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A study of fairness judgments in China, Switzerland and Canada: Do culture, being a student, and gender matter?

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This study compares judgments of the fairness of economic actions among survey populations in Switzerland, and both student and non-student groups in the People’s Republic of China, with the earlier Kahneman, Knetsch and Thaler (1986a) surveys of Canadians. The findings suggest that fairness concerns matter among all of these groups, and the general patterns of what was and was not considered to be fair were similar. However, there were also some significant differences with the influence of fairness being weaker in the two Chinese samples than in the groups from the Western countries, with the influence being weakest in the Chinese student population for the wage related topics. On the whole, almost no significant gender differences were found in any of the new surveys.

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  • Gao, Yue, 2009. "A study of fairness judgments in China, Switzerland and Canada: Do culture, being a student, and gender matter?," Judgment and Decision Making, Cambridge University Press, vol. 4(3), pages 214-226, April.
    • Handle: RePEc:cup:judgdm:v:4:y:2009:i:3:p:214-226_3
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