What's in a name? Racial identity and altruism in post-apartheid South Africa

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dc.contributor.authorBurns, Justine
dc.contributor.authorVan der Merwe, Wilhelm Gerhard
dc.date.accessioned2018-07-18T12:28:03Z
dc.date.available2018-07-18T12:28:03Z
dc.date.issued2008
dc.date.updated2016-01-14T08:37:00Z
dc.description.abstractThis paper reports the results of an economic experiment which was designed to test the effect of racial identity on generosity in a non-strategic setting. A sample of undergraduate university students was recruited to participate in a dictator game, where surnames of individuals were revealed to convey information about racial identity. Results indicate that compared to a set of control experiments where participant identity was kept anonymous, revealing racial identity has a significant and positive impact on the size of the offers made. However, while Black participants did not vary their offers based on the racial identity of their partners, White participants were more generous towards White partners than Black partners, exhibiting insider favouritism in their offers.
dc.identifierhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1813-6982.2008.00174.x
dc.identifier.apacitationBurns, J., & Van der Merwe, W. G. (2008). What's in a name? Racial identity and altruism in post-apartheid South Africa. <i>South African Journal of Economics</i>, http://hdl.handle.net/11427/28319en_ZA
dc.identifier.chicagocitationBurns, Justine, and Wilhelm Gerhard Van der Merwe "What's in a name? Racial identity and altruism in post-apartheid South Africa." <i>South African Journal of Economics</i> (2008) http://hdl.handle.net/11427/28319en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationDer Merwe, V., Gerhard, W., & Burns, J. (2008). WHAT'S IN A NAME? RACIAL IDENTITY AND ALTRUISM IN POST‐APARTHEID SOUTH AFRICA. South African Journal of Economics, 76(2), 266-275.
dc.identifier.ris TY - AU - Burns, Justine AU - Van der Merwe, Wilhelm Gerhard AB - This paper reports the results of an economic experiment which was designed to test the effect of racial identity on generosity in a non-strategic setting. A sample of undergraduate university students was recruited to participate in a dictator game, where surnames of individuals were revealed to convey information about racial identity. Results indicate that compared to a set of control experiments where participant identity was kept anonymous, revealing racial identity has a significant and positive impact on the size of the offers made. However, while Black participants did not vary their offers based on the racial identity of their partners, White participants were more generous towards White partners than Black partners, exhibiting insider favouritism in their offers. DA - 2008 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town J1 - South African Journal of Economics LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 2008 T1 - What's in a name? Racial identity and altruism in post-apartheid South Africa TI - What's in a name? Racial identity and altruism in post-apartheid South Africa UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/28319 ER - en_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11427/28319
dc.identifier.vancouvercitationBurns J, Van der Merwe WG. What's in a name? Racial identity and altruism in post-apartheid South Africa. South African Journal of Economics. 2008; http://hdl.handle.net/11427/28319.en_ZA
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisher.departmentSchool of Economicsen_ZA
dc.publisher.facultyFaculty of Commerceen_ZA
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Cape Town
dc.sourceSouth African Journal of Economics
dc.source.urihttp://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1813-6982.2008.00174.x/full
dc.subject.otherAltruism
dc.subject.otherdictator game
dc.subject.otherracial identity
dc.subject.otherexperimental economics
dc.titleWhat's in a name? Racial identity and altruism in post-apartheid South Africa
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