Tag Search: “social identity”
How leader identity impacts group coordination
In principle, leaders can facilitate group coordination towards a common goal but in diverse societies, their effectiveness may depend upon their social identity, and how citizens react to leader iden...
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Sonia Bhalotra
Irma Clots-Figueras
Lakshmi Iyer
Joseph Vecci
22 October, 2018
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Community networks and the growth of private enterprise in China
China has witnessed the same degree of industrialisation in three decades as Europe did in two centuries – without the preconditions that are generally believed to be necessary for economic developmen...
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Ruochen Dai
Dilip Mookherjee
Kaivan Munshi
Xiaobo Zhang
31 August, 2018
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Enfranchising your own? Polling officer identity and electoral outcomes
The provision of free and fair elections is a public service critical to maintaining accountability and responsiveness of elected officials. This article examines the administration of polling station...
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Yusuf Neggers
20 June, 2018
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Does your cultural background affect your credit profile?
In many economies – both developed and developing – economic transactions tend to cluster by ethnic or social group. Using data from a large, state-owned bank in India, this article presents evidence ...
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Raymond Fisman
04 May, 2018
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Rags to riches? Understanding social mobility in India
To what extent is an individual’s status in society determined by the position of his or her parents? Analysing data from the Indian Human Development Survey, 2011-2012, this column finds that the pro...
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Vegard Iversen
Anirudh Krishna
Kunal Sen
13 November, 2017
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Evaluating the Effects of Targeted Transfers to 'Mahadalits' in Bihar
The aim of this project is to examine how the transfer of assets to ultra-poor households under different Mahadalit inititatives influences their sense of well-being and their notions of identity. The...
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Hemanshu Kumar
Rohini Somanathan
01 June, 2013
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