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Field Before After
Study Withdrawn No
Intervention Completion Date November 29, 2019
Data Collection Complete Yes
Final Sample Size: Number of Clusters (Unit of Randomization) 736 workers in two experiments
Was attrition correlated with treatment status? No
Final Sample Size: Total Number of Observations 736 workers in two experiments
Final Sample Size (or Number of Clusters) by Treatment Arms Main experiment public treatment: 322 workers Main experiment private treatment: 308 workers Supplementary experiment public treatment: 52 workers Supplementary experiment private treatment: 54 workers
Public Data URL https://doi.org/10.3886/E184161V1
Is there a restricted access data set available on request? No
Program Files Yes
Program Files URL https://doi.org/10.3886/E184161V1
Data Collection Completion Date October 30, 2019
Is data available for public use? Yes
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Papers

Field Before After
Paper 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.
Paper Citation Oh, Suanna. 2023. "Does Identity Affect Labor Supply?" American Economic Review, 113 (8): 2055-83.
Paper URL https://doi.org/10.1257/aer.20211826
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