We propose a novel laboratory experiment to document the pressure to share income within social networks in Africa. We find that the redistributive pressure exerted via the possibility of receiving a claim increases altruism, while the possibility of hiding from such claim reduces it. Our results indicate that sharing norms are crucial drivers of giving to other members of the network. We also find that pressure to share has a detrimental effect on the undertaking of profitable but risky investments.

Di Falco, S., Lokina, R., Martinsson, P., Pin, P. (2019). Altruism and the pressure to share: Lab evidence from Tanzania. PLOS ONE, 14(5) [10.1371/journal.pone.0212747].

Altruism and the pressure to share: Lab evidence from Tanzania

Paolo Pin
2019-01-01

Abstract

We propose a novel laboratory experiment to document the pressure to share income within social networks in Africa. We find that the redistributive pressure exerted via the possibility of receiving a claim increases altruism, while the possibility of hiding from such claim reduces it. Our results indicate that sharing norms are crucial drivers of giving to other members of the network. We also find that pressure to share has a detrimental effect on the undertaking of profitable but risky investments.
2019
Di Falco, S., Lokina, R., Martinsson, P., Pin, P. (2019). Altruism and the pressure to share: Lab evidence from Tanzania. PLOS ONE, 14(5) [10.1371/journal.pone.0212747].
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