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Group Identity, Intergroup Bias, and Discrimination

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  • Ahmed, Ali M.

    () (Centre for Labour Market Policy Research (CAFO))

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    This paper studies how group a±liation and intergroup bias may affect economic decision- making. Two types of experimental groupings are created and subjects are then paired with either an in-group member or an out-group member in a number of two-person games. The result of this experiment shows that out-group members face a risk of being discriminated against. The cause of the discrimination is not hostility toward out-group members; discrimination is triggered because of higher expectations or favoritism of in-group members. This type of behavior holds regardless of the grouping procedure.

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    Paper provided by Centre for Labour Market Policy Research (CAFO), School of Business and Economics, Linnaeus University in its series CAFO Working Papers with number 2006:11.

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    Length: 25 pages
    Date of creation: 08 Oct 2006
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    Handle: RePEc:hhs:vxcafo:2006_011

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    Postal: Centre for Labour Market Policy Research (CAFO), School of Business and Economics, Linnaeus University, SE 351 95 Växjö, Sweden
    Phone: +46 470 70 87 64
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    Keywords: Discrimination; Intergroup bias; Group identity; Experiment;

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