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1. Social networks, gender norms and labor supply : experimental evidence using a job search platform
abstractThis paper studies the role of job search frictions and gender norms in shaping intrahousehold labor market outcomes in developing countries. We conduct a field experiment in Delhi, India where we randomly offer access to a hyper-local digital job search and matching platform either to married couples only (non-network treatment), or together with the wife's peer network (network treatment), or not at all. Approximately one year later, we find that couples in the non-network treatment group exhibit a degree of substitution in labor supply - wives reduce their intensive margin of work, driven by withdrawal from casual labor, while husbands increase theirs. In contrast, husbands in the network treatment group increase their labor supply on both extensive and intensive margins but with no impact on their wives' labor supply on either margin. Instead, wives' occupational structure shifts towards self-employment in the network treatment group. Our findings can be explained by a simple conceptual framework that incorporates gender-differentiated job search frictions, conservative social norms against (married) women's market work and home-production constraints.
Afridi, Farzana; Dhillon, Amrita; Roy, Sanchari; Sangwan, Nikita;2025
Type: Graue Literatur; Non-commercial literature; Arbeitspapier; Working Paper;
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Link 2. Elections and rural road construction : evidence from India
Basistha, Ahana; Dhillon, Amrita; Chaudhuri, Arka Roy;2024
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Link 3. The ties that bind us : social networks and productivity in the factory
Afridi, Farzana; Dhillon, Amrita; Sharma, Swati;2024
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Link 4. Can crises affect citizen activism? : evidence from a pandemic
abstractWe consider the largely unexpected shock caused by the second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic in India to assess whether major crises that impact the well-being of a large number of individuals can be catalysts for civic activism. Exploiting state-level variation in COVID-19 peaks and quasi-randomness in subjects' participation in an online survey fielded between March and July 2021, we elicit willingness to act against fraud and corruption in the provision of health services by supporting an NGO engaged in advocacy for health-sector regulation. By comparing responses of subjects surveyed before and after the COVID-19 peak in their state of residence, we find evidence of a large and significant increase in anti-corruption activism post peak. Our data suggest that this surge in activism can be attributed to heightened perceptions of corruption in the healthcare sector, increased awareness of individuals' own rights and entitlements, a greater willingness to take risks, and a positive shift in beliefs regarding others' willingness to fight corruption in the provision of healthcare services.
Afridi, Farzana; Basistha, Ahana; Dhillon, Amrita; Serra, Danila;2024
Type: Graue Literatur; Non-commercial literature; Arbeitspapier; Working Paper;
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Link Link 5. Can crises affect citizen activism? : evidence from a pandemic
Afridi, Farzana; Basistha, Ahana; Dhillon, Amrita; Serra, Danila;2023
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Link 6. Activating change : the role of information and beliefs in social activism
Afridi, Farzana; Basistha, Ahana; Dhillon, Amrita; Serra, Danila;2023
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Link 7. Activating change : the role of information and beliefs in social activism
abstractWhat motivates individuals to participate in social activism? Do awareness campaigns and information about others' willingness to act play a role? We conduct an online experiment within a survey of nearly 2000 Indian men, focusing on activism to combat health sector fraud during the COVID-19 pandemic. In different treatment groups, we either provide information about the social problem, correct misaligned beliefs about others' willingness to act, or both. Participants are then cross-randomized to engage in one of three forms of activism: signing a petition, making a donation to an NGO fighting for the cause, or watching a video on ways to support the cause. We also experimentally examine the impact of allowing subjects to choose between the three forms of activism. Providing information and correcting downward biased beliefs about others increases petition signing, but has no impact on donations and video viewing. Giving participants a choice of actions decreases the probability of any single action being taken up. Our comprehensive examination of the factors influencing engagement in different forms of activism within a unified framework generates insights on the motivations behind participation in collective efforts for social change.
Afridi, Farzana; Basistha, Ahana; Dhillon, Amrita; Serra, Danila;2023
Type: Graue Literatur; Non-commercial literature; Arbeitspapier; Working Paper;
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Link Link 8. Information aggregation with delegation of votes
Dhillon, Amrita; Kotsialou, Grammateia; Ravindran, Dilip; Xefteris, Dimitrios;2023
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Link 9. Special collection on labour, political economy, sustainability and the law
Dhillon, Amrita;2023
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Link 10. Social Networks, Gender Norms and Labor Supply: Experimental Evidence Using a Job Search Platform
Afridi, Farzana; Dhillon, Amrita; Roy, Sanchari; Sangwan, Nikita;2025
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