Ingroup and outgroup favoritism in Vietnam:

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In-group and out-group favoritism in Vietnam
Evidence from experimental games and household
data
Tomomi Tanaka, Arizona State University Colin
Camerer, California Institute of Technology
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Motivations

• This study
• Investigates in-group favoritism among three
  ethnic groups in South Vietnam.

• Questions of interest
• Do we always observe in-group favoritism?
• What explain in-group favoritism?
• 3 alternative hypotheses
• Stereotypes
• Majority / Minority, Economic Political Power
• Social Distance

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Games
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Summary Experimental Results

• Do we always observe in-group favoritism?
• Vietnamese and Chinese do not show ingroup
  favoritism when they are matched with Khmer, but
  demonstrate solidarity when they are matched with
  each other.
• Khmer show strong ingroup bias in all games.

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Regression results
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Stereotypes

• Fiske et al. (2002)
• Warmth No intent to harm ingroup -gt Competitive
  threat
• Competence Being able to harm ingroup -gt Status

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Testing alternative hypotheses
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Summary

• What explain in-group favoritism?
• Stereotypes (Altruism Reciprocity)
• Out-group Perceived as Cold Competitive threat
• Socioeconomic Status (Trust Reciprocity)
• Low Population Share (Being minority)
• Low Political Representation
• Low Relative Income