Projekty badawcze
Experiments on gender stereotypes at the university
UMO-2019/35/O/HS4/01640 - PRELUDIUM BIS
Experiments on gender stereotypes at the university
UMO-2019/35/O/HS4/01640 - PRELUDIUM BIS
The pursuit of science (esp. exact sciences) is commonly associated with the male gender. This has negativeconsequences but identifying the bias is hard. People are often unwilling to admit to it, which gives rise to newmethods of detection, e.g. the Implicit Association Test, IAT (Greenwald, McGhee, & Schwartz, 1998). In thisproject we propose two novel ways to uncover implicit gender-science bias. In Study 1, modified versions ofthe “female surgeon riddle” will be used. The participants will be asked questions such as: “A professor ofphysics had a child but was not this child's father. How is it possible?”. Inability to guess that she was themother will be taken as a proxy for stereotyping.In Study 2, they will be asked to translate a short text into Polish, e.g. “The third edition of the bookMathematical Concepts in the Physical Sciences by M. L. Boas provides a comprehensive introduction to thefield of mathematical physics.”. To express it correctly in Polish, the translator has to know that Boas was awoman, something that Google could tell them in less than a second.
Again, failure to check it and translatingas if Boas was a man will be an indicator of a bias. Between-subject treatment manipulations will be conductedin both studies to investigate factors which may help overcome the bias. In particular, we will check if monetaryincentives encourage verifying the stereotypical notion in Study 2.In Studies 3 and 4 we will investigate consequences of the bias.
Studies find that explicit gender discriminationin decisions on hiring, promotion, submissions, grant allocation is weak (Ceci, Ginther, Kahn, & Williams, 2014;Ceci & Williams, 2011), so we will investigate two informal ways in which male academics may be, on average,more supported than their female colleagues. First, “old-boys” networks may provide more assistance andinformation about opportunities to males (Villanueva-Felez, Woolley, & Cañibano, 2015). In our Study 3,researchers employed at a university department (small enough to know most of their colleagues) will be toldof a one-time opportunity to receive additional research money amounting to 10 thousand PLN. They will beasked to rank a few of their colleagues (excluding themselves) that deserve the grant the most. The votes willbe confidential but not anonymous, which will allow identifying self-sex preference and controlling forpublications records, research interest, co-authoring networks etc. We intend to conduct this study at fourdepartments, contrasting exact sciences with humanities. In each of studies 1-3 we will also measureparticipants’ gender-science bias using both explicit declarations and the IAT.Finally, in Study 4, we will focus on student evaluation of teaching (SET).
Previous studies suggest that it maybe gender-biased (Mitchell & Martin, 2018) and overall arbitrary, i.e. unrelated to actual effectiveness ofteaching (Uttl, White, & Gonzalez, 2017). Here, we will make use of a natural experiment, focusing on suchSET questions as whether the room was properly equipped for the classes, which have nothing to do withteacher’s performance. Thus, if there is there is any systematic difference for these questions between(randomly assigned) male teachers and female teachers of the same subject, teaching in the same rooms, itwill reveal evaluating students’ gender bias
Economic valuation methods as applied to cultural assets
NAWA BPN/BKK/2021/1/00005/U/00001 - NAWA
Economic valuation methods as applied to cultural assets
NAWA BPN/BKK/2021/1/00005/U/00001 - NAWA
The project aims to develop economic valuation methods for use in determining the value of cultural assets. Valuation methods are widely used in many
fields, in environmental and transport economics, but their application in cultural economics is far less common. This project aims to explore the validity and feasibility of using economic valuation methods to determine the value of cultural assets and to propose practical solutions as to how valuation methods can be adapted to serve the effective valuation of
cultural assets.
Introducing material flows into macro-evolutionary models: a study of the circular economy
UMO-2019/35/B/HS4/00140 - OPUS
Introducing material flows into macro-evolutionary models: a study of the circular economy
UMO-2019/35/B/HS4/00140 - OPUS
Designing long-term systemic transformation frameworks for regions – Accelerating the shift towards climate neutrality (TRANSFORMER)
1069934 - HORIZON EUROPE
Designing long-term systemic transformation frameworks for regions – Accelerating the shift towards climate neutrality (TRANSFORMER)
1069934 - HORIZON EUROPE
The ambition of the TRANSFORMER project is to design long-term systemic transformation frameworks for regions across Europe in order to accelerate the shift towards climate neutrality. At the onset of the project, a conceptual framework will be developed by mapping, defining, and categorising Transition Super-Labs (TSLs). Actual TSLs will be piloted in four regions: the Ruhr area, DE, Emilia Romagna, IT, Lower Silesia, PL and Western Macedonia, GR. The project will develop a roadmap blueprint, a toolkit (incl. matchmaking mechanisms) and a knowledge hub, on the one hand to support the pilot regions but also to be applied by other regions across Europe. Moreover, an evaluation framework will be developed in order to evaluate the impact of TSLs in the TRANSFORMER pilot regions, as well as the respective tools and structures applied by the pilot regions. Project activities will be accompanied by comprehensive communicate and disseminate activities, providing (intermediate) results of the project and the activities in the pilot TSLs, providing a Hub with information, and offering training and capacity building activities for various target groups and stakeholders. Finally, an Exploitation Plan will be prepared for a long-lasting impact of the project.
New research program devoted to enhancing the validity and robustness of stated preference valuation methods in the face of selected behavioral phenomena and biases
UMO-2018/30/E/HS4/00388 - SONATA BIS
New research program devoted to enhancing the validity and robustness of stated preference valuation methods in the face of selected behavioral phenomena and biases
UMO-2018/30/E/HS4/00388 - SONATA BIS
The project concerns state-of-the-art stated preference (SP) methods for modeling consumers’ preferences and the valuation of non-market goods. We will deal with several issues related to behavioral anomalies, such as “anchoring”, “fat tails problem”, insufficient sensitivity to scope, ordering effects, etc., which are observed in SP studies despite utilizing the state-of-the-art recommendations for their construction, such as making the survey instruments incentive compatible.
The aim of this project is to systematically investigate selected biases and propose new ways to deal with them, thus making SP methods more robust and enhancing their validity.In particular, we intend to investigate the following issues: controlling for experience and information with the good, private or public nature of the good, survey quality-related anomalies (speeding, yeah-saying, attention, cognitive burden), incorrect accounting for preference heterogeneity, attribute non-attendance, non-constant marginal utility of money, using the new joint discrete-continuous econometric models, experimental exploration of the drivers of anchoring observed for the monetary attribute, combined stated and revealed preference data sources, and choice set formation.
Overall, this project constitutes a research program consisting of several components that are contributing to the understanding of the behavioral anomalies observed in SP studies, and can lead to addressing the problems these anomalies cause for the interpretation of SP results.
Plans vs. actions -- a theoretical and empirical analysis of outmigration andreturn migration intentions and behavior
UMO-2018/31/D/HS4/01523 - SONATA
Plans vs. actions -- a theoretical and empirical analysis of outmigration andreturn migration intentions and behavior
UMO-2018/31/D/HS4/01523 - SONATA
The objective of the study is to broaden the knowledge of the relationships between migration intentions and migration behavior.
To this end, an analytical framework of a decision model which formalizes the effect of the type of migration decision to be made (in particular – outmigration and return migration) will be proposed, bridging the theory of planned behavior with random utility maximization theory. An additional goal is to incorporate novel research methods (laboratory experiment) and techniques (Bayesian estimation, simulations), which have been applied successfully in decision-making fields other than migration studies, to help choose the most appropriate framework for the analysis of migration behavior. The use of an experimental approach will also allow to address another objective – to choose the most appropriate (in terms of accuracy of predicting actual behavior) phrasing for intentions to migrate.
It is planned to verify three research hypotheses: 1.The mechanisms underlying outmigration and return migration intentions, as well as the mechanisms governing the transition from migration intentions to behavior for these two types of mobility, are different. In particular, the chance that an emigrant fulfills his/her intentions of returning is different than the chance that a potential emigrant realizes his/her intentions to emigrate, ceteris paribus. 2.The phrasing of the migration intention question determines, to a large extent, the usefulness of the obtained declaration in modeling behavior based on intentions. 3.A mixed-methods approach combining the theory of planned behavior and random utility maximization theory fares better in describing the relationship between migration intentions and decisions than either of the theories on its own.
POLSKIE POWROTY 2019
PPN/PP0/2019/1/ 00043 /U/0001 - NAWA
POLSKIE POWROTY 2019
PPN/PP0/2019/1/ 00043 /U/0001 - NAWA
The aim is to establish a Centre for Labour and Family Dynamics (LABFAM) at the Faculty of Economic Sciences at the University of Warsaw. It is be the first research centre in Europe, which comprehensively addresses the consequences of rapid labour market changes for families (partnership formation and dissolution and fertility) in contemporary post-industrial societies with a focus on Europe.
Family formation and stability are crucial for individual well-being. They also determine the future social, economic and cultural development of a country. Family dynamics is at the same time affected by the continuously changing labour markets.
In LABFAM we study how these changes influence family dynamics and which policies can alleviate their negative consequences and thus improve the well-being of societies. In the first years, we will focus on the profound labour market changes caused by globalisation and digitalisation. We will also monitor the labour market and, with time, expand our research agenda (e.g. to labour market changes caused by climate change).
In addition, LABFAM will aim at:
1) improving availability of data for labour market and family research;
2) educating students;
3) providing evidence-based policy implications.
By concentrating on highly socially relevant and timely topics, which have not yet been addressed, and applying novel methodology (e.g. mixture cure models), we will make important contributions to family research with a potential to be published in high impact international journals. LABFAM will also stimulate scientific exchange in the fields of family and labour market, policy research, migration, globalisation and digitalisation. All in all, LABFAM will greatly contribute to the development of Polish social science and will strengthen the international research position of the WNE UW.
Political polarization and parliamentary voting on economic policies: thecase of Poland 2005-2019
UMO-2020/37/B/HS4/00787 - OPUS
Political polarization and parliamentary voting on economic policies: thecase of Poland 2005-2019
UMO-2020/37/B/HS4/00787 - OPUS
The role of institutions for health, attitudes and behaviours in later life
UMO-2019/33/B/HS4/00387 - OPUS
The role of institutions for health, attitudes and behaviours in later life
UMO-2019/33/B/HS4/00387 - OPUS
Between-group cooperation and conflict in contest games
UMO-2018/31/N/HS4/01215 - PRELUDIUM
Between-group cooperation and conflict in contest games
UMO-2018/31/N/HS4/01215 - PRELUDIUM
Recently, there has been an increasing interest in between-group competition enhancing cooperation within groups.Between-group cooperation has achieved less attention. In this project, I would like examine: (1) under which conditions group will engage in between-group cooperation compared to conflict, and (2) how different voting mechanisms affect groups’ incentives to engage in between-group cooperation andconflict. To achieve these goals, I will build on Abbink et al.(2010) experiment of the contest game. According to this experiment, participants compete to win a contest and receive an exogenousprize (Tullock, 1980).In this project, I will extend the previous experiment in three ways: I will examine groups’ incentives to engage in cooperation over the exogenous prize with another group instead of conflict. Here, each group members will receive a fixed endowment. They will be asked to investtokens in between-group cooperation, -just as in the contest game.
On the contrary to the latter, the prize will be shared between two groups in proportion to total investments made by two teams.
In particular, the shareof the prize will be determined by the sum of tokensinvested by group membersin between-group cooperationdivided by the total sum of investments made by both groups.This design ensures that in cooperationand competitiontreatments, the expected payoffsin the equilibriumare the same, andthus we should observe similar levels of tokens invested in cooperation andcontest.
Second, I will allow group members to choose whether to engage in conflict or cooperation with another group in the cooperation vs competitiontreatment.Finally, I will examine how different mechanisms of decision-making within groups affect behavior of in-group members towards outsiders. I will consider: “leading by example”,leadership with group member’s signaling,majority voting and randomly dictator rule.