Ethnic cooperation and conflict in Kenya

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作者
Barriga, Alicia [1 ,5 ]
Ferguson, Neil T. N. . [2 ]
Fiala, Nathan [3 ]
Leroch, Martin Alois [4 ]
机构
[1] Univ Puerto Rico, Dept Agr Econ & Rural Sociol, Mayaguez 259 Blvd Alfonso Valdes Cobian, Edificio, Mayaguez, PR 00681 USA
[2] ISDC Int Secur & Dev Ctr, Auguststr 89, D-10117 Berlin, DE, Germany
[3] Univ Connecticut, Dept Agr & Resource Econ, 1376 Storrs Rd, Storrs, CT 06269 USA
[4] Pforzheim Univ, Tiefenbronner Str 65, D-75175 Pforzheim, DE, Germany
[5] Ecuadorian Secretariat Higher Educ Sci Technol & I, Quito, Ecuador
关键词
Ethnic cooperation; Conflict; Election violence; Priming; 3RD-PARTY PUNISHMENT; VIOLENT CONFLICT; SOCIAL IDENTITY; PUBLIC-GOODS; INTERGROUP; BIAS; RECIPROCITY; ALTRUISM; TRUST; PAROCHIALISM;
D O I
10.1016/j.socec.2023.102050
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F [经济];
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02 ;
摘要
There is growing evidence that ethnic divisions and conflict experiences affect social capital and economic in-teractions in both positive and negative ways. We conduct a set of experiments measuring social capital in Kenya between the two largest ethnic groups, the Luo and Kikuyu, who experienced violence in the 2007 and 2008 post -electoral riots. Our findings indicate trust, coordination, altruism, and cooperation between these groups are not affected by priming people on the ethnic identity of their partners or on the salience of election conflict. Our results suggest electoral violence does not necessarily lead to changes in economic behavior between ethnic groups and that cooperative failure across groups may be easily overstated or might have other mechanisms. These findings are consistent with recent evidence suggesting that experience of electoral violence in Kenya does not correlate with laboratory behavior between the Luo and Kikuyu.
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