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Familiarity Does Not Breed Contempt: Generosity, Discrimination, and Diversity in Delhi Schools

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Rao, Gautam·2019·American Economic Review
DOI 10.1257/aer.20180044
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I exploit a natural experiment in Indian schools to study how being integrated with poor students affects the social behaviors and academic outcomes of rich students. Using administrative data, lab and field experiments to measure outcomes, I find that having poor classmates makes rich students (i) more prosocial, generous, and egalitarian; and (ii) less likely to discriminate against poor students, and more willing to socialize with them. These effects are driven by personal interactions between rich and poor students. In contrast, I find mixed but overall modest impacts on rich students’ academic achievement. (JEL C90, D31, I21, I24, O15, Z13)

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Authors
Rao, G.
Venue
American Economic Review
Publisher
American Economic Association
Published
2019-03-01
Volume
109
Issue
3
Pages
774-809
ISSN
0002-8282 (ISSN-L)
DOI
10.1257/aer.20180044
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67
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journal article
Language
en
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