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Title Intergroup contact and rice allocation via a modified dictator game in rural Cameroon
Full text https://pub.uni-bielefeld.de/record/2604358
Date 2012
Author(s) Thomae, Manuela; Zeitlyn, David; Griffiths, Sascha; van Vugt, Mark
Abstract Economic games in field settings have been subject to criticism concerning their ecological validity. We use social identity theory and the intergroup contact hypothesis as a framework to illustrate how economic games can be applied to field settings with higher ecological validity. A quasi-experiment in two rural Cameroonian villages studied participants' allocation of rice to co-inhabitants of their village. The villages are characterized by different degrees of contact between the ethnic groups and the sexes. Our results indicate that women who are segregated from each other disadvantage other women more than men, or women who experience higher amounts of contact. These findings are interesting from a theoretical and methodological perspective since we utilized a non-monetary stake in naturalistic intergroup settings.
Language eng
Publisher SAGE Publications
Relation info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/doi/10.1177/1525822X12466981; info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/issn/1525-822X; info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/issn/1552-3969; info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/wos/000313655200005
Type of publication info:eu-repo/semantics/article; doc-type:article; text
Source Thomae M, Zeitlyn D, Griffiths S, van Vugt M. Intergroup contact and rice allocation via a modified dictator game in rural Cameroon. <em>Field Methods</em>. 2012;25(1):74-90.
Rights info:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccess
Repository Bielefeld - University of Bielefeld
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