Behavioral Economics and Social Exclusion : Can Interventions Overcome Prejudice?

Behavioral economics recognizes that mental models -- intuitive sets of ideas about how things work -- can bias an individual's perceptions of himself and the world. By representing an ascriptive category of people as unworthy, a mental model...

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Main Author: Hoff, Karla
Format: Publications & Research
Language:English
en_US
Published: World Bank Group, Washington, DC 2015
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Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2015/02/24021122/behavioral-economics-social-exclusion-can-interventions-overcome-prejudice
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/21591

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