Ethnic disparity in altruism towards reforestation: A social preference experiment in Mindoro, Philippines

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This paper presents a framed field experiment on ecological altruism in Mindoro, Philippines. Behavioural differences between ethnic groups in Mindoro-the Tagalogs and the Mangyans-were investigated. We designed a two-part donation task (i.e. dictator game) where the recipient of the donation was a local reforestation project. There were two treatments: participants played either the giving game (GG) or the taking game (TG). In the first part (GG), respondents were asked how much they will donate towards reforestation; in the second part (TG), respondents were asked how much money they will take away from the project and keep for themselves. The second part was the same as the first, but participants were asked what they will do if a hypothetical partner, who was either the same or different ethnicity, donated half of the initial endowment to reforestation. Results indicate that Mangyans, who are predominantly farmers, tend to give more in the TG than the GG. Tagalog respondents were not sensitive to framing. Finally, other-ethnicity dynamics did not have a strong effect.

Angaben zum Objekt

• ISBN: 978-92-9267-011-5
• Sprache: Englisch

Verweise und Beziehungen

• Erschienen in: Series: WIDER Working Paper ; No. 2021/73

Klassifikation und Themen

• Klassifikation: Wirtschaft ; Design of Experiments: General ; Renewable Resources and Conservation: Forestry ; Environment and Development; Environment and Trade; Sustainability; Environmental Accounts and Accounting; Environmental Equity; Population Growth ; Ecological Economics: Ecosystem Services; Biodiversity Conservation; Bioeconomics; Industrial Ecology
• Thema: framed field experiment ; reforestation ; dictator game ; framing

Beteiligte, Orts- und Zeitangaben

• Ereignis: Geistige Schöpfung
• (wer): Molina, Imelda Revilla ; Castillo, Katelyn ; Puzon, Klarizze Anne Martin
• Ereignis: Veröffentlichung
• (wer): The United Nations University World Institute for Development Economics Research (UNU-WIDER)
• (wo): Helsinki
• (wann): 2021

Weitere Informationen

• DOI: doi:10.35188/UNU-WIDER/2021/011-5
• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/243399
• Letzte Aktualisierung: 10.03.2025, 11:42 MEZ