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Discrimination at young age: Experimental evidence from preschool children

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  • Bindra, Parampreet Christopher
  • Glatzle-Rutzler, Daniela
  • Lergetporer, Philipp

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Discrimination is an ubiquitous phenomenon in many societies, but little is known about its origins in childhood. In a framed field experiment, we let 142 three to six-year old preschool children allocate a fixed endowment between an in-group and an out-group receiver in two domains (gender and preschool group affiliation). Discrimination is prevalent in our subjects, since they allocate more than half of their endowment to the in-group. The extent of discrimination is similar in both domains, suggesting that it is a universal, as opposed to a domain-specific, trait. Analyzing age dynamics, discrimination tends to get stronger with age.

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  • Bindra, Parampreet Christopher & Glatzle-Rutzler, Daniela & Lergetporer, Philipp, 2020. "Discrimination at young age: Experimental evidence from preschool children," Munich Reprints in Economics 84742, University of Munich, Department of Economics.
    • Handle: RePEc:lmu:muenar:84742
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    1. Kai Barron & Heike Harmgart & Steffen Huck & Sebastian O. Schneider & Matthias Sutter, 2023. "Discrimination, Narratives, and Family History: An Experiment with Jordanian Host and Syrian Refugee Children," The Review of Economics and Statistics, MIT Press, vol. 105(4), pages 1008-1016, July.
    2. Kudashvili, Nikoloz & Lergetporer, Philipp, 2022. "Minorities’ strategic response to discrimination: Experimental evidence," Journal of Public Economics, Elsevier, vol. 208(C).
    3. Utteeyo Dasgupta & Subha Mani & Joe Vecci & Tomas Zelinsky, 2023. "Game of Prejudice," Fordham Economics Discussion Paper Series dp2023-06er:dp2023-06, Fordham University, Department of Economics.
    4. Pulickal, Anuvinda & Chakravarty, Sujoy, 2023. "Subject confusion and task non-completion: Methodological insights from an artefactual field experiment with adolescents in India," Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics (formerly The Journal of Socio-Economics), Elsevier, vol. 103(C).

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