Résumé
I study identity-marker based policies and demonstrate the existence of identity manipulation. I analyze the impact of the Punjab Alienation of Land Act (1901), a caste-based legislation, on identity manipulation. Using data from the colonial census, I show that a movement of identity manipulation took place in response to the law. I estimate that in 20 years, 7.5 percent of the population that had an incentive to do so manipulated its identity. I then use an accounting exercise to estimate that the amount of mistargeting caused by this manipulation is between 3.9 percent and 8.2 percent of the land distributed.
langue originale | Anglais |
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Pages (de - à) | 103-131 |
Nombre de pages | 29 |
journal | American Economic Journal: Economic Policy |
Volume | 7 |
Numéro de publication | 4 |
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Etat de la publication | Publié - 2015 |