Making Up People : The Effect of Identity on Preferences and Performance in a Modernizing Society
It is typically assumed that being hard-working or clever is a trait of the person, in the sense that it is always there, in a fixed manner. However, in an experiment with almost 600 boys in India, cues to one's place in the traditional caste...
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| Format: | Policy Research Working Paper |
| Language: | English en_US |
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World Bank, Washington, DC
2013
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| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2012/10/16816808/making-up-people-effect-identity-preferences-performance-modernizing-society http://hdl.handle.net/10986/12068 |