Stereotypes and Madrassas: Experimental evidence from Pakistan

Delavande, A; Zafar, B

Stereotypes and Madrassas: Experimental evidence from Pakistan

Delavande, A

Zafar, B

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Citation:: Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 2015, 118 pp. 247 - 267
Issue Date:: 2015-10-01

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dc.contributor.author	Delavande, A https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8691-6359	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Zafar, B	en_US
dc.date.issued	2015-10-01	en_US
dc.identifier.citation	Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 2015, 118 pp. 247 - 267	en_US
dc.identifier.issn	0167-2681	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/135756
dc.description.abstract	© 2015 The Authors. Little is known about the behavior of Madrassa (Islamic religious seminaries) students, and how other groups in their communities interact with them. To investigate this, we use data from economic decision-making experiments embedded in a survey that we collected from students pursuing bachelors-equivalent degrees in Madrassas and other educational institutions of distinct religious tendencies and socioeconomic background in Pakistan. First, we do not find that Madrassa students are less trusting of others; in fact, they exhibit the highest level of other-regarding behavior, and expect others to be the most trustworthy. Second, there is a high level of trust among all groups. Third, within each institution group, we fail to find evidence of in-group bias or systematic out-group bias either in trust or tastes. Fourth, we find that students from certain backgrounds under-estimate the trustworthiness of Madrassa students.	en_US
dc.relation.ispartof	Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization	en_US
dc.relation.isbasedon	10.1016/j.jebo.2015.03.020	en_US
dc.rights	info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
dc.subject.classification	Economics	en_US
dc.title	Stereotypes and Madrassas: Experimental evidence from Pakistan	en_US
dc.type	Journal Article
utslib.citation.volume	118	en_US
utslib.for	1402 Applied Economics	en_US
utslib.for	1401 Economic Theory	en_US
utslib.for	1403 Econometrics	en_US
pubs.embargo.period	Not known	en_US
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Business
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Business/Economics Discipline
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pubs.publication-status	Published	en_US
pubs.volume	118	en_US

Abstract:

© 2015 The Authors. Little is known about the behavior of Madrassa (Islamic religious seminaries) students, and how other groups in their communities interact with them. To investigate this, we use data from economic decision-making experiments embedded in a survey that we collected from students pursuing bachelors-equivalent degrees in Madrassas and other educational institutions of distinct religious tendencies and socioeconomic background in Pakistan. First, we do not find that Madrassa students are less trusting of others; in fact, they exhibit the highest level of other-regarding behavior, and expect others to be the most trustworthy. Second, there is a high level of trust among all groups. Third, within each institution group, we fail to find evidence of in-group bias or systematic out-group bias either in trust or tastes. Fourth, we find that students from certain backgrounds under-estimate the trustworthiness of Madrassa students.

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