Essays on Experimental Economics in the Naturalistic Contexts of Forced Migration and Civil War - Asylum, Flight, and Socio-Economic Values: Evidence from lab-in-the-field Experiments among Adults and Minors

Abstract

This cumulative dissertation aims at contributing to the literature on what shapes economic preferences in the real-world settings of forced migration and civil war. All five essays have in common the implementation of experiments to study prevalent behavioral concepts, such as trust, altruism, risk-seeking, cooperation, peer punishment, and honesty. This dissertation starts by contributing to the literature on the behavioral effects of key aspects of environmental factors related to migration that are relevant to the hosting societies. Finally, it adds to the literature on the behavioral effects of the individual experience of civil war and child employment for society as a whole.