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Does Identity Affect Labor Supply?

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Title
Does Identity Affect Labor Supply?
Abstract
How does identity influence economic behavior in the labor market? I investigate this question in rural India, focusing on the effect of caste identity on job-specific labor supply. In a field experiment, laborers choose whether to take up various job offers, which differ in associations with specific castes. Workers are less willing to accept offers that are linked to castes other than their own, especially when those castes rank lower in the social hierarchy. Workers forgo large payments to avoid job offers that conflict with their caste identity, even when these decisions are made in private.
Publication
American Economic Review
Volume
113
Issue
8
Pages
2055-83
Date
2023-08
Citation
Oh, S. (2023). Does Identity Affect Labor Supply? American Economic Review, 113, 2055–2083.
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