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We conduct dictator games in our artefactual field experiment with 11th and 12th grade students in New Delhi, India. We …
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Why does discrimination persist when there is evidence that discriminatory bias can be overcome? I answer this question … with a novel application of contest theory and provide experimental evidence. I show that a favored candidate's threat of … losing privilege is more salient than an unfavored candidate's opportunity of overcoming bias in a repeated competition. My …
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Discrimination against minorities is pervasive in many societies, but little is known about minorities' strategies to … investigate Armenians' willingness to hide their ethnicity to avoid expected discrimination. 43 percent of Armenian trustees …
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We extend the literature structurally estimating social preferences by accounting for the desire to adhere to social norms. Our representative agent is strongly motivated by norms and failing to account for this causes us to overestimate how much agents care about helping those who are worse...
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. This preference bias is widespread, similar in size to discrimination against immigrants, and increases with age. Next, we … strong evidence of "youngism", which refers to systematic bias in social preferences and unfavorable stereotypes against … adults feed into the preference bias. …
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. This preference bias is widespread, similar in size to discrimination against immigrants, and increases with age. Next, we … strong evidence of “youngism”, which refers to systematic bias in social preferences and unfavorable stereotypes against … adults feed into the preference bias. …
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consequences? In a laboratory experiment, we study three different quota rules that favor individuals whose performance is low …, either due to bad luck (discrimination), low productivity, or choice of a short working time. Higher fairness perceptions …
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consequences? In a laboratory experiment, we study three different quota rules that favor individuals whose performance is low …, either due to bad luck (discrimination), low productivity, or choice of a short working time. Higher fairness perceptions …
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consequences? In a laboratory experiment, we study three different quota rules in tournaments that favor individuals whose … performance is low, either due to discrimination, low productivity, or choice of a short working time. Affirmative action favoring …
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when this is costly. Our results suggest that discrimination arises due to consumption value considerations. We investigate … third party perceptions of discrimination by asking experimental subjects to predict elimination decisions. Subjects …
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