Data and Code for: Types of Contact: A Field Experiment on Collaborative and Adversarial Caste Integration

Principal Investigator(s):  View help for Principal Investigator(s) Matt Lowe, University of British Columbia

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Project Citation: 

Lowe, Matt. Data and Code for: Types of Contact: A Field Experiment on Collaborative and Adversarial Caste Integration. Nashville, TN: American Economic Association [publisher], 2021. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2021-05-24. https://doi.org/10.3886/E128201V1

Project Description

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I estimate the effects of collaborative and adversarial intergroup contact. I randomly assigned Indian men from different castes to participate in cricket leagues or to serve as a control group. League players faced variation in collaborative contact, through random assignment to homogeneous-caste or mixed-caste teams, and adversarial contact, through random assignment of opponents. Collaborative contact increases cross-caste friendships and efficiency in trade, and reduces own-caste favoritism. In contrast, adversarial contact generally reduces cross-caste interaction and efficiency. League participation reduces intergroup differences, suggesting that the positive aspects of intergroup contact more than offset the negative aspects in this setting.

Scope of Project

Subject Terms:  View help for Subject Terms Intergroup contact; discrimination; caste; social networks
JEL Classification:  View help for JEL Classification
      C93 Field Experiments
      D90 Micro-Based Behavioral Economics: General
      D91 Micro-Based Behavioral Economics: Role and Effects of Psychological, Emotional, Social, and Cognitive Factors on Decision Making
      J15 Economics of Minorities, Races, Indigenous Peoples, and Immigrants; Non-labor Discrimination
      Z10 Cultural Economics; Economic Sociology; Economic Anthropology: General
      Z20 Sports Economics: General
Geographic Coverage:  View help for Geographic Coverage Uttar Pradesh, India
Time Period(s):  View help for Time Period(s) 1/1/2017 – 7/31/2017
Universe:  View help for Universe Men aged 14 to 30

Methodology

Sampling:  View help for Sampling 1261 men participated, with 800 randomly assigned to the cricket leagues
Unit(s) of Observation:  View help for Unit(s) of Observation Individuals

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