Social norms of sharing in high school: Teen giving in the dictator game
Author
Abstract
Suggested Citation
DOI: 10.1016/j.jebo.2011.05.017
Download full text from publisher
As the access to this document is restricted, you may want to search for a different version of it.
References listed on IDEAS
- Hoffman Elizabeth & McCabe Kevin & Shachat Keith & Smith Vernon, 1994. "Preferences, Property Rights, and Anonymity in Bargaining Games," Games and Economic Behavior, Elsevier, vol. 7(3), pages 346-380, November.
- Frank Marlowe, 2004. "Dictators and ultimatums in an egalitarian society of hunter-gatherers, the hadza of tanzania," Framed Field Experiments 00189, The Field Experiments Website.
- Jeffrey P. Carpenter & Stephen Burks & Eric Verhoogen, 2005.
"Comparing Students To Workers: The Effects Of Social Framing On Behavior In Distribution Games,"
Research in Experimental Economics, in: Field Experiments in Economics, pages 261-289,
Emerald Group Publishing Limited.
- Carpenter, Jeffrey P. & Burks, Stephen V. & Verhoogen, Eric, 2004. "Comparing Students to Workers: The Effects of Social Framing on Behavior in Distribution Games," IZA Discussion Papers 1341, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).
- Matthias Benz & Stephan Meier, 2008.
"Do people behave in experiments as in the field?—evidence from donations,"
Experimental Economics, Springer;Economic Science Association, vol. 11(3), pages 268-281, September.
- Matthias Benz & Stephan Meier, 2006. "Do people behave in experiments as in the field?: evidence from donations," Working Papers 06-8, Federal Reserve Bank of Boston.
- Glenn W. Harrison & John A. List, 2004.
"Field Experiments,"
Journal of Economic Literature, American Economic Association, vol. 42(4), pages 1009-1055, December.
- Glenn Harrison & John List, 2004. "Field experiments," Artefactual Field Experiments 00058, The Field Experiments Website.
- John List & David Reiley, 2008. "Field experiments," Artefactual Field Experiments 00091, The Field Experiments Website.
- List, John A. & Rasul, Imran, 2011.
"Field Experiments in Labor Economics,"
Handbook of Labor Economics, in: O. Ashenfelter & D. Card (ed.), Handbook of Labor Economics, edition 1, volume 4, chapter 2, pages 103-228,
Elsevier.
- John A. List & Imran Rasul, 2010. "Field Experiments in Labor Economics," NBER Working Papers 16062, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
- John List & Imran Rasul, 2010. "Field experiments in labor economics," Artefactual Field Experiments 00092, The Field Experiments Website.
- Forsythe Robert & Horowitz Joel L. & Savin N. E. & Sefton Martin, 1994. "Fairness in Simple Bargaining Experiments," Games and Economic Behavior, Elsevier, vol. 6(3), pages 347-369, May.
- Hoffman, Elizabeth & McCabe, Kevin & Smith, Vernon L, 1996. "Social Distance and Other-Regarding Behavior in Dictator Games," American Economic Review, American Economic Association, vol. 86(3), pages 653-660, June.
- Daniel J. Benjamin & James J. Choi & A. Joshua Strickland, 2010.
"Social Identity and Preferences,"
American Economic Review, American Economic Association, vol. 100(4), pages 1913-1928, September.
- Daniel J. Benjamin & James J. Choi & A. Joshua Strickland, 2007. "Social Identity and Preferences," NBER Working Papers 13309, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
- Daniel Benjamin & James Choi & A. Strickland, 2008. "Social Identity and Preferences," Yale School of Management Working Papers amz2634, Yale School of Management.
- James Andreoni & B. Douglas Bernheim, 2009.
"Social Image and the 50-50 Norm: A Theoretical and Experimental Analysis of Audience Effects,"
Econometrica, Econometric Society, vol. 77(5), pages 1607-1636, September.
- James Andreoni & B. Douglas Bernheim, 2007. "Social Image and the 50-50 Norm: A Theoretical and Experimental Analysis of Audience Effects," Discussion Papers 07-030, Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research.
- Erin L. Krupka & Roberto A. Weber, 2013.
"Identifying Social Norms Using Coordination Games: Why Does Dictator Game Sharing Vary?,"
Journal of the European Economic Association, European Economic Association, vol. 11(3), pages 495-524, June.
- Krupka, Erin L. & Weber, Roberto A., 2008. "Identifying Social Norms Using Coordination Games: Why Does Dictator Game Sharing Vary?," IZA Discussion Papers 3860, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).
- Gurven, Michael & Zanolini, Arianna & Schniter, Eric, 2008. "Culture sometimes matters: Intra-cultural variation in pro-social behavior among Tsimane Amerindians," Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, Elsevier, vol. 67(3-4), pages 587-607, September.
- repec:feb:artefa:0090 is not listed on IDEAS
- Rachel Croson & Uri Gneezy, 2009. "Gender Differences in Preferences," Journal of Economic Literature, American Economic Association, vol. 47(2), pages 448-474, June.
- Charness, Gary & Gneezy, Uri, 2008.
"What's in a name? Anonymity and social distance in dictator and ultimatum games,"
Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, Elsevier, vol. 68(1), pages 29-35, October.
- Charness, Gary & Gneezy, Uri, 2000. "What’s in a Name? Anonymity and Social Distance in Dictator and Ultimatum Games," University of California at Santa Barbara, Economics Working Paper Series qt57q360q6, Department of Economics, UC Santa Barbara.
- Ruffle, Bradley J., 1998. "More Is Better, But Fair Is Fair: Tipping in Dictator and Ultimatum Games," Games and Economic Behavior, Elsevier, vol. 23(2), pages 247-265, May.
- Sam Whitt & Rick K. Wilson, 2007. "The Dictator Game, Fairness and Ethnicity in Postwar Bosnia," American Journal of Political Science, John Wiley & Sons, vol. 51(3), pages 655-668, July.
- Catherine C. Eckel & Angela de Oliveira & Philip J. Grossman, 2008. "Gender and Negotiation in the Small: Are Women Perceived to Be More Cooperative than Men?," Monash Economics Working Papers archive-02, Monash University, Department of Economics.
- Eckel, Catherine C. & Grossman, Philip J., 1996. "Altruism in Anonymous Dictator Games," Games and Economic Behavior, Elsevier, vol. 16(2), pages 181-191, October.
Citations
Citations are extracted by the CitEc Project, subscribe to its RSS feed for this item.
Cited by:
- Katharina Werner & Ahmed Skali, 2023.
"Violent Conflict and Parochial Trust: Lab-in-the-Field and Survey Evidence,"
HiCN Working Papers
404, Households in Conflict Network.
- Werner, Katharina & Skali, Ahmed, 2023. "Violent Conflict and Parochial Trust: Lab-in-the-Field and Survey Evidence," GLO Discussion Paper Series 1319, Global Labor Organization (GLO).
- Bonan, Jacopo & Burlacu, Sergiu & Galliera, Arianna, 2023. "Prosociality in variants of the dictator game: Evidence from children in El Salvador," Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics (formerly The Journal of Socio-Economics), Elsevier, vol. 107(C).
- Dang Nguyen, Godefroy & Dejean, Sylvain & Jullien, Nicolas, 2018.
"Do open online projects create social norms?,"
Journal of Institutional Economics, Cambridge University Press, vol. 14(1), pages 45-70, February.
- Godefroy Dang Nguyen & Sylvain Dejean & Nicolas Jullien, 2018. "Do open online projects create social norms?," Post-Print hal-01547505, HAL.
- Eckel, Catherine & Gintis, Herbert, 2010. "Blaming the messenger: Notes on the current state of experimental economics," Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, Elsevier, vol. 73(1), pages 109-119, January.
- Umer, Hamza, 2020. "Revisiting generosity in the dictator game: Experimental evidence from Pakistan," Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics (formerly The Journal of Socio-Economics), Elsevier, vol. 84(C).
- Horn, Dániel & Kiss, Hubert János & Lénárd, Tünde, 2022.
"Gender differences in preferences of adolescents: Evidence from a large-scale classroom experiment,"
Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, Elsevier, vol. 194(C), pages 478-522.
- Dániel Horn & Hubert János Kiss & Tünde Lénárd, 2021. "Gender differences in preferences of adolescents: evidence from a large-scale classroom experiment," CERS-IE WORKING PAPERS 2103, Institute of Economics, Centre for Economic and Regional Studies.
- Brocas, Isabelle & Carrillo, Juan D., 2020. "The development of social strategic ignorance and other regarding behavior from childhood to adulthood," Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics (formerly The Journal of Socio-Economics), Elsevier, vol. 85(C).
- Gangadharan, Lata & Islam, Asad & Ouch, Chandarany & Wang, Liang Choon, 2022. "The long-term effects of genocide on antisocial preferences," World Development, Elsevier, vol. 160(C).
- Sutter, Matthias & Zoller, Claudia & Glätzle-Rützler, Daniela, 2019.
"Economic behavior of children and adolescents – A first survey of experimental economics results,"
European Economic Review, Elsevier, vol. 111(C), pages 98-121.
- Sutter, Matthias & Zoller, Claudia & Glätzle-Rützler, Daniela, 2018. "Economic Behavior of Children and Adolescents - A First Survey of Experimental Economics Results," IZA Discussion Papers 11947, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).
- Sutter, Matthias & Feri, Francesco & Glätzle-Rützler, Daniela & Kocher, Martin G. & Martinsson, Peter & Nordblom, Katarina, 2018. "Social preferences in childhood and adolescence. A large-scale experiment to estimate primary and secondary motivations," Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, Elsevier, vol. 146(C), pages 16-30.
- Anna Dreber & Emma Essen & Eva Ranehill, 2014.
"Gender and competition in adolescence: task matters,"
Experimental Economics, Springer;Economic Science Association, vol. 17(1), pages 154-172, March.
- Dreber, Anna & von Essen, Emma & Ranehill, Eva, 2011. "Gender and Competition in Adolescence: Task Matter," Research Papers in Economics 2011:14, Stockholm University, Department of Economics, revised 08 Mar 2013.
- Lane, Tom, 2024.
"The strategic use of social identity,"
Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, Elsevier, vol. 224(C), pages 355-368.
- Tom Lane, 2023. "The strategic use of social identity," Discussion Papers 2023-01, The Centre for Decision Research and Experimental Economics, School of Economics, University of Nottingham.
- Banuri’s, Sheheryar & de Oliveira, Angela C.M. & Eckel, Catherine C., 2019. "Care provision: An experimental investigation," Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, Elsevier, vol. 157(C), pages 615-630.
- Catherine Eckel & Philip Grossman & Cathleen Johnson & Angela Oliveira & Christian Rojas & Rick Wilson, 2012. "School environment and risk preferences: Experimental evidence," Journal of Risk and Uncertainty, Springer, vol. 45(3), pages 265-292, December.
Most related items
These are the items that most often cite the same works as this one and are cited by the same works as this one.- Matteo M. Galizzi & Daniel Navarro-Martinez, 2019.
"On the External Validity of Social Preference Games: A Systematic Lab-Field Study,"
Management Science, INFORMS, vol. 65(3), pages 976-1002, March.
- Matteo M. Galizzi & Daniel Navarro Martinez, 2015. "On the external validity of social-preference games: A systematic lab-field study," Economics Working Papers 1462, Department of Economics and Business, Universitat Pompeu Fabra.
- Galizzi, Matteo M. & Navarro-Martínez, Daniel, 2019. "On the external validity of social preference games: a systematic lab-field study," LSE Research Online Documents on Economics 84088, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library.
- Matteo M. Galizzi & Daniel Navarro-Martínez, 2015. "On the External Validity of Social Preference Games: A Systematic Lab-Field Study," Working Papers 802, Barcelona School of Economics.
- Jan Stoop, 2014.
"From the lab to the field: envelopes, dictators and manners,"
Experimental Economics, Springer;Economic Science Association, vol. 17(2), pages 304-313, June.
- Stoop, Jan, 2012. "From the lab to the field: envelopes, dictators and manners," MPRA Paper 37048, University Library of Munich, Germany.
- Eriksen, Kristoffer W. & Fest, Sebastian & Kvaløy, Ola & Dijk, Oege, 2022. "Fair advice," Journal of Banking & Finance, Elsevier, vol. 143(C).
- Lisa Bruttel & Florian Stolley, 2018. "Gender Differences in the Response to Decision Power and Responsibility—Framing Effects in a Dictator Game," Games, MDPI, vol. 9(2), pages 1-16, May.
- Tausch, Franziska & Potters, Jan & Riedl, Arno, 2013.
"Preferences for redistribution and pensions. What can we learn from experiments?,"
Journal of Pension Economics and Finance, Cambridge University Press, vol. 12(3), pages 298-325, July.
- Tausch, F. & Potters, J.A.M. & Riedl, A.M., 2010. "Preferences for redistribution and pensions: what can we learn from experiments?," Research Memorandum 044, Maastricht University, Maastricht Research School of Economics of Technology and Organization (METEOR).
- Tausch, F. & Potters, J. & Riedl, A.M., 2011. "Preferences for redistribution and pensions: what can we learn from experiments?," Research Memorandum 014, Maastricht University, Maastricht Research School of Economics of Technology and Organization (METEOR).
- Tausch, Franziska & Potters, Jan & Riedl, Arno, 2010. "Preferences for Redistribution and Pensions: What Can We Learn from Experiments?," IZA Discussion Papers 5090, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).
- Franziska Tausch & Jan Potters & Arno Riedl, 2010. "Preferences for Redistribution and Pensions. What can we Learn from Experiments?," CESifo Working Paper Series 3156, CESifo.
- Erik O. Kimbrough & Alexander Vostroknutov, 2016.
"Norms Make Preferences Social,"
Journal of the European Economic Association, European Economic Association, vol. 14(3), pages 608-638, June.
- Erik O. Kimbrough & Alexander Vostroknutov, 2016. "Norms Make Preferences Social," Journal of the European Economic Association, European Economic Association, vol. 14(3), pages 608-638.
- Erik O. Kimbrough & Alexander Vostroknutov, 2013. "Norms Make Preferences Social," Discussion Papers dp13-01, Department of Economics, Simon Fraser University.
- Erik Kimbrough & Alexander Vostroknutov, 2014. "Norms Make Preferences Social," Discussion Papers dp14-06, Department of Economics, Simon Fraser University.
- Emin Karagözoglu & Arno Riedl, 2010.
"Information, Uncertainty, and Subjective Entitlements in Bargaining,"
CESifo Working Paper Series
3133, CESifo.
- Karagozoglu, E. & Riedl, A.M., 2010. "Information, uncertainty, and subjective entitlements in bargaining," Research Memorandum 043, Maastricht University, Maastricht Research School of Economics of Technology and Organization (METEOR).
- Karagozoglu, Emin & Riedl, Arno, 2010. "Information, Uncertainty, and Subjective Entitlements in Bargaining," IZA Discussion Papers 5079, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).
- Brañas-Garza, Pablo & Cobo-Reyes, Ramón & Espinosa, María Paz & Jiménez, Natalia & Kovárík, Jaromír & Ponti, Giovanni, 2010.
"Altruism and social integration,"
Games and Economic Behavior, Elsevier, vol. 69(2), pages 249-257, July.
- Pablo Brañas-Garza & Ramón Cobo-Reyes & Natalia Jiménez & Giovanni Ponti, 2005. "An experimental device to elicit social networks," ThE Papers 05/19, Department of Economic Theory and Economic History of the University of Granada..
- Brañas-Garza, Pablo & Bucheli, Marisa & Espinosa, María Paz, 2020.
"Altruism and information,"
Journal of Economic Psychology, Elsevier, vol. 81(C).
- Brañas-Garza, Pablo & Bucheli, Marisa & Espinosa, Maria Paz, 2018. "Altruism and information," MPRA Paper 87089, University Library of Munich, Germany.
- Eckel, Catherine & Gintis, Herbert, 2010. "Blaming the messenger: Notes on the current state of experimental economics," Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, Elsevier, vol. 73(1), pages 109-119, January.
- Hermstrüwer, Yoan & Dickert, Stephan, 2017. "Sharing is daring: An experiment on consent, chilling effects and a salient privacy nudge," International Review of Law and Economics, Elsevier, vol. 51(C), pages 38-49.
- Yoan Hermstrüwer & Stephan Dickert, 2013. "Tearing the Veil of Privacy Law: An Experiment on Chilling Effects and the Right to Be Forgotten," Discussion Paper Series of the Max Planck Institute for Research on Collective Goods 2013_15, Max Planck Institute for Research on Collective Goods.
- Emin Karagözoğlu & Elif Tosun, 2022. "Endogenous Game Choice and Giving Behavior in Distribution Games," Games, MDPI, vol. 13(6), pages 1-32, November.
- Gauriot, Romain & Heger, Stephanie A. & Slonim, Robert, 2020.
"Altruism or diminishing marginal utility?,"
Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, Elsevier, vol. 180(C), pages 24-48.
- Gauriot, Romain & Heger, Stephanie A. & Slonim, Robert, 2018. "Altruism or Diminishing Marginal Utility?," IZA Discussion Papers 11721, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).
- Heinz, Matthias & Juranek, Steffen & Rau, Holger A., 2012.
"Do women behave more reciprocally than men? Gender differences in real effort dictator games,"
Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, Elsevier, vol. 83(1), pages 105-110.
- Heinz, Matthias & Juranek, Steffen & Rau, Holger A., 2011. "Do women behave more reciprocally than men? Gender differences in real effort dictator games," DICE Discussion Papers 24, Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf Institute for Competition Economics (DICE).
- Wang, Xinghua & Navarro-Martinez, Daniel, 2023. "Increasing the external validity of social preference games by reducing measurement error," Games and Economic Behavior, Elsevier, vol. 141(C), pages 261-285.
- Chesney, Thomas & Chuah, Swee-Hoon & Hoffmann, Robert, 2009.
"Virtual world experimentation: An exploratory study,"
Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, Elsevier, vol. 72(1), pages 618-635, October.
- Thomas Chesney & Swee-Hoon Chuah & Robert Hoffmann, 2007. "Virtual world experimentation: An exploratory study," Occasional Papers 21, Industrial Economics Division.
- Thomas Chesney & Swee-Hoon Chuah & Robert Hoffmann, 2009. "Virtual world exp erimentation: An exploratory study," Post-Print hal-00707106, HAL.
- Thomas Chesney & Swee-Hoon Chuah & Robert Hoffmann, 2007. "Virtual world experimentation: An exploratory study," Discussion Papers 2007-14, The Centre for Decision Research and Experimental Economics, School of Economics, University of Nottingham.
- Cherry, Todd L., 2001. "Mental accounting and other-regarding behavior: Evidence from the lab," Journal of Economic Psychology, Elsevier, vol. 22(5), pages 605-615, October.
- Delavande, Adeline & Zafar, Basit, 2015.
"Stereotypes and Madrassas: Experimental evidence from Pakistan,"
Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, Elsevier, vol. 118(C), pages 247-267.
- Adeline Delavande & Basit Zafar, 2011. "Stereotypes and madrassas: experimental evidence from Pakistan," Staff Reports 501, Federal Reserve Bank of New York.
- Adeline Delavande & Basit Zafar, 2011. "Stereotypes and Madrassas Experimental Evidence from Pakistan," Working Papers WR-859, RAND Corporation.
- Dimant, Eugen, 2015.
"On Peer Effects: Behavioral Contagion of (Un)Ethical Behavior and the Role of Social Identity,"
MPRA Paper
68732, University Library of Munich, Germany.
- Eugen Dimant, 2016. "On Peer Effects: Contagion of Pro- and Anti-Social Behavior in Charitable Giving and The Role of Social Identity," PPE Working Papers 0006, Philosophy, Politics and Economics, University of Pennsylvania.
- Eugen Dimant, 2017. "On Peer Effects: Contagion of Pro- and Anti-Social Behavior and the Role of Social Cohesion," Discussion Papers 2017-06, The Centre for Decision Research and Experimental Economics, School of Economics, University of Nottingham.
- Eugen Dimant, 2018. "Contagion of Pro- and Anti-Social Behavior Among Peers and the Role of Social Proximity," Discussion Papers 2018-04, The Centre for Decision Research and Experimental Economics, School of Economics, University of Nottingham.
More about this item
Keywords
Dictator game; High school; Altruism; Social norms;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- C93 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Design of Experiments - - - Field Experiments
- D64 - Microeconomics - - Welfare Economics - - - Altruism; Philanthropy; Intergenerational Transfers
Statistics
Access and download statisticsCorrections
All material on this site has been provided by the respective publishers and authors. You can help correct errors and omissions. When requesting a correction, please mention this item's handle: RePEc:eee:jeborg:v:80:y:2011:i:3:p:603-612. See general information about how to correct material in RePEc.
If you have authored this item and are not yet registered with RePEc, we encourage you to do it here. This allows to link your profile to this item. It also allows you to accept potential citations to this item that we are uncertain about.
If CitEc recognized a bibliographic reference but did not link an item in RePEc to it, you can help with this form .
If you know of missing items citing this one, you can help us creating those links by adding the relevant references in the same way as above, for each refering item. If you are a registered author of this item, you may also want to check the "citations" tab in your RePEc Author Service profile, as there may be some citations waiting for confirmation.
For technical questions regarding this item, or to correct its authors, title, abstract, bibliographic or download information, contact: Catherine Liu (email available below). General contact details of provider: http://www.elsevier.com/locate/jebo .
Please note that corrections may take a couple of weeks to filter through the various RePEc services.