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Abigail Barr

University of Nottingham

Associate Professor and Reader

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Nottingham, NG7 2RD

United Kingdom

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Homo Æqualis: A Cross-Society Experimental Analysis of Three Bargaining Games

Documento CEDE No. 2009-09
Number of pages: 36 Posted: 10 Oct 2009
Abigail Barr, Jean Ensminger, Joe Henrich, Chris Wallace, H. Clark Barrette, Alexander Bolyanatz, Juan-Camilo Cárdenas, Michael Gurven, Edwins Gwako, Carolyn Lesorogol, Frank Marlowe, Richard McElreath, David Tracer and John Ziker
University of Nottingham, California Institute of Technology (Caltech), University of British Columbia, affiliation not provided to SSRN, University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), affiliation not provided to SSRN, Universidad de Los Andes, Independent, affiliation not provided to SSRN, Washington University in St. Louis - George Warren Brown School of Social Work, affiliation not provided to SSRN, University of California, Davis, affiliation not provided to SSRN and Boise State University, Department of Anthropology
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Bargaining Games, cross-cultural experiments, inequality aversion

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Does increasing inequality threaten social stability? Evidence from the lab

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Does increasing inequality threaten social stability? Evidence from the lab

NHH Dept. of Economics Discussion Paper No. 02
Number of pages: 61 Posted: 07 Mar 2024
Abigail Barr, Anna Hochleitner and Silvia Sonderegger
University of Nottingham, University of Nottingham and University of Nottingham
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Collective decision making, Conflict and Revolutions, Inequality

Does Increasing Inequality Threaten Social Stability? Evidence from the Lab

Number of pages: 51 Posted: 13 Dec 2024
Anna Hochleitner, Abigail Barr and Silvia Sonderegger
Centre for Experimental Research on Fairness, Inequality and Rationality (FAIR), University of Nottingham and University of Nottingham
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Inequality, Conflict and Revolutions, Coordination

Does Increasing Inequality Threaten Social Stability? Evidence from the Lab

Number of pages: 58 Posted: 21 Aug 2025
Abigail Barr, Anna Hochleitner and Silvia Sonderegger
University of Nottingham, Centre for Experimental Research on Fairness, Inequality and Rationality (FAIR) and University of Nottingham
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Inequality, Conflict and Revolutions, Coordination, Group Behavior, Experiments

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To Serve the Community or Oneself: The Public Servant's Dilemma

Number of pages: 30 Posted: 20 Apr 2016
Abigail Barr, Magnus Lindelow and Pieter M. Serneels
University of Nottingham, World Bank and University of Oxford - Centre for the Study of African Economies (CSAE)
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Revealed Preference and Self-Insurance: Can We Learn from the Self-Employed in Chile?

Number of pages: 26 Posted: 20 Apr 2016
Abigail Barr, Truman G. Packard and Truman G. Packard
University of Nottingham and World Bank - Europe and Central Asia RegionUniversity of Oxford - Department of Economics
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Education Outcomes, School Governance and Parents'Demand for Accountability: Evidence from Albania

World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 5643
Number of pages: 61 Posted: 20 Apr 2016
Danila Serra, Abigail Barr, Truman G. Packard and Truman G. Packard
Texas A&M University - Department of Economics, University of Nottingham and World Bank - Europe and Central Asia RegionUniversity of Oxford - Department of Economics
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Tertiary Education, Education For All, Primary Education, Teaching and Learning, Secondary Education

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Ethnicity and Wage Determination in Ghana

Number of pages: 42 Posted: 20 Apr 2016
Abigail Barr and Abena Oduro
University of Nottingham and Centre for Policy Analysis (CEPA)
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The Behavioral Foundations of International Anti-Bribery Laws: Results From an International Lab-Type Experiment

Number of pages: 72 Posted: 05 Apr 2024
Theodore Alysandratos, Abigail Barr, Cormac Bryce, Thorsten Chmura, Elizabeth Dávid-Barrett and Marcus Giamattei
Heidelberg University, University of Nottingham, City University London, Nottingham Trent University, University of Sussex and University of Passau
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Corruption, Experiments, Bribery, Norms, Foreign Extortion Prevention Act

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Intrinsic Motivations and the Non-Profit Health Sector: Evidence from Ethiopia

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4746
Number of pages: 23 Posted: 15 Feb 2010 Last Revised: 17 Nov 2021
Danila Serra, Pieter M. Serneels and Abigail Barr
Texas A&M University - Department of Economics, University of East Anglia (UEA) and University of Nottingham
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sector choice, intrinsic motivation, non-profit

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Cooperation in Polygynous Households

IFPRI Discussion Paper 1625
Number of pages: 58 Posted: 30 Mar 2017
Abigail Barr, Marleen Dekker, Wendy Janssens, Bereket Kebede and Berber Kramer
University of Nottingham, Leiden University - African Studies Centre Leiden (ASCL), VU University Amsterdam - Department of Development Economics, University of East Anglia - School of International Development and CBESS and International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
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Poverty, Households, Marriage, Cooperative Activities, Decision Making, Resource Allocation, Gender, Women, Sociology, Cooperative Decision Making, Polygyny

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For Public Service or Money: Understanding Geographical Imbalances in the Health Workforce

World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 3686
Number of pages: 35 Posted: 23 Aug 2005
Pieter M. Serneels, Magnus Lindelow, Jose Garcia-Montalvo and Abigail Barr
University of Oxford - Centre for the Study of African Economies (CSAE), World Bank, Universitat Pompeu Fabra (UPF) - Department of Economics and Business (DEB) and University of Nottingham
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health care delivery, health workers, labour supply, public service

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For Public Service or Money: Understanding Geographical Imbalances in the Health Workforce in Ethiopia

Health Policy and Planning, Forthcoming, UPF Working Paper Series
Number of pages: 38 Posted: 31 Jul 2007
Pieter M. Serneels, Magnus Lindelow, Jose Garcia-Montalvo and Abigail Barr
University of Oxford - Centre for the Study of African Economies (CSAE), World Bank, Universitat Pompeu Fabra (UPF) - Department of Economics and Business (DEB) and University of Nottingham
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health care delivery, health workers, labour supply, public service

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Participatory Accountability and Collective Action: Evidence from Field Experiments in Albanian Schools

World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 6027
Number of pages: 42 Posted: 20 Apr 2016
Abigail Barr, Truman G. Packard, Truman G. Packard and Danila Serra
University of Nottingham, World Bank - Europe and Central Asia RegionUniversity of Oxford - Department of Economics and Texas A&M University - Department of Economics
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Parliamentary Government, Education For All, Tertiary Education, Primary Education, Governance Indicators

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Do the Poor Adapt to Low Income, Minimal Education and Ill-Health?

Journal of African Economies, Vol. 19, No. 3, pp. 257-293, 2010
Posted: 10 May 2010
Abigail Barr and David Clark
University of Nottingham and The University of Manchester

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D60, I10, I20, I32, I31