Effect of Moderate and Radical Rules on High-Caste Behavior and Norms in India

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Effect of Moderate and Radical Rules on High-Caste Behavior and Norms in India

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dc.contributor.author	Govindan, Pavithra
dc.date.accessioned	2024-08-05T21:14:39Z
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dc.date.issued	2024-01-04
dc.description.abstract	Development and legal researchers hypothesize that a moderate law may be more effective than a radical one in changing behavior. This study tests this hypothesis in the context of discriminatory sharing norms practiced by high-caste individuals against low-caste individuals in India. The study employs a lab-in-the-field experiment in which it influences (a) high-caste participants’ social norms of sharing money with a low-caste participant and (b) introduces either a moderate or a radical rule, that is, a rule that is closer or further away from the social norm and requires high-caste participants to share a minimum amount of their money with the low- caste participant. Breaking the rule entails incurring a small fine. This study finds that the effectiveness of the moderate versus radical rule in changing behavior and norms depends on the status quo social norm. This paper provides causal empirical evidence on how social norms influence laws’ effectiveness in inducing behavioral and norm change.	en
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dc.identifier.citation	The World Bank Economic Review
dc.identifier.doi	10.1093/wber/lhad040
dc.identifier.issn	0258-6770 (print)
dc.identifier.issn	1564-698X (online)
dc.identifier.uri	https://hdl.handle.net/10986/42008
dc.language	English
dc.language.iso	en_US
dc.publisher	Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the World Bank
dc.relation.ispartofseries	World Bank Economic Review
dc.rights	CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.holder	World Bank
dc.rights.uri	https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/igo/
dc.subject	SOCIAL NORMS
dc.subject	LAW
dc.subject	BEHAVIORAL CHANGE
dc.subject	LAB-IN-THE-FIELD EXPERIMENT
dc.subject	CASTE
dc.subject	SUSTAINABLE CITIES AND COMMUNITIES
dc.subject	SDG 11
dc.subject	PEACE, JUSTICE AND STRONG INSTITUTIONS
dc.subject	SDG 16
dc.title	Effect of Moderate and Radical Rules on High-Caste Behavior and Norms in India	en
dc.type	Journal Article
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okr.date.disclosure	2024-08-05
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okr.peerreview	Academic Peer Review
okr.region.administrative	South Asia
okr.region.country	India
okr.topic	Culture and Development::Cultural Policy
okr.topic	Culture and Development::Culture and Cultural Practice
okr.unit	WBG Risk Management & Analytics (ITSRA)
okr.volume	38 (3)
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