Who discriminates? Evidence from a trust game experiment across three societies
What personal characteristics are associated with the extent to which individuals discriminate against particular groups? We use an incentive-compatible measure of an individual's tendency to discriminate on others’ different social identities that takes into account the costs of discrimination...
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sg-ntu-dr.10356-1722052023-11-29T04:41:40Z Who discriminates? Evidence from a trust game experiment across three societies Chuah, Swee-Hoon Gächter, Simon Hoffmann, Robert Tan, Jonathan H. W. School of Social Sciences Social sciences::Economic theory Willingness To Discriminate Trust What personal characteristics are associated with the extent to which individuals discriminate against particular groups? We use an incentive-compatible measure of an individual's tendency to discriminate on others’ different social identities that takes into account the costs of discrimination. In particular, we elicit participants’ willingness to discriminate (WTD) in their investments to make their decisions dependent on others’ social identities using a laboratory trust game experiment with 545 participants in three countries: Malaysia, China and the UK. Analysis of our WTD measure shows that discrimination differs depending on discriminators’ cultural group identity and political values. Demographic variables including age and gender are not significant. Overall our results support the psychological distinctiveness of WEIRD participants found in other studies. Ministry of Education (MOE) Nanyang Technological University Project funding through the Religion & Society Programme of the AHRC, United Kingdom (Grant AH/ F007779/1) is gratefully acknowledged. Simon Gächter acknowledges support under the European Research Council Advanced Investigator Grant ERC-AdG 295707 COOPERATION, and the ESRC, United Kingdom-funded research Network for Integrated Behavioural Science (NIBS, ES/K002201/1). Jonathan Tan acknowledges support under the Nanyang Technological University Start-Up Grant and Ministry of Education Singapore AcRF Tier 1 Grant (RG126/20). 2023-11-29T04:41:39Z 2023-11-29T04:41:39Z 2023 Journal Article Chuah, S., Gächter, S., Hoffmann, R. & Tan, J. H. W. (2023). Who discriminates? Evidence from a trust game experiment across three societies. Journal of Economic Psychology, 97, 102630-. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.joep.2023.102630 0167-4870 https://hdl.handle.net/10356/172205 10.1016/j.joep.2023.102630 2-s2.0-85159114849 97 102630 en RG126/20 Journal of Economic Psychology © 2023 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved. |
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What personal characteristics are associated with the extent to which individuals discriminate against particular groups? We use an incentive-compatible measure of an individual's tendency to discriminate on others’ different social identities that takes into account the costs of discrimination. In particular, we elicit participants’ willingness to discriminate (WTD) in their investments to make their decisions dependent on others’ social identities using a laboratory trust game experiment with 545 participants in three countries: Malaysia, China and the UK. Analysis of our WTD measure shows that discrimination differs depending on discriminators’ cultural group identity and political values. Demographic variables including age and gender are not significant. Overall our results support the psychological distinctiveness of WEIRD participants found in other studies. |
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