Misperceived Social Norms¶
Bursztyn, L., González, A. L., & Yanagizawa-Drott, D. (2020). Misperceived Social Norms: Women Working Outside the Home in Saudi Arabia. American Economic Review, 110(10), 2997-3029.
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Primes¶
- Private-Public Preference Divergence
- In norm enforcement, communities have sustained discriminatory or restrictive practices a private majority opposed, because each member overestimated others' support, with documented sudden collapses when the private distribution was made visible
This sourceShows a private majority held a norm a public majority misperceived, with a sudden shift when the true distribution was revealed.
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Provides the misperceived-norm case (Saudi men privately backed women working outside the home, underestimated peers' support, and behaviour shifted once beliefs were corrected), but not 'sudden collapses' or the general scope.
“We show that the vast majority of young married men in Saudi Arabia privately support women working outside the home (WWOH) and substantially underestimate support by other similar men. Correcting these beliefs increases men’s (costly) willingness to help their wives search for jobs.”
- In norm enforcement, communities have sustained discriminatory or restrictive practices a private majority opposed, because each member overestimated others' support, with documented sudden collapses when the private distribution was made visible
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