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

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)...

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Published in:	The American economic review Vol. 109; no. 3; pp. 774 - 809
Main Author:	Rao, Gautam
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Nashville American Economic Association 01.03.2019
Subjects:	Academic achievement Discrimination Egalitarianism Experiments Familiarity Prosocial behavior Social behavior Social classes Social factors Social interaction Student attitudes Students Delhi India India
ISSN:	0002-8282, 1944-7981
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