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The Effect of Warm-Glow on User Behavioral Intention to Adopt Technology: Extending the UTAUT2 Model
No full textNo evidence that anti-domestic violence laws reduce violent child discipline in Sub-Saharan Africa
Full text linkAlbeit rarely recognized as such in existing legislation, violent child discipline is a clear form of domestic violence (DV), with long-lasting implications for children’s health and wellbeing. This study investigates whether anti-DV laws introduced gradually in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) since the mid-2000s had any effect in curbing violent caregiving practices. We do so by merging household survey data from 27 SSA countries with time-series information on anti-DV law implementation from World Bank’s reports. Leveraging a quasi-experimental approach, we
compare African caregivers’ childrearing practices and attitudes toward harsh parenting in countries with and without anti-DV laws, before and after law implementation. We test the effectiveness of the laws and conduct heterogeneity analyses by caregiver, household, and child
characteristics, alongside country-level indicators of development and inequality. We document a robust increase in violent child discipline following law implementation—mainly driven by emotional punishment—as well as a significantly higher endorsement of harsh parenting practices. Results are weaker, i.e., the consequences of the laws are less negative, in countries characterized by higher income and gender inequalities, where laws have more of a “protective” effect. Findings underscore the unintended consequences of legislation implemented without a clear aim of protecting children
Performance-feedback
Full text linkFeedback plays a critical role in shaping beliefs, guiding decisions, and improving performance. We conduct an online experiment to study the nature and effectiveness of qualitative feedback. Although qualitative feedback is widely used, it has
received little attention in experimental economics, where the focus has been primarily on quantitative feedback. Our design captures the full performance-feedback sequence: participants complete an essay-writing task, assess their performance, receive feedback from an evaluator, and then update their beliefs and make choices. Despite the presence of an upwards kindness bias in how feedback is given, we find that qualitative feedback is effective: beliefs are updated appropriately. We find
no difference in how feedback is given to men and women. We identify two channels through which feedback influences decisions: a belief-updating channel and an encouragement channel. Women respond to both, while men are less responsive to
encouragement. The more concrete feedback is, the more useful
The third check: Surplus extraction, Malthus, and the origins of agrarian civilization
Full text linkThe paper analyzes the economic basis of agrarian civilizations. These had an agricultural part that produced food and a non-agricultural part that was supported by food from the countryside. The agricultural surplus was necessary for these cities but not sufficient. The technology (domestic seed, the plough) that generated the surplus was created by foragers and hoe cultivators who held the land in common. Their technology is modeled with engineering production functions derived with linear programming. Had they exploited the advanced technology, the result would have been a large population of cultivators living at subsistence and consuming the entire ‘surplus.’ This Malthusian nightmare was avoided by landlords who privatized land and organized it to maximize their income. Taxation could have a similar effect but less precisely. The rent proceeds supported the city. Theoretical analysis and simulation show that the effect of private property was to reduce the total population (the third Malthusian check) and to reduce the agricultural population even more. The difference was the urban population. In equilibrium the urban and rural labourers were at subsistence, the landowners were rich, Gini coefficients were high, and GDP per capita was greater than subsistence
Classroom as the 'Third Theatre': Engaging with Badal Sircar's Theory and Praxis of Drama
Full text linkThe paper examines the theory and practice of Badal Sircar, one of the pioneers of theatre practice in postcolonial India. It contends that Sircar's 'third theatre' or 'intimate theatre'—characterised by its abandonment of traditional theatre conventions and its strong political resonance for Indian audiences—provides a compelling model for transforming literature classrooms into participatory spaces. Drawing inspiration from Sircar's group Satabdi and their innovative, mobile, and non-commercial performances in everyday spaces, the paper argues that replicating the principles of third theatre in classroom settings can radically shift drama reading into a collaborative, purposeful, and socially engaged practice. By modifying spatial arrangements and fostering collective action, the classroom itself can become a site of social resistance and emancipation. This paper outlines three specific ways Sircar's experimentation offers a model for vibrant and democratic drama pedagogy, in which the class can work as a community, thinking, speaking, and acting together to bring about social action
Innovation in Industrial Real Estate Summer 2025
No full textCourse: REAL1-GC2720.001/DEVE1-GC2720.00
Coordination through bargaining in weakest-link games
Full text linkCoordination problems are often modeled as weakest-link games, where the minimum-contributing agent determines their group’s surplus to be shared in equal parts. Yet in many settings, the sharing of a jointly-produced surplus occurs through bargaining, which acts as a double-edged sword: It can promote effort by disciplining low contributors or deter it through the added uncertainty of returns. We present experimental evidence that bargaining improves coordination by promoting equitable divisions that reward higher contributions, even in one-shot interactions. High contributors are more likely than low contributors to propose allocations that reward effort, creating a virtuous cycle that increases efficiency. Allowing groups to endogenously select who can act as proposers can backfire: Efficiency increases when high contributors are endorsed but falls otherwise. These results highlight the scope and limits of participatory surplus division mechanisms in providing incentives for efficient coordination.The authors gratefully acknowledge financial support from Tamkeen under the NYU Abu Dhabi Research Institute Award CG005. We are grateful for the support from the Social Science Experimental Laboratory at NYUAD and the BEELab at Maastricht University
ArtsPraxis: Volume 12, Issue 2
Full text linkIn this issue, our contributors offer reflections and documentation of creative practices that are reimagining the field. Dermot Daly launches the issue with a provocation, asking how and why we need to diversity curricula in theatre programs. Crestcencia Ortiz-Barnett interrogates her experience (alongside students of color) of the imposter syndrome through an analysis of community building work she has instituted at North Carolina A&T State University. Kaitlin Orlena-Kearns Jaskolski returns to ArtsPraxis to explore the paradoxes of disability inclusion in theatre through four case studies from The Oasis League, an applied inclusive theatre project at Oasis Association, a group home for adults with intellectual disabilities in Cape Town, South Africa. Shuangshuang Cai examines the role of applied theatre as a tool for community development within contemporary China’s urban context, with a specific focus on its capacity to strengthen community identity and social capital. Lemar O. Archer considers how documentary theatre can be used as an arts-based research method for international graduate students to share experiences of language barriers, financial limitations and cultural adjustment difficulties in order to promote awareness, empathy, and institutional reflection. Couched in the politics of a Southern Indiana school district, Luke Foster Hayden explores how Christopher Small’s concept of “musicking” can be used as a methodological framework for critical pedagogy. Nabanita Chakraborty contends that Badal Sircar's 'third theatre' or 'intimate theatre' provides a compelling model for transforming literature classrooms into participatory spaces. Carla Lahey documents the way some evangelical churches provide spaces for children and teens to engage in the arts. Finally, in reviewing Jo Beth Gonzalez’s Temporary Stages III: How High School Theatre Fosters Spiritual Growth and Critical Consciousness, Lauren Gorelov demonstrates how Gonzalez situates theatre pedagogy within a critical spiritual framework that unites students’ inner development with their growing awareness of social structures and inequities
Dramatic Sonata: A Musicking
Full text linkCouched in the politics of a Southern Indiana school district, this paper explores how Christopher Small’s concept of “musicking” can be used as a methodological framework for critical pedagogy. The paper is presented in sonata form and with dialogue detailing the author’s experiences advocating for his students to perform Ride the Cyclone: High School Edition in front of his local school board. It begins with a brief discussion on the political climate in Indiana, followed by exploring how musicking can be used to counteract these policies and how these policies impact the lives of students. The dialogue portion demonstrates musicking in action as all participants can music together