Behavioral Economics and Social Exclusion: Can Interventions Overcome Prejudice?

Karla Hoff

Chapter 6 in Inequality and Growth: Patterns and Policy, 2016, pp 172-200 from Palgrave Macmillan

Abstract: Abstract In many societies, broad segments of the population are barred from full human rights and full participation in society: they are “socially excluded” (World Bank 2013). Social scientists seek to understand the mechanisms by which exclusion occurs in order to determine how to mitigate it. The rational actor model assumes that individuals see all their options objectively, reason without bias, know what is in their self-interest, and act accordingly. The model implies that the dismantling of exploitative structures and unjust, formal barriers to certain groups in markets, schools, and neighborhoods are “all” that is required to end social exclusion.

Keywords: Mental Model; Social Identity; Social Exclusion; Stereotype Threat; Female Genital Mutilation (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2016
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