Trust games are employed to investigate the effect of heterogeneity in income and race on cooperation in South Africa. The amount of socio-economic information available to the subjects about their counterparts is varied. No significant behavioural differences are observed, when no such...

Using administrative data on the savings behaviour of 31,246 South Africans at the onset of COVID, this experimental study demonstrates how reminders can decrease savings in a crisis. Building on an attention-based model for the effect of reminders, it shows how if individuals have forgotten...