Education and pro-family altruistic discrimination against foreigners : Five-country comparisons

Sasaki, Shusaku; Okuyama, Naoko; Ogaki, Masao; Ohtake, Fumio

Education and pro-family altruistic discrimination against foreigners : Five-country comparisons

Sasaki, Shusaku; Okuyama, Naoko; Ogaki, Masao et al.

Institute of Social and Economic Research Discussion Papers, 2017, 1002, 1-43

Number of Access:665（2025-08-14 12:34 Counts）

Identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/11094/61275

Item Information

Output File Export EndNote Basic Export Mendeley

Title	Education and pro-family altruistic discrimination against foreigners : Five-country comparisons
Creator	NRID 1000020814586 1000020814586 researchmap permalink ssasaki_econ ssasaki_econ CreatorName Sasaki, Shusaku
	NRID 1000080617556 1000080617556 CreatorName Okuyama, Naoko
	NRID 1000090566879 1000090566879 CreatorName Ogaki, Masao
	NRID 1000050176913 1000050176913 ORCID 0000-0002-8825-7446 0000-0002-8825-7446 researchmap permalink ohtake ohtake Scopus Author ID 6701666319 6701666319 CreatorName Ohtake, Fumio
Subject	Altruism
	Attitude toward foreigners
	Immigration
	Education
	Blinder-Oaxaca Decomposition
Abstract	We measure differences between altruism toward a family member and toward an unknown foreigner using hypothetical questions in internet surveys across five countries: Germany, the US, Singapore, South Korea, and Japan. Our analysis shows that people in all five countries exhibit greater altruistic tendencies toward family members compared to their behavior toward foreigners. However, the degree of discrimination differs across countries. It is lowest in Germany and largest in Japan; the remaining three countries fall within this demarcated range. Further analysis shows that correlation structures between education and altruistic discrimination differ widely. In Germany, people who have spent less time in education exhibit lower altruism toward foreigners compared to toward family members. However, in Japan, South Korea, and Singapore, people with higher education levels tend to discriminate against foreigners. The degree of discrimination is insensitive to the educational background in the US sample.
Publisher	The Institute of Social and Economic Research, Osaka University
Source Title	Institute of Social and Economic Research Discussion Papers
Volume (Issue)	1002
Page	1-43
Date of Issued	2017-05
Language	English
Handle URL	https://hdl.handle.net/11094/61275
Relation.references	URI https://www.iser.osaka-u.ac.jp/static/resources/docs/dp/2017/DP1002.pdf
Access Rights	metadata only access
Category	ディスカッション／ワーキング・ペーパー DP/WP
Category	Institute of Social and Economic Research Discussion Papers

Resource Type	technical report
Local Type	DP/WP
DCMI Type	Text
DCTERMS.bibliographicCitation	Institute of Social and Economic Research Discussion Papers. 2017, 1002, p. 1-43
DC.title	Education and pro-family altruistic discrimination against foreigners : Five-country comparisons
DC.creator	Sasaki, Shusaku
	Okuyama, Naoko
	Ogaki, Masao
	Ohtake, Fumio
DC.publisher	The Institute of Social and Economic Research, Osaka University
DC.language' scheme='DCTERMS.RFC1766	English
DC.type' scheme='DCTERMS.DCMIType	Text
DCTERMS.issued' scheme='DCTERMS.W3CDTF	2017-05
DC.relation' scheme='DCTERMS.URI	https://www.iser.osaka-u.ac.jp/static/resources/docs/dp/2017/DP1002.pdf
DC.subject	Altruism
	Attitude toward foreigners
	Immigration
	Education
	Blinder-Oaxaca Decomposition
DCTERMS.abstract	We measure differences between altruism toward a family member and toward an unknown foreigner using hypothetical questions in internet surveys across five countries: Germany, the US, Singapore, South Korea, and Japan. Our analysis shows that people in all five countries exhibit greater altruistic tendencies toward family members compared to their behavior toward foreigners. However, the degree of discrimination differs across countries. It is lowest in Germany and largest in Japan; the remaining three countries fall within this demarcated range. Further analysis shows that correlation structures between education and altruistic discrimination differ widely. In Germany, people who have spent less time in education exhibit lower altruism toward foreigners compared to toward family members. However, in Japan, South Korea, and Singapore, people with higher education levels tend to discriminate against foreigners. The degree of discrimination is insensitive to the educational background in the US sample.
DC.format	61275
citation_title	Education and pro-family altruistic discrimination against foreigners : Five-country comparisons
citation_author	Sasaki, Shusaku
	Okuyama, Naoko
	Ogaki, Masao
	Ohtake, Fumio
citation_publisher	The Institute of Social and Economic Research, Osaka University
citation_language	English
citation_date	2017-05
citation_journal_title	Institute of Social and Economic Research Discussion Papers
citation_volume	1002
citation_firstpage	1
citation_lastpage	43
citation_public_url	https://hdl.handle.net/11094/61275
citation_abstract_html_url	https://www.iser.osaka-u.ac.jp/static/resources/docs/dp/2017/DP1002.pdf

Education and pro-family altruistic discrimination against foreigners : Five-country comparisons

Item Information

Show details