Altruism and the pressure to share: Lab evidence from Tanzania.

Altruism and the pressure to share: Lab evidence from Tanzania.

We propose a novel laboratory experiment to document the pressure to share income within social networks in Africa. We find that the redistributive pressure exerted via the possibility of receiving a claim increases altruism, while the possibility of hiding from such claim reduces it. Our results in...

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Main Authors: Salvatore Di Falco, Razack Lokina, Peter Martinsson, Paolo Pin
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2019-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0212747
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spelling doaj-fc619f84ce514f0a9b1c002f2ebe7de72021-03-03T20:40:32ZengPublic Library of Science (PLoS)PLoS ONE1932-62032019-01-01145e021274710.1371/journal.pone.0212747Altruism and the pressure to share: Lab evidence from Tanzania.Salvatore Di FalcoRazack LokinaPeter MartinssonPaolo PinWe propose a novel laboratory experiment to document the pressure to share income within social networks in Africa. We find that the redistributive pressure exerted via the possibility of receiving a claim increases altruism, while the possibility of hiding from such claim reduces it. Our results indicate that sharing norms are crucial drivers of giving to other members of the network. We also find that pressure to share has a detrimental effect on the undertaking of profitable but risky investments.https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0212747
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Altruism and the pressure to share: Lab evidence from Tanzania.
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title_short Altruism and the pressure to share: Lab evidence from Tanzania.
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description We propose a novel laboratory experiment to document the pressure to share income within social networks in Africa. We find that the redistributive pressure exerted via the possibility of receiving a claim increases altruism, while the possibility of hiding from such claim reduces it. Our results indicate that sharing norms are crucial drivers of giving to other members of the network. We also find that pressure to share has a detrimental effect on the undertaking of profitable but risky investments.
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