Identities and public policies: Unexpected effects of political reservations for women in India
利用印度女性政治保留席位的随机分配，发现基于性别设计的政策会因种姓间性别规范差异，导致利益在不同种姓间重新分配，提醒政策制定者需考虑多重身份维度的交互影响。
Identity is an important determinant of economic behavior. While the existing literature focuses on one identity dimension at a time, we show that the multiplicity of identity dimensions matters for economic behavior and that neglecting it may lead policymakers to overlook important, unexpected effects of economic policies. We exploit the randomized nature of political reservations for women in India to show that a policy designed along one identity dimension (gender) alters the distribution of the benefits of this policy along another one (caste). We propose differences in gender norms across caste groups as a mechanism.