Opportunity is not everything: How belief systems and mistrust shape responses to economic incentives

Economics of Transition

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 445-472

  Hoff, Karla ^a   Pandey, Priyanka ^a  

^a WORLD BANK   (United States)

Author keywords

Caste; Experiment; Inequality; Social norm

Indexed keywords

CASTE; INCOME; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; WELFARE ECONOMICS;

EID: 27744467780     PISSN: 09670750     EISSN: 14680351     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0351.2005.00230.x     Document Type: Article

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