Eradicating women-hurting customs: What role for social engineering?

Jean-Philippe Platteau, Guilia Camilotti and Emmanuelle Auriol

No wp-2017-145, WIDER Working Paper Series from World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER)

Abstract: Social engineering refers to deliberate attempts, often under the form of legislative moves, to promote changes in customs and norms that hurt the interests of marginalized population groups. This paper explores the analytical conditions under which social engineering is more or less likely to succeed than more indirect approaches when it comes to suppress gender-biased customs. This implies discussing the main possible interaction frameworks leading to anti-women equilibria, and deriving policy implications from the corresponding games.

Keywords: Social norms; Harmful customs; Gender; Coordination incentives; Expressive function of law; Deterrence (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2017
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