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Fairness in third-party and first-party tasks among Kogi children
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Description: Experimental research has studied the emergence of fairness criteria such as merit at increasingly younger ages. Previous studies, however, have for the most part focused on so-called WEIRD participants. How much does the recognition and practice of these principles depend on the influence of central aspects of Western educated and industrialized societies? In an attempt to answer these questions, this article provides evidence regarding the choices of children in the Kogi indigenous community of the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, a traditional society living in the mountains of Northern Colombia that practices swidden agriculture, cattle-raising, and enjoys a special cultural status granted by the Colombian Constitution. Two groups of 6-7 and 10-11 year olds (N=104) were tested on a modified dictator game and several scenarios from a resource distribution task including different fairness criteria.