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Social preferences during childhood and the role of gender and age - An experiment in Austria and Sweden

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  • Martinsson, Peter

    (Department of Economics, School of Business, Economics and Law, Göteborg University)

  • Nordblom, Katarina

    (Department of Economics, School of Business, Economics and Law, Göteborg University)

  • Rützler, Daniela

    (Department of Public Economics, University of Innsbruck, Austria)

  • Sutter, Matthias

    (Department of Public Economics, University of Innsbruck, Austria)

Abstract

We examine social preferences of Swedish and Austrian children and adolescents using the experimental design of Charness and Rabin (2002). We find that difference aversion decreases while social-welfare preferences increase with age.

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  • Martinsson, Peter & Nordblom, Katarina & Rützler, Daniela & Sutter, Matthias, 2010. "Social preferences during childhood and the role of gender and age - An experiment in Austria and Sweden," Working Papers in Economics 474, University of Gothenburg, Department of Economics.
    • Handle: RePEc:hhs:gunwpe:0474
    Note: Published in Economics Letters, 2011, Vol. 110, pp. 248-251
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    JEL classification:

    • C91 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Design of Experiments - - - Laboratory, Individual Behavior
    • D63 - Microeconomics - - Welfare Economics - - - Equity, Justice, Inequality, and Other Normative Criteria and Measurement
    • D64 - Microeconomics - - Welfare Economics - - - Altruism; Philanthropy; Intergenerational Transfers

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