Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/202817 
Year of Publication: 
2019
Series/Report no.: 
IZA Discussion Papers No. 12471
Publisher: 
Institute of Labor Economics (IZA), Bonn
Abstract: 
We use an implicit association test (IAT) to measure implicit gender attitudes and examine the malleability of these attitudes using a randomized field experiment and quasi-experimental data from Tunisia. Women that appear most conservative respond to a randomized video treatment by reducing their implicit gender bias. Also, female interviewers invite more conservative responses to the IAT, especially among the male subsample. Perceived religiosity of the interviewer affects self-reported gender attitudes, but not IAT measures, suggesting social desirability may be at work. We discuss the implications of our findings for the use of implicit measures in development research.
Subjects: 
women empowerment
implicit association test
interviewer effects
Middle East and North Africa
JEL: 
C83
D91
O12
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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