Inequality and inequity in the emergence of conventions
| Autor: | Calvin T. Cochran, Cailin O'Connor |
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| Rok vydání: | 2019 |
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Economics and Econometrics
050402 sociology Equity (economics) Sociology and Political Science Inequality Ethical issues media_common.quotation_subject 05 social sciences 050905 science studies Convention Philosophy 0504 sociology Economics 0509 other social sciences Positive economics Evolutionary dynamics Game theory media_common |
| Zdroj: | Politics, Philosophy & Economics. 18:264-281 |
| ISSN: | 1741-3060 1470-594X |
| Popis: | Many societies have norms of equity – that those who make symmetric social contributions deserve symmetric rewards. Despite this, there are widespread patterns of social inequity, especially along gender and racial lines. It is often the case that members of certain social groups receive greater rewards per contribution than others. In this article, we draw on evolutionary game theory to show that the emergence of this sort of convention is far from surprising. In simple cultural evolutionary models, inequity is much more likely to emerge than equity, despite the presence of stable, equitable outcomes that groups might instead learn. As we outline, social groups provide a way to break symmetry between actors in determining both contribution and reward in joint projects. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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