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dc.titleHow Does it Feel to Be Part of the Minority?: Impacts of Perspective Taking on Prosocial Behavior
dc.contributor.authorRodríguez Chatruc, Marisol
dc.contributor.authorRozo, Sandra
dc.contributor.orgunitMigration Unit
dc.coverageColombia
dc.coverageVenezuela
dc.coverageLatin America
dc.coverageSouth America
dc.date.available2021-09-14T00:00:00
dc.date.issue2021-09-14T00:00:00
dc.description.abstractCan taking the perspective of an out-group reduce prejudice and promote prosociality? Building on insights from social psychology, we study the case of Colombian natives and Venezuelan immigrants. We conducted an online experiment in which we randomly assigned natives to either play an online game that immersed them in the life of a Venezuelan migrant or to watch a documentary about Venezuelans crossing the border on foot. Relative to a control group, both treatments increased altruism towards Venezuelans and improved some attitudes, but only the game significantly increased self-reported trust.
dc.format.extent52
dc.identifier.doihttp://dx.doi.org/10.18235/0003612
dc.identifier.urlhttps://publications.iadb.org/publications/english/document/How-Does-it-Feel-to-Be-Part-of-the-Minority-Impacts-of-Perspective-Taking-on-Prosocial-Behavior.pdf
dc.language.isoen
dc.mediumAdobe PDF
dc.publisherInter-American Development Bank
dc.subjectHuman Migration
dc.subjectImmigration
dc.subjectMigration and Migrant
dc.subjectBehavioral Economics
dc.subjectBehavioral Science
dc.subject.jelcodeC91 - Laboratory, Individual Behavior
dc.subject.jelcodeD91 - Intertemporal Household Choice • Life Cycle Models and Saving
dc.subject.jelcodeJ15 - Economics of Minorities, Races, Indigenous Peoples, and Immigrants • Non-labor Discrimination
dc.subject.keywordsprejudice;perspective taking
idb.identifier.pubnumberIDB-WP-01273
idb.operationRG-T3473
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