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Redistribution and Group Participation: Experimental Evidence from Africa and the UK

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dc.contributor.authorFafchamps, Marcel
dc.contributor.authorHill, Ruth Vargas
dc.date.accessioned2018-02-05T20:33:01Z
dc.date.available2018-02-05T20:33:01Z
dc.date.issued2018-02
dc.description.abstractThis paper investigates whether the prospect of redistribution hinders the formation of efficiency-enhancing groups. An experiment is conducted in a Kenyan slum, Ugandan villages, and a UK university town and used to test, in an anonymous setting with no feedback, whether subjects join a group that increases their endowment but exposes them to one of three redistributive actions: stealing, giving, or burning. Exposure to redistributive options among group members operates as a disincentive to join a group. This finding obtains under all three treatments -- including when the pressure to redistribute is intrinsic. However, the nature of the redistribution affects the magnitude of the impact. Giving has the least impact on the decision to join a group, whilst forced redistribution through stealing or burning acts as a much larger deterrent to group membership. These findings are common across all three subject pools, but African subjects are particularly reluctant to join a group in the burning treatment, indicating strong reluctance to expose themselves to destruction by others.en
dc.identifierhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/208861517841440138/Redistribution-and-group-participation-experimental-evidence-from-Africa-and-the-UK
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10986/29318
dc.languageEnglish
dc.publisherWorld Bank, Washington, DC
dc.relation.ispartofseriesPolicy Research Working Paper;No. 8330
dc.rightsCC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.holderWorld Bank
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo
dc.subjectREDISTRIBUTION
dc.subjectINEQUALITY
dc.subjectGROUP MEMBERSHIP
dc.titleRedistribution and Group Participationen
dc.title.subtitleExperimental Evidence from Africa and the UKen
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dc.typeDocumento de trabajoes
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okr.associatedcontenthttps://openknowledge.worldbank.org/handle/10986/35428 Journal article
okr.crossref.titleRedistribution and Group Participation: Experimental Evidence from Africa and the UK
okr.date.disclosure2018-02-05
okr.doctypePublications & Research
okr.doctypePublications & Research::Policy Research Working Paper
okr.docurlhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/208861517841440138/Redistribution-and-group-participation-experimental-evidence-from-Africa-and-the-UK
okr.guid208861517841440138
okr.identifier.doi10.1596/1813-9450-8330
okr.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1596/1813-9450-8330
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okr.identifier.internaldocumentum29560185
okr.identifier.reportWPS8330
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okr.region.administrativeAfrica
okr.region.countryKenya
okr.region.countryUganda
okr.region.countryUnited Kingdom
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okr.statistics.dr208861517841440138
okr.statistics.drstats772
okr.topicPoverty Reduction::Equity and Development
okr.topicPoverty Reduction::Inequality
okr.topicPoverty Reduction::Social Development & Poverty
okr.topicSocial Development::Participations and Civic Engagement
okr.topicSocial Development::Social Conflict and Violence
okr.unitStrategy and Operations Team, Development Economics Vice Presidency
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