Rule Breaking, Honesty, and Migration
利用意大利人口普查数据，通过比较迁出者和留守者的虚假出生日期登记行为，研究人们按诚实水平在地理区域间的分类，以及这种分类对人力资本、生产率、收入增长等地区差异的影响。
Using census data, we study false birth-date registrations in Italy, a phenomenon well known to demographers, in a setting that allows us to separate honesty from the benefits of cheating and deterrence. By comparing migrants leaving a locality with those who remain in it, we illustrate the tendency of Italians to sort themselves across geographic areas according to their honesty levels. Over time, this tendency has modified the average honesty level in each locality, with relevant consequences for the distribution across geographic areas of outcomes like human capital, productivity, earnings growth, and the quality of local politicians and government.