Social Identity and Role Models
| Vecci, Joseph | ||
| Zelinsky, Tomas | ||
| Dept. of Economics, University of Gothenburg | sv | |
| 2016-09-21T13:42:21Z | ||
| 2016-09-21T13:42:21Z | ||
| 2016-09 | ||
| JEL:C93, J15 | sv | |
| We present a lab-in-the-field experiment and surveys of marginalised Roma children in Slovakia to examine whether reminding Roma of their ethnicity reduces their performance in a cognitive task. Research on social identity and stereotypes has documented that when individuals feel their social group is negatively stereotyped in a domain their performance declines, which can reinforce discrimination. In an effort to break the cycle of negative stereotypes we remind Roma of either Roma or non-Roma role models. We find that the activation of a Roma's ethnicity reduces cognitive performance. In contrast Roma exposed to Roma role models outperform those reminded of their ethnicity and also non-Roma role models. We then attempt to understand the channels through which social identity and role models effect performance. We show that priming a Roma's identity has a direct effect on confidence, decreasing performance. | sv | |
| 33 | sv | |
| 1403-2465 | ||
| http://hdl.handle.net/2077/47585 | ||
| eng | sv | |
| Working Papers in Economics | sv | |
| 672 | sv | |
| Social Identity | sv | |
| artefactual field experiments | sv | |
| discrimination | sv | |
| role models | sv | |
| Roma | sv | |
| Social Identity and Role Models | sv | |
| Text | sv | |
| report | sv |