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From Extreme to Mainstream: The Erosion of Social Norms
The American Economic Review, 2020Social norms, usually persistent, can change quickly when new public information arrives, such as a surprising election outcome. People may become more inclined to express views or take actions previously perceived as stigmatized and may judge others ...
Leonardo Bursztyn +9 more
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The Birth of a Nation: Media and Racial Hate
Social Science Research Network, 2023This paper documents the impact of popular media on racial hate by examining the first American blockbuster: 1915’s The Birth of a Nation, a fictional portrayal of the KKK’s founding rife with racist stereotypes.
Desmond Ang
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Position and Possessions: Stratification Economics and Intergroup Inequality
Journal of Economic Literature, 2022This article provides an overview of the origins and development of stratification economics as a subfield that centers the importance of identity, social ranking, and relative group position.
W. Darity
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Student Performance, Peer Effects, and Friend Networks: Evidence from a Randomized Peer Intervention
American Economic Journal: Economic Policy, 2023We estimate the effects of an educational peer intervention in which previously high- and low-achieving students are randomly paired as deskmates in elementary schools in China.
Jia Wu, Junsen Zhang, Chunchao Wang
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Divine Policy: The Impact of Religion in Government
American Economic Journal: Applied EconomicsCan policies shape personal values and beliefs? To examine, we exploit the staggered introduction of faith-based initiatives across US states. Our difference-in-differences analysis reveals that the initiatives strengthened religiosity and conservative ...
Jeanet Sinding Bentzen +2 more
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A Stepping Stone Approach to Norm Transitions
Social Science Research NetworkWe propose a model to study when an intermediate action can serve as a stepping stone that enables the elimination of a harmful norm. While the intermediate action may facilitate the first “step,” it may also become a new norm.
Selim Gulesci +5 more
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Social Connectedness in Bank Lending
The Review of financial studiesWe present evidence that loan allocations and loan terms are closely linked to the strength of social connections between bank and borrower regions.
Oliver Rehbein, Simon C. Rother
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American Economic Journal: Economic Policy
This paper investigates the intergenerational effect of communication barriers on child health at birth. We study refugees in Switzerland who come from French- or Italian-speaking countries and who, upon arrival, are randomly allocated to different ...
Daniel Auer, Johannes S. Kunz
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This paper investigates the intergenerational effect of communication barriers on child health at birth. We study refugees in Switzerland who come from French- or Italian-speaking countries and who, upon arrival, are randomly allocated to different ...
Daniel Auer, Johannes S. Kunz
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The American Economic Review
International migrants may facilitate the transmission of ideas across countries. We examine the impact of migrant exposure to reproductive health policies on origin-country fertility in the Philippines.
S. Godlonton, C. Theoharides
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International migrants may facilitate the transmission of ideas across countries. We examine the impact of migrant exposure to reproductive health policies on origin-country fertility in the Philippines.
S. Godlonton, C. Theoharides
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Just a Few Seeds More: The Value of Network Data for Diffusion
The American Economic ReviewIdentifying the optimal set of individuals to first receive information (“seeds”) in a social network to maximize expected diffusion is a widely studied question in many settings.
M. Akbarpour, Suraj Malladi, Amin Saberi
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