Searching for Religious Discrimination among Anganwadi Workers in India: An Experimental Investigation

Published By: The Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) | Published Date: July, 01 , 2016

This paper examines whether, in India, discriminatory practices by government-employed child caregivers along religious lines, lead to differential health outcomes among the care receiving children. Child caregivers participate in a novel allocation game where we incorporate treatments to disentangle statistical and taste-based discrimination.

Author(s): Utteeyo Dasgupta, Subha Mani, Prakarsh Singh | Posted on: Jul 19, 2016 | Views() | Download (181)


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