Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/217487 
Year of Publication: 
2020
Series/Report no.: 
GLO Discussion Paper No. 549
Publisher: 
Global Labor Organization (GLO), Essen
Abstract: 
We study the potential for pleasant and cooperative contact to reduce preconceived prejudice between religious groups in the context of India. We randomly assign Hindus and Muslims into groups, in which they interact over the course of a week-long vocational training program. We find that intergroup contact reduces the prejudice of both Hindu and Muslim participants toward members of the other religion one week after the training program finished. While we find that most of the positive effect of intergroup contact on reducing prejudice dissipates after six months, the baseline results for Hindu attitudes toward Muslims are persistent.
Subjects: 
religion
attitude
prejudice
vocational training
JEL: 
C93
J15
Z12
Z18
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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