Inequality aversion among gypsies: a field investigation

This paper presents a first attempt to measure inequality aversion among gypsies. We conducted an experiment among adult gypsies living at slums outside Vallecas (Madrid). To analyze this variable we use the mechanism provided by Kroll & Davidovitz (2003) among 38 voluntary participants. Results indicate that: i) 52.6% of the individuals are inequality averse; ii) there is a positive relationship between inequality aversion and some features of the population such as individual religious practise, marital status, family size, position in the hierarchy of the family or club association and, iii) neither wealth, nor participation in voluntary activities affect inequality aversion.inequality aversion, gypsies, field experiment.

Searching for dissidence in the School of Architecture at the University of Costa Rica: performative arts and architecture’s boundaries

This work was published in a book funded by national funds through FCT - Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, I.P., within the project UIDB/04041/2020 (Centro de Estudos Arnaldo Araújo).info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersio

Seguimiento a las Finanzas Públicas del Valle del Cauca 2004-2006

El estudio de las finanzas públicas es fundamental para comprender el desempeño del sector público y sus potencialidades como generador de ingresos y ordenador del gasto. En el presente informe se analiza la dinámica fiscal del Valle del Cauca, entre 2004 y 2006, con el fin de realizar seguimiento a la gestión tanto del recaudo de ingresos como en la ejecución del presupuesto, para de esta forma brindar herramientas que propicien el mejoramiento de lo fiscal a nivel regional. Este documento hace parte del proyecto de investigación Seguimiento a las Finanzas Públicas Departamentales y Municipales" financiado por la Universidad Icesi. "Gestión Pública, Finanzas públicas regionales, indicadores fiscales, recaudo de ingresos, ejecución de gastos.

¿La enfermedad holandesa una posibilidad en Colombia?

En Colombia durante los últimos años se ha comenzado a visualizar un fenómeno de revaluación de la moneda frente al dólar. Hay algunas variables de la economía que han llevado al país a esta dinámica, entre ellas la más importante de resaltar es la creciente inversión extranjera que se ha logrado principalmente en los sectores minero y petrolero. Este fenómeno hace que otros sectores pierdan competitividad y el país entra en una bonanza temporal que a futuro lleva a un detrimento económico conocido como enfermedad Holandesa (EH). Sin embargo, Colombia esta a tiempo de generar políticas que le permitan prevenir los efectos de la EH, como lo han logrado países como Dubai y Noruega. Por este motivo se propuso como objetivo desarrollar un estudio sobre la EH en Colombia abordado desde diferentes perspectivas, que conlleven a encontrar medidas preventivas eficaces contra este ma

The effect of elections on third-party punishment: an experimental analysis

In this paper we analyze the behavior of an official who is elected democratically rather than being appointed exogenously. To this aim, we conduct an economic experiment in which officials are third party punishers in a public goods game. We consider two different scenarios which differ in the degree of cooperation within the society. We find that officials increase their punishment when they face elections in both scenarios. The increase in punishment is larger in the more cooperative scenario although differences are not statistically significant. Contrary to candidates’ expectations, voters always vote for the least severe candidate

Pieza maestra

El Diseño es actualmente una disciplina que permea múltiples campos de acción y se fusiona con disciplinas como arquitectura, química, gastronomía entre otras para dar a lugar a respuestas objetuales mucho más precisas y coherentes a la búsqueda de los clientes, ahora mucho más exigentes y conocedores. Pieza maestra es una chocolatería experimental que ofrece a sus cliente la posibilidad de configurar un regalo único y especial a través la customización de piezas a base de chocolate que se elaboran mediante la experiencia de ser chef chocolatero por un día sin riesgo al fracaso. El cliente se vincula directamente con el material mediante la degustación, selección y trasformación de las materias primas así como el montaje de las piezas para la creación de bombones, construyendo el escenario ideal para expresar su propia creatividad, sus intensiones y gustos particulares, en una atmosfera de juego y descubrimiento.Diseñador (a) IndustrialPregrad

Diseño de una Metodología para Mejorar la Administración de Materiales, Equipos y Organización de la Obra en los Proyectos de la Constructora Totem S.A.

Proyecto de Graduación (Licenciatura en Ingeniería en Construcción). Instituto Tecnológico de Costa Rica. Escuela de Ingeniería en Construcción, 2014.The following report presents a proposal to improve the use and management of resources for the Constructora Totem projects. A project called Acudent was selected for the task of remodeling cellars which are to be used in the construction of a dental laboratory. The information collected in this project has helped to identify the factors which cause skids with materials equipment, and labor. In order to accomplish this, the current business conditions were assessed using surveys, diagrams and photographic records. Furthermore, productivity and performance evaluations were taken of the following activites: painting and cutting metal structure for mezzanine, arming light walls and installing suspended ceilings. Those activities were selected according to the company’s interest. As a result of this study, the importance of proper planning prior to the start of a project, as well as proper follow up during the implementation phase was found. Finally, this report contains several recommendations that aim to standardize the management of resources for future projects.Instituto Tecnológico de Costa Rica. Escuela de Ingeniería en Construcción

Don’t shoot yourself in the foot! A (real-effort task) experiment on income redistribution and voting

This paper reports results from a laboratory experiment that investigates the Meltzer–Richard model of equilibrium tax rates in which individuals are either low or high skilled workers and face a real-effort task that includes leisure at the work place. We find that a large proportion of lowskilled workers vote for the lowest tax rate (the one that gives them the lowest payoff), especially when the alternative tax rate is very high. However, this proportion is significantly reduced in treatments in which the subjects are given extra information about how the tax operates in redistributing income. This result suggests that the lack of information about the role of taxes in income redistribution may be an important factor in explaining the counter-intuitive voting behavior of low-income voters over income redistribution. We also find some support that the prospect of upward mobility and the belief in the negative effect of taxes on productivity make low-income voters support low tax rates, especially when the alternative tax rate is very highMCIN/AEI/10.13039/501100011033Project ECO2016-76789-PMinisterio de Economía, Industria y CompetitividadFaculty of Economics and Business of the University of Granad

Bulimia Nervosa: Is Body Dissatisfaction a Risk Factor?

Eating disorder studies are often carried out with adolescents. However, having a normal weight and the appearance of a seemingly healthy body makes many young people wait for years before seeking out professional consultation with a specialist. Therefore, after a review of the literature we will reflect on the role of body dissatisfaction in the development and persistence that occur in bulimia nervosa. It will be linked to the data found by our research group, both in samples of adolescents and adult women. Results on risk scores in purgative behaviors associated with bulimia nervosa, dieting, eating habits, physical activity, self-esteem, social skills, and body dissatisfaction will be described. They will be contrasted in a descriptive way with data from clinical study participants diagnosed with bulimia nervosa, leading to a predictive model of the role body dissatisfaction plays as a risk factor in the development of bulimia nervosa

The effect of initial inequality on meritocracy: a voting experiment on tax redistribution

According to Alesina and Angeletos (2005), societies are less redistributive but more efficient when the median voter believes that effort and talent are much more important than luck in determining income. We test these results through a lab experiment in which participants vote over the tax rate and their pre-tax income is determined according to their performance in a real-effort task with leisure time. Subjects receive either a high or a low wage and this condition is either obtained through their talent in a tournament or randomly assigned. We compare subjects' decisions in these two different scenarios, taking into consideration different levels of wage inequality. In our framework, this initial income inequality turns out to be crucial to support the theoretical hypothesis of Alesina and Angeletos (2005). Overall, we find that, only if the wage inequality is high, subjects choose a lower level of income redistribution and provide a higher effort level in the scenario in which high-wage subjects are selected based on their talent through a tournament (than when it is randomly assigned). Thus, we confirm almost all theoretical results in Alesina and Angeletos (2005) when the wage inequality is high enough. The big exception is for efficiency (measured as the sum of total payoffs), since theoretical results are not significant for both wage inequality scenarios