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

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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Fafchamps,Marcel;

Hill,Ruth;
Document Date
2018/02/05
Document Type
Policy Research Working Paper
Report Number
WPS8330
Volume No
1
Total Volume(s)
1
Country
Uganda, Kenya, United Kingdom, Africa,
Region
Europe and Central Asia, Eastern and Southern Africa, Africa,
Disclosure Date
2018/02/05
Disclosure Status
Disclosed
Doc Name
Redistribution and group participation : experimental evidence from Africa and the UK
Keywords
Poverty and Equity

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Fafchamps,Marcel; Hill,Ruth.

Redistribution and group participation : experimental evidence from Africa and the UK (English). Policy Research working paper|no. WPS 8330 Washington, D.C. : World Bank Group. http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/208861517841440138

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

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