We study the joint effect of self-confidence and social identity on labor market inequality in an experimental Indian labor market where employers and workers come from different castes. Employers evaluate resumes in order to predict future productivity of workers who perform a real effort task....

In this paper, we explore the link between the likelihood of re-migration to cities and the perceived threat of contracting COVID-19 using data on male reverse migrant workers in India collected using a telephonic survey. Using a linear IV regression framework, we find that independent of...

We conduct dictator games in our artefactual field experiment with 11th and 12th grade students in New Delhi, India. We construct an economic status index based on household ownership of assets for our subjects. Using cut-offs from this index, we randomly match dictators to recipients who are...

Evaluation of pre-task quiz performance in our artefactual field experiment finds that females have a significantly lower degree of confusion in comprehending task instructions as compared to males. Furthermore, higher economic status is associated with a significantly higher degree of task...

We revisit two fundamental motivations of dishonesty: financial incentives and probability of detection. We use an ability-based real effort task in which participants who are college students can cheat by over reporting the number of puzzles they could solve in a given period of time. The...

In this paper we contribute to the literature by examining if confidence, beliefs about competitor, willingness to compete and performance of individuals in a real-effort task are conditioned on the relative economic status of their potential competitor. We conduct our study among 1025...