Social Norms Theory and Development Economics

Social norms affect almost every aspect of people’s lives, and can be an obstacle to or support economic development. This paper outlines what social norms are and how they work, providing examples from everyday life and from development case studi...

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Main Author: Eriksson, Lina
Format: Working Paper
Language:English
en_US
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2015
Subjects:
SEX
TV
WAR
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2015/10/25171546/social-norms-theory-development-economics
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/22863

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