Income Inequality, Reciprocity and Public Good Provision: An Experimental Analysis

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dc.creatorHofmeyr, Andre
dc.creatorBurns, Justine
dc.creatorVisser, Martine
dc.date2012-12-03T12:05:25Z
dc.date2012-12-03T12:05:25Z
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 analyses the impact of income inequality on public good provision in an experimental setting. A sample of secondary school students were recruited to participate in a simple linear public goods game where income heterogeneity was introduced by providing participants with unequal token endowments. The results show that endowment heterogeneity does not have any significant impact on contributions to the public good, and that consistent with models of reciprocity, low and high endowment players contribute the same fraction of their endowment to the public pool. Moreover, individuals appear to adjust their contributions in order to maintain a fair share rule.
dc.identifierhttp://hdl.handle.net/11090/32
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 - Income Inequality, Reciprocity and Public Good Provision: An Experimental Analysis TI - Income Inequality, Reciprocity and Public Good Provision: An Experimental Analysis UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11090/32 ER - en_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11090/32
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.titleIncome Inequality, Reciprocity and Public Good Provision: An Experimental Analysis
dc.typeReport
uct.type.publicationResearchen_ZA
uct.type.resourceSALDRU Reporten_ZA
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