Although theory suggests individuals are more willing to incur a personal cost to benefit
ingroup members, compared to outgroup members, there is inconsistent evidence in support …

The issue of one's identity has loomed large recently and has unfortunately been used more
and more as a wedge to separate subgroups. It is important to understand the ramifications …

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 …

Abstract Nearly 1,000 officer-involved killings occur each year in the United States. This
article documents the large, racially disparate effects of these events on the educational and …

A growing body of empirical work measuring different types of cultural traits has shown that
culture matters for a variety of economic outcomes. This paper focuses on one specific …

A number of studies have found little economic impact of board gender diversity on firm
performance. We return to this issue in the context of large European firms. Our contribution …

Human cooperation is highly unusual. We live in large groups composed mostly of non-
relatives. Evolutionists have proposed a number of explanations for this pattern, including …

Corporate executives managing some of the largest public companies in the US are shaped
by their daughters. When a firm's chief executive officer (CEO) has a daughter, the corporate …

An effective response to crises like the COVID-19 pandemic is dependent on the public
voluntarily adhering to governmental rules and guidelines. How the guidelines are …

Identity Economics provides an important and compelling new way to understand human
behavior, revealing how our identities—and not just economic incentives—influence our …