Arbeitspapier
The Effect of Financial Constraints on In-Group Bias: Evidence from Rice Farmers in Thailand
In-group bias can be detrimental for communities and economic development. We study the causal effect of financial constraints on in-group bias in prosocial behaviors – cooperation, norm enforcement, and sharing – among low-income rice farmers in rural Thailand, who cultivate and harvest rice once a year. We use a between-subjects design – randomly assigning participants to experiments either before harvest (more financially constrained) or after harvest. Farmers interacted with either in-group or out-group partners at village level. We find that in-group bias in cooperation and norm enforcement exist only after harvest, that is, when people are less financially constrained.
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Englisch
- Bibliographic citation
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Series: IZA Discussion Papers ; No. 12919
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Wirtschaft
Field Experiments
Altruism; Philanthropy; Intergenerational Transfers
Micro-Based Behavioral Economics: Role and Effects of Psychological, Emotional, Social, and Cognitive Factors on Decision Making‡
- Subject
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cooperation
financial constraints
in-group bias
lab-in-the-field experiment
norm enforcement
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Geistige Schöpfung
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Boonmanunt, Suparee
Meier, Stephan
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Veröffentlichung
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Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
- (where)
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Bonn
- (when)
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2020
- Handle
- Last update
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10.03.2025, 11:45 AM CET
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Object type
- Arbeitspapier
Associated
- Boonmanunt, Suparee
- Meier, Stephan
- Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
Time of origin
- 2020
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