
Language:en
Published: PUBLIC LIBRARY SCIENCE 2017
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10150/623093
http://arizona.openrepository.com/arizona/handle/10150/623093