Modern Slavery

Research Seminars: Virtual Market Design Seminar

Beliefs and Reality

The Global Slavery Index (2018) estimates that about 40 million individuals are working as modern slaves. The paper presented in this Research Seminar studies people’s consumption behavior of products likely made by modern slaves and their beliefs of how they rank in comparison to other individuals. Furthermore, the authors are interested in their general knowledge about modern slavery and how this affects their behavior. They also study potential gender differences. When it comes to moral behavior, females typically do better than males. But is that true for ethical consumption regarding modern slavery as well? The talk presents first results on this timely topic and discusses potential mechanisms.

Venue

Online

10.10.2022
16:00 – 17:00 (CET)

The seminar presentations are scheduled to last 60 minutes: 45 minutes of presentation and 15 minutes for both comments and questions.

We will experiment with various methods for questions: A moderator collects questions during the presentation. Speakers will be encouraged to pause every few slides to allow a gap for questions. The moderator will relay clarification questions or unmute selectively during the talk. Remaining questions will be collected and asked in the discussion period.

Just like with other initiated virtual seminars, these rules are subject to change as we gain experience with how to handle the seminar most efficiently.

The idea for this format was borrowed from the Chamberlain Seminar. Other online seminars can be found at the AEA website.