Juan S. Morales
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Juan S. Morales
@juansemorales.bsky.social
Associate Professor, WLU
Political Economy, Development, Conflict, Media, Applied Microeconomics
http://sites.google.com/view/jsmorales
The seminal work on this is www.aeaweb.org/articles?id=... and there is a review here www.annualreviews.org/content/jour...

Lots of good work in this area of "correcting misperceptions" and many which do find both attitudinal and behavioral changes
Misperceived Social Norms: Women Working Outside the Home in Saudi Arabia
(October 2020) - 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 me...
www.aeaweb.org
November 19, 2025 at 9:34 AM
It's all great but this may be the best part: "He even went as far as to deny someone looking to board with an expired bus pass," police said in the news release.
November 14, 2025 at 4:49 AM
Good predictions so far...
April 24, 2025 at 3:00 AM
Incredible work. And sadly something that could be easily weaponized by an authoritarian government. Honestly I think the researchers have to consider the potential trade-offs of publicly releasing this data given the current political climate.
April 8, 2025 at 1:32 AM
Not working politically...
March 15, 2025 at 12:48 AM
I refuse to shut up about this: NYC started charging $9 to bring a car into our most transit-rich zone, the haters & trolls predicted doom, but traffic evaporated instantly and here’s Times Square tonite (even after the holiday tourists have left). For a better future, build transit & price driving!
January 11, 2025 at 2:40 PM