We present the first laboratory-in-the field experiment on the Italian North-South divide. Using a representative sample of the population, we measure whether regional disparities in ability to cooperate emerge even if differences in geography, institutions and criminal intrusion are silenced. We report that a behavioural gap in cooperation exists: Northern and Southern citizens react differently to the same incentives. Moreover, this gap cannot be accounted for by tolerance for risk, proxies of social capital and 'amoral familism'. At least a share of North-South disparities is likely to derive from persistent differences in social norms.
Amoral Familism, Social Capital, or Trust? The Behavioural Foundations of the Italian North-South Divide / Bigoni, Maria; Bortolotti, Stefania; Casari, Marco; Gambetta, Diego; Pancotto, Francesca. - In: ECONOMIC JOURNAL. - ISSN 0013-0133. - STAMPA. - 126:(2016), pp. 1318-1341. [10.1111/ecoj.12292]
Amoral Familism, Social Capital, or Trust? The Behavioural Foundations of the Italian North-South Divide
BIGONI, MARIA;Bortolotti, Stefania;CASARI, MARCO;
2016
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We present the first laboratory-in-the field experiment on the Italian North-South divide. Using a representative sample of the population, we measure whether regional disparities in ability to cooperate emerge even if differences in geography, institutions and criminal intrusion are silenced. We report that a behavioural gap in cooperation exists: Northern and Southern citizens react differently to the same incentives. Moreover, this gap cannot be accounted for by tolerance for risk, proxies of social capital and 'amoral familism'. At least a share of North-South disparities is likely to derive from persistent differences in social norms.File | Dimensione | Formato | |
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