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Behavioral Economics and Social Exclusion : Can Interventions Overcome Prejudice?

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dc.contributor.authorHoff, Karla
dc.date.accessioned2015-03-11T20:25:54Z
dc.date.available2015-03-11T20:25:54Z
dc.date.issued2015-02
dc.description.abstractBehavioral economics recognizes that mental models -- intuitive sets of ideas about how things work -- can bias an individual's perceptions of himself and the world. By representing an ascriptive category of people as unworthy, a mental model can foster unjust social exclusion of, for example, a race, gender, caste, or class. Since the representation is a social construction, shouldn't society be able to control it? But how? This paper considers three interventions that have had some success in developing countries: (1) Group deliberation in Senegal challenged the traditional mental model of female genital cutting and contributed to the abandonment of the practice; (2) political reservations for women and low castes in India improved the way men perceived women, the way parents perceived their daughters, and the way women perceived themselves, but have not generally had positive effects on the low castes; and (3) reductions in the salience of identity closed performance gaps between dominant and stigmatized groups in experiments in India and China. Spoiled collective identities need to be changed or made less prominent in order to overcome social exclusion.en
dc.identifierhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2015/02/24021122/behavioral-economics-social-exclusion-can-interventions-overcome-prejudice
dc.identifier.doi10.1596/1813-9450-7198
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10986/21591
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoen_US
dc.publisherWorld Bank Group, Washington, DC
dc.relation.ispartofseriesPolicy Research Working Paper;No. 7198
dc.rightsCC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/
dc.subjectANALOGY
dc.subjectANTHROPOLOGIST
dc.subjectANTHROPOLOGY
dc.subjectATTENDANCE AT SCHOOL
dc.subjectATTENTION
dc.subjectAUTONOMY
dc.subjectBEHAVIORAL DEVELOPMENT
dc.subjectBEHAVIORS
dc.subjectBELIEFS
dc.subjectBRAIN
dc.subjectCHASTITY
dc.subjectCLASSROOM
dc.subjectCLASSROOMS
dc.subjectCOGNITION
dc.subjectCOGNITIVE SCIENCE
dc.subjectCOGNITIVE THEORY
dc.subjectCOMMUNITIES
dc.subjectCULTURAL MEANING
dc.subjectCULTURAL MODELS
dc.subjectDECISION MAKING
dc.subjectDEPENDENCE
dc.subjectDISCRIMINATION
dc.subjectDISCUSSION
dc.subjectDISCUSSIONS
dc.subjectEDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
dc.subjectEMPLOYMENT
dc.subjectETHNICITY
dc.subjectFAMILIES
dc.subjectGENDER
dc.subjectGIRLS
dc.subjectGROUP MEMBERSHIP
dc.subjectHEURISTICS
dc.subjectHOUSEHOLDS
dc.subjectHUMAN RIGHTS
dc.subjectIDEAS
dc.subjectIDENTITY
dc.subjectINDIVIDUAL PERFORMANCE
dc.subjectINFERENCE
dc.subjectINFIBULATION
dc.subjectINFORMATION PROCESSING
dc.subjectINSIGHTS
dc.subjectINTERVENTIONS
dc.subjectINTUITION
dc.subjectJOB MARKET
dc.subjectLAND OWNERSHIP
dc.subjectLEADERSHIP
dc.subjectLEADING
dc.subjectLITERATURE
dc.subjectMEDICAL ANTHROPOLOGY
dc.subjectMENTAL MODELS
dc.subjectMENTAL REPRESENTATION
dc.subjectMIGRANTS
dc.subjectMUTILATION
dc.subjectNONFORMAL EDUCATION
dc.subjectNORMS
dc.subjectOPEN ACCESS
dc.subjectPAPERS
dc.subjectPERCEPTION
dc.subjectPERFORMANCE OF STUDENTS
dc.subjectPERSONAL INTERACTIONS
dc.subjectPERSONALITY
dc.subjectPOWER
dc.subjectPRIMING
dc.subjectPRODUCTIVITY
dc.subjectPSYCHOLOGY
dc.subjectPUBLIC SCHOOLS
dc.subjectPUBLISHERS
dc.subjectREASONING
dc.subjectRECALL
dc.subjectRECOGNITION
dc.subjectRESEARCH FINDINGS
dc.subjectSCHOLARSHIPS
dc.subjectSLAVERY
dc.subjectSOCIAL BEHAVIOR
dc.subjectSOCIAL CATEGORIES
dc.subjectSOCIAL CHANGE
dc.subjectSOCIAL GROUP
dc.subjectSOCIAL GROUPS
dc.subjectSOCIAL IDENTITY
dc.subjectSOCIAL INTERACTIONS
dc.subjectSOCIAL MEANINGS
dc.subjectSOCIAL MOBILITY
dc.subjectSOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY
dc.subjectSOCIAL SCIENTISTS
dc.subjectSOCIETIES
dc.subjectSOCIETY
dc.subjectSOCIOLOGISTS
dc.subjectSOCIOLOGY
dc.subjectSPORTS
dc.subjectSTUDENT LEARNING
dc.subjectSTUDENT LEARNING OUTCOMES
dc.subjectSYMBOLS
dc.subjectTEACHER
dc.subjectTEACHER ABSENTEEISM
dc.subjectTEACHERS
dc.subjectTHINKING
dc.subjectTHOUGHTS
dc.subjectTRAITS
dc.subjectVILLAGES
dc.subjectVISITS TO SCHOOLS
dc.subjectWELFARE STATE
dc.titleBehavioral Economics and Social Exclusion : Can Interventions Overcome Prejudice?en
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okr.crossref.titleBehavioral Economics and Social Exclusion: Can Interventions Overcome Prejudice?
okr.date.disclosure2015-02-15
okr.date.doiregistration2025-04-10T12:07:21.758124Z
okr.doctypePublications & Research
okr.doctypePublications & Research::Policy Research Working Paper
okr.docurlhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2015/02/24021122/behavioral-economics-social-exclusion-can-interventions-overcome-prejudice
okr.globalpracticeSocial Protection and Labor
okr.guid354671468057276506
okr.identifier.doi10.1596/1813-9450-7198
okr.identifier.externaldocumentum000158349_20150219095512
okr.identifier.internaldocumentum24021122
okr.identifier.reportWPS7198
okr.language.supporteden
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okr.region.administrativeAfrica
okr.region.administrativeEast Asia and Pacific
okr.region.administrativeSouth Asia
okr.topicEducation::Knowledge for Development
okr.topicCulture and Development::Anthropology
okr.topicEducation::Educational Sciences
okr.topicEducation::Primary Education
okr.topicTertiary Education
okr.unitDevelopment Economics Vice Presidency.
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