dc.contributor.author | Sincar, Neelanjan | en |
dc.contributor.author | Turley, Ty | en |
dc.contributor.author | Voors, Maarten | en |
dc.contributor.author | van der Windt, Peter | en |
dc.date.accessioned | 2016-06-23T14:44:32Z | |
dc.date.available | 2016-06-23T14:44:32Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2014 | en |
dc.identifier.uri | https://opendocs.ids.ac.uk/opendocs/handle/20.500.12413/11830 | |
dc.description.abstract | A robust literature in the social sciences uses experimental games to study discrimination.
Often, these games are played between strangers, and players are given little
information about the population from which the other players are drawn. We introduce
a formal framework and a set of novel dictator games to make nuanced inferences
about social discrimination based on differences in knowledge of the social context and
the receiver. Specifically, we explore the effects of 1) varying the distribution of the
receiver population, and 2) moving from a known distribution of receivers to full information
about each individual receiver. We use this framework to study discriminatory
behavior in rural Sierra Leone, a context characterized by discrimination based on elite
status—a factor widely regarded as an important cause of the civil war. We find that
the magnitude of discrimination is driven by a dictator’s knowledge of the receiver, not
by her knowledge about the distribution of receivers. Our findings provide important
implications for both the measurement and interpretation of discrimination. | en |
dc.language.iso | en | en |
dc.rights.uri | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ | en |
dc.subject | Science and Society | |
dc.subject | Security and Conflict | |
dc.title | Measuring Discrimination at the Local Level | en |
dc.type | Series paper (non-IDS) | en |
dc.identifier.externaluri | https://doi.org/10.35648/20.500.12413/11781/ii048 | |
dc.identifier.ag | ES/J017620/1 | en |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.35648/20.500.12413/11781/ii048 | |
atmire.atmiredoc.corrheight | Sincar, N. et al., (2014) Measuring discrimination at the local level, Oxford: CSAE. | en |