Are poor people conditionally cooperative? Contrasting evidence from a field-adapted contributions game
We study conditional cooperation using a field-adapted conditional contributions game in rural Mozambique, eliciting community members’ willingness to contribute to a new public program conditional on how many others contribute. While past studies suggest most people are conditional cooperators (con...
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International Food Policy Research Institute
2025
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| author | Allen IV, James Karachiwalla, Naureen Rakshit, Deboleena |
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| description | We study conditional cooperation using a field-adapted conditional contributions game in rural Mozambique, eliciting community members’ willingness to contribute to a new public program conditional on how many others contribute. While past studies suggest most people are conditional cooperators (contributing more as others do), most of our sample (57%) are undefined by standard classifications. Instead, our sample's most common types are largely absent from the literature: counter conditional cooperators (contributing less as others do) and v-shaped cooperators, both for monetary donations (30% and 19%) and volunteering (35% and 12%). Our findings motivate future research in both non-laboratory and low-income settings. |
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| spelling | CGSpace1768502025-12-09T21:37:13Z Are poor people conditionally cooperative? Contrasting evidence from a field-adapted contributions game Allen IV, James Karachiwalla, Naureen Rakshit, Deboleena cooperation low income groups poverty school feeding We study conditional cooperation using a field-adapted conditional contributions game in rural Mozambique, eliciting community members’ willingness to contribute to a new public program conditional on how many others contribute. While past studies suggest most people are conditional cooperators (contributing more as others do), most of our sample (57%) are undefined by standard classifications. Instead, our sample's most common types are largely absent from the literature: counter conditional cooperators (contributing less as others do) and v-shaped cooperators, both for monetary donations (30% and 19%) and volunteering (35% and 12%). Our findings motivate future research in both non-laboratory and low-income settings. 2025-10-06 2025-10-06T17:05:23Z 2025-10-06T17:05:23Z Working Paper https://hdl.handle.net/10568/176850 en Open Access application/pdf International Food Policy Research Institute Allen IV, James; Karachiwalla, Naureen; and Rakshit, Deboleena. 2025. Are poor people conditionally cooperative? Contrasting evidence from a field-adapted contributions game. IFPRI Discussion Paper 2364. Washington, DC: International Food Policy Research Institute. https://hdl.handle.net/10568/176850 |
| spellingShingle | cooperation low income groups poverty school feeding Allen IV, James Karachiwalla, Naureen Rakshit, Deboleena Are poor people conditionally cooperative? Contrasting evidence from a field-adapted contributions game |
| title | Are poor people conditionally cooperative? Contrasting evidence from a field-adapted contributions game |
| title_full | Are poor people conditionally cooperative? Contrasting evidence from a field-adapted contributions game |
| title_fullStr | Are poor people conditionally cooperative? Contrasting evidence from a field-adapted contributions game |
| title_full_unstemmed | Are poor people conditionally cooperative? Contrasting evidence from a field-adapted contributions game |
| title_short | Are poor people conditionally cooperative? Contrasting evidence from a field-adapted contributions game |
| title_sort | are poor people conditionally cooperative contrasting evidence from a field adapted contributions game |
| topic | cooperation low income groups poverty school feeding |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/176850 |
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