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dc.contributor.authorAfridi, Farzanaen
dc.contributor.authorLi, Sherry Xinen
dc.contributor.authorRen, Yufeien
dc.date.accessioned2012-05-15-
dc.date.accessioned2012-06-15T07:47:57Z-
dc.date.available2012-06-15T07:47:57Z-
dc.date.issued2012-
dc.identifier.piurn:nbn:de:101:1-201206147326en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10419/58623-
dc.description.abstractWe conduct an experimental study to investigate the causal impact of social identity on individuals' response to economic incentives. We focus on China's household registration (hukou) system which favors urban residents and discriminates against rural residents in resource allocation. Our results indicate that making individuals' hukou status salient and public significantly reduces the performance of rural migrant students on an incentivized cognitive task by 10 percent, which leads to a significant leftward shift of their earnings distribution. The results demonstrate the impact of institutionally imposed social identity on individuals' intrinsic response to incentives, and consequently on widening income inequality.en
dc.language.isoengen
dc.publisher|aInstitute for the Study of Labor (IZA) |cBonnen
dc.relation.ispartofseries|aIZA Discussion Papers |x6417en
dc.subject.jelC93en
dc.subject.jelD03en
dc.subject.jelO15en
dc.subject.jelP36en
dc.subject.ddc330en
dc.subject.keywordsocial identityen
dc.subject.keywordinequalityen
dc.subject.keywordfield experimenten
dc.subject.keywordhukouen
dc.subject.keywordChinaen
dc.subject.stwSoziale Gruppeen
dc.subject.stwSoziale Integrationen
dc.subject.stwSoziale Ungleichheiten
dc.subject.stwChinaen
dc.titleSocial identity and inequality: The impact of China's hukou system-
dc.typeWorking Paperen
dc.identifier.ppn715721828en
dc.rightshttp://www.econstor.eu/dspace/Nutzungsbedingungenen

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