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On your own side of the fence

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  • Gagnon, Nickolas

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This article investigates whether identifying redistribution recipients of the same or another ethnicity through short interactions affects redistribution. In a laboratory experiment, highly-paid participants (“the rich”) are exogenously assigned to interact with poorly-paid participants (“the poor”) of different ethnicities or with other highly-paid participants. Participants then propose redistribution schemes affecting a larger group. I report that identifying the poor increases redistribution—regardless of ethnic differences. Moreover, I examine the avoidance of interactions with the poor and with those of another ethnicity and the effect of identification on participants who avoid such interactions.

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  • Gagnon, Nickolas, 2024. "On your own side of the fence," Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, Elsevier, vol. 226(C).
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:jeborg:v:226:y:2024:i:c:s0167268124002749
    DOI: 10.1016/j.jebo.2024.106678
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    Keywords

    Ethnic discrimination; Identifiable victim effect; Experiment; Social preferences; Social interactions;
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    JEL classification:

    • D31 - Microeconomics - - Distribution - - - Personal Income and Wealth Distribution
    • D63 - Microeconomics - - Welfare Economics - - - Equity, Justice, Inequality, and Other Normative Criteria and Measurement
    • D72 - Microeconomics - - Analysis of Collective Decision-Making - - - Political Processes: Rent-seeking, Lobbying, Elections, Legislatures, and Voting Behavior
    • D90 - Microeconomics - - Micro-Based Behavioral Economics - - - General
    • H53 - Public Economics - - National Government Expenditures and Related Policies - - - Government Expenditures and Welfare Programs
    • J15 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics - - - Economics of Minorities, Races, Indigenous Peoples, and Immigrants; Non-labor Discrimination

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