Here's what caught my eye in research over the past week:
- Avina et al. (open access) conduct a meta-analysis of studies into public attitudes toward immigrants in host societies, finding that while preferences are broadly similar across countries and demographic groups, economic considerations have become more influential over time, and evaluations of individual immigrants differ sharply depending on where people stand on the broader immigration debate
- Márquez and Scartascini (open access) evaluated a randomised controlled trial of a behavioural economics course for public officials in Latin America and the Caribbean, finding that the course improves applied reasoning and problem-solving
- De Boer et al. (open access) compare trust behaviour towards AI (ChatGPT 4o) and human receivers using a trust game in an experimental setting, finding no significant differences in trust behaviour either between individuals and groups or between AI and human receivers
- Voorintholt et al. (open access) find that reported climate change worries are on average significantly higher when people are asked whether they 'worry about climate change', compared with when they are asked if they agree that 'climate change 'worries me' (survey wording matters!)
- Morris (open access) challenges whether the concept of 'alcohol use disorder' is confused
- Anagol, Ferreira, and Rexer (with ungated earlier version here) estimate the economic value of zoning reform in São Paulo, finding that the reform increased the aggregate housing stock by 1.6 percent, reduced house prices by 0.4 percent, and produced welfare gains of 0.65 percent of city GDP
- Murphy (with ungated earlier version here) evaluates a randomised control trial in rural Kenya in which selected households received cognitive behavioural therapy and medication to reduce alcohol abuse, finding that the program decreased the likelihood of positive spot breathalyser tests among men by 14 percentage points, the likelihood of heavy drinking by 19 percentage points, and increased household real annual harvest values by 32 percent
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