Do policy prescriptions work? Studying effect of race & religion on people's behaviour

• Main Author: S. P. Harish
• Other Authors: S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies
• Format: Commentary
• Language: English
• Published: 2014
• Subjects: DRNTU::Social sciences::Sociology::Communities, classes and races
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/79295; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/20129
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

How can academics who provide policy prescriptions and policymakers who implement policy determine whether a given strategy works? Controlled Randomised Trials are a useful way to identify racial and religious discrimination, to evaluate policy, and to bridge academic research and policy outcomes.