Redistribution and group participation : experimental evidence from Africa and the UK (anglais)

This paper investigates whether the prospect of redistribution hinders the formation of efficiency-enhancing groups. An experiment is conducted in a Kenyan slum, Ugandan villages, and a UK university town and used to test, in an anonymous setting with no feedback, whether subjects join a group that increases their endowment but exposes them to one of three redistributive actions: stealing, giving, or burning. Exposure to redistributive options among...

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Auteur

Fafchamps,Marcel;

Hill,Ruth;
Date du document
2018/02/05
Type de document
Document de travail de recherche sur les politiques
Numéro du rapport
WPS8330
Volume
1
Total Volume(s)
1
Pays
Ouganda, Kenya, Royaume-Uni, Afrique,
Région
Europe et Asie centrale, Eastern and Southern Africa, Afrique,
Date de publication
2018/02/05
Disclosure Status
Disclosed
Titre du rapport
Redistribution and group participation : experimental evidence from Africa and the UK
Mots clé
Poverty and Equity

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Redistribution and group participation : experimental evidence from Africa and the UK (anglais)

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