Competitive Preferences and Ethnicity: Experimental Evidence from Bangladesh
通过孟加拉国农村实验，发现少数族群（桑塔尔人）在族群混合竞争中更不愿参与，而多数族群（孟加拉人）则相反，这与社会权力和地位差异有关。
Abstract We investigate whether aversion to competing against members of the ethnically dominant group could be a contributing factor to the persistent disadvantageous socioeconomic position of ethnic minorities. We conducted a lab-in-the-field experiment in rural Bangladesh, randomly assigning participants into groups with different ethnic composition. We find that the ethnic minority group (Santal) are less likely to compete in groups where they are a numerical minority than when all competitors are co-ethnic, whereas the reverse is true for the ethnic majority group (Bengali). Further analysis suggests that differences in social power and status underpin these differences in preferences for interethnic competition.