Two sides of the same coin: Re-examining nepotism and discrimination in a segmented society

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dc.creatorHofmeyr, Andre
dc.creatorBurns, Justine
dc.date2014-06-30T13:55:32Z
dc.date2014-06-30T13:55:32Z
dc.date2012
dc.date.accessioned2015-05-28T10:06:44Z
dc.date.available2015-05-28T10:06:44Z
dc.date.issued2015-05-28
dc.descriptionWe report the results from a series of trust games designed to distinguish racial discrimination from racial nepotism, played with a sample of high school students in Cape Town, South Africa. In contrast to the original work in this regard by Fershtman et al. (2005), we find considerably greater heterogeneity in the way that proposers respond to the revealed racial identity of their partner, with nepotism being a dominant behavior. However, while some proposers exhibit a nepotistic bias in their offers that favors in-group members on average, others exhibit a nepotistic strategy that favors out-group members. A consequence of this nepotism is that both efficiency and equity are reduced on average.
dc.identifierHofmeyr, A. & Burns, J. (2012) Two sides of the same coin: Re-examining nepotism and discrimination in a segmented society, Review of Social Economy, 70(3): 344-374.
dc.identifierhttp://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00346764.2011.632321#.U7Fr3fmSz9V
dc.identifierhttp://hdl.handle.net/11090/755
dc.identifier.ris TY - Journal Article DA - 2015-05-28 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town KW - Nepotism KW - Field experiments KW - Discrimination KW - Economics of minorities and races KW - Trust KW - Racial identity LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 2015 T1 - Two sides of the same coin: Re-examining nepotism and discrimination in a segmented society TI - Two sides of the same coin: Re-examining nepotism and discrimination in a segmented society UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11090/755 ER - en_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11090/755
dc.languageen
dc.publisherReview of Social Economy
dc.publisher.departmentSALDRUen_ZA
dc.publisher.facultyFaculty of Commerceen_ZA
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Cape Town
dc.subjectNepotism
dc.subjectField experiments
dc.subjectDiscrimination
dc.subjectEconomics of minorities and races
dc.subjectTrust
dc.subjectRacial identity
dc.titleTwo sides of the same coin: Re-examining nepotism and discrimination in a segmented society
dc.typeJournal Article
uct.type.publicationResearchen_ZA
uct.type.resourceArticleen_ZA
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