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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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Patricio S Dalton, Victor H Gonzalez Jimenez, Charles N Noussair
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2017-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5268424?pdf=render