Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/252356 
Year of Publication: 
2021
Series/Report no.: 
IDB Working Paper Series No. IDB-WP-01273
Publisher: 
Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), Washington, DC
Abstract: 
Can 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.
Subjects: 
migration
prejudice
perspective taking
altruism
trust
JEL: 
C91
D91
J15
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Creative Commons License: 
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Document Type: 
Working Paper

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