Tag
wealth_heterogeneity
2 findings
DevelopmentPoverty Productivity TaxBelow-median wealth workers experienced a 0.204 SDs (13.0%) output increase (p=0.003) and a 0.133 SD decrease in attentional lapses (p=0.037) following cash receipt, whereas above-median wealth workers showed virtually zero productivity response (+0.014 SDs, p=0.819).RCTLabour & employmentBaseline Status Buffering in Stigma ResponseProfessional stigma treatment increased the share of rich applicants by 62% (p < 0.01) and currently working applicants by 28% relative to control. In Experiment 2, salient stigma treatment attendees were significantly older (+2.79 years, p = 0.02) and had higher baseline status scores on the Lasso index (+0.914 SD, p = 0.02).RCT