Does identity affect aspirations in rural India? An examination from the lens of caste and gender
We use priming, a concept popular in social psychology, to study the effect of identity salience on aspirations for self and children as part of an impact evaluation in Odisha, India. We measure the effect of an individual’s genderand caste-identity salience on improving aspirations for themselves a...
| Autores principales: | , , , |
|---|---|
| Formato: | Artículo preliminar |
| Lenguaje: | Inglés |
| Publicado: |
International Food Policy Research Institute
2019
|
| Materias: | |
| Acceso en línea: | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/146794 |
| _version_ | 1855542172229566464 |
|---|---|
| author | Alvi, Muzna Ward, Patrick S. Makhija, Simrin Spielman, David J. |
| author_browse | Alvi, Muzna Makhija, Simrin Spielman, David J. Ward, Patrick S. |
| author_facet | Alvi, Muzna Ward, Patrick S. Makhija, Simrin Spielman, David J. |
| author_sort | Alvi, Muzna |
| collection | Repository of Agricultural Research Outputs (CGSpace) |
| description | We use priming, a concept popular in social psychology, to study the effect of identity salience on aspirations for self and children as part of an impact evaluation in Odisha, India. We measure the effect of an individual’s genderand caste-identity salience on improving aspirations for themselves and for their children’s future profession and education. We find that when women are primed on gender, they exhibit higher aspirations for their daughters. Similarly, low-caste women primed on caste are more aspirational for their daughters. We do not find similar results for men. The effect of caste priming is more apparent in areas where significant ethnic heterogeneity exists and muted in ethnically homogenous areas. We find that aspirations for boys are already very high, thus priming has no effect on aspirations for sons. |
| format | Artículo preliminar |
| id | CGSpace146794 |
| institution | CGIAR Consortium |
| language | Inglés |
| publishDate | 2019 |
| publishDateRange | 2019 |
| publishDateSort | 2019 |
| publisher | International Food Policy Research Institute |
| publisherStr | International Food Policy Research Institute |
| record_format | dspace |
| spelling | CGSpace1467942025-11-06T07:24:56Z Does identity affect aspirations in rural India? An examination from the lens of caste and gender Alvi, Muzna Ward, Patrick S. Makhija, Simrin Spielman, David J. gender capacity development psychology children caste systems We use priming, a concept popular in social psychology, to study the effect of identity salience on aspirations for self and children as part of an impact evaluation in Odisha, India. We measure the effect of an individual’s genderand caste-identity salience on improving aspirations for themselves and for their children’s future profession and education. We find that when women are primed on gender, they exhibit higher aspirations for their daughters. Similarly, low-caste women primed on caste are more aspirational for their daughters. We do not find similar results for men. The effect of caste priming is more apparent in areas where significant ethnic heterogeneity exists and muted in ethnically homogenous areas. We find that aspirations for boys are already very high, thus priming has no effect on aspirations for sons. 2019-08-08 2024-06-21T09:08:46Z 2024-06-21T09:08:46Z Working Paper https://hdl.handle.net/10568/146794 en Open Access application/pdf International Food Policy Research Institute Alvi, Muzna Fatima; Ward, Patrick S.; Makhija, Simrin; and Spielman, David J. 2019. Does identity affect aspirations in rural India? An examination from the lens of caste and gender. IFPRI Discussion Paper 1857. Washington, DC: International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). https://hdl.handle.net/10568/146794 |
| spellingShingle | gender capacity development psychology children caste systems Alvi, Muzna Ward, Patrick S. Makhija, Simrin Spielman, David J. Does identity affect aspirations in rural India? An examination from the lens of caste and gender |
| title | Does identity affect aspirations in rural India? An examination from the lens of caste and gender |
| title_full | Does identity affect aspirations in rural India? An examination from the lens of caste and gender |
| title_fullStr | Does identity affect aspirations in rural India? An examination from the lens of caste and gender |
| title_full_unstemmed | Does identity affect aspirations in rural India? An examination from the lens of caste and gender |
| title_short | Does identity affect aspirations in rural India? An examination from the lens of caste and gender |
| title_sort | does identity affect aspirations in rural india an examination from the lens of caste and gender |
| topic | gender capacity development psychology children caste systems |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/146794 |
| work_keys_str_mv | AT alvimuzna doesidentityaffectaspirationsinruralindiaanexaminationfromthelensofcasteandgender AT wardpatricks doesidentityaffectaspirationsinruralindiaanexaminationfromthelensofcasteandgender AT makhijasimrin doesidentityaffectaspirationsinruralindiaanexaminationfromthelensofcasteandgender AT spielmandavidj doesidentityaffectaspirationsinruralindiaanexaminationfromthelensofcasteandgender |