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

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dc.creatorvan der Merwe, G.W.
dc.creatorBurns, Justine
dc.date2012-12-03T12:05:24Z
dc.date2012-12-03T12:05:24Z
dc.date2008-10
dc.date.accessioned2015-05-28T10:05:02Z
dc.date.available2015-05-28T10:05:02Z
dc.date.issued2015-05-28
dc.descriptionThis 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://hdl.handle.net/11090/31
dc.identifier.ris TY - Report DA - 2015-05-28 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 2015 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/11090/31 ER - en_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11090/31
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherSouthern Africa Labour and Development Research Unit
dc.publisher.departmentSALDRUen_ZA
dc.publisher.facultyFaculty of Commerceen_ZA
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Cape Town
dc.titleWhat"s in a name? Racial identity and altruism in post-apartheid South Africa
dc.typeReport
uct.type.publicationResearchen_ZA
uct.type.resourceSALDRU Reporten_ZA
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