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Donations, Risk Attitudes and Time Preferences: A Study on Altruism in Primary School Children
Angerer, Silvia; Glätzle-Rützler, Daniela; … - 2014
We study with a sample of 1,070 primary school children, aged seven to eleven years, how altruism in a donation … experiment is related to children's risk attitudes and intertemporal choices. Examining such a relationship is motivated by … theories of reciprocal altruism that provide a cornerstone to understand human social behavior. We find that higher risk …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010352276
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Donations, Risk Attitudes and Time Preferences: A Study on Altruism in Primary School Children
Angerer, Silvia; Glätzle-Rützler, Daniela; … - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014
We study with a sample of 1,070 primary school children, aged seven to eleven years, how altruism in a donation … experiment is related to children's risk attitudes and intertemporal choices. Examining such a relationship is motivated by … theories of reciprocal altruism that provide a cornerstone to understand human social behavior. We find that higher risk …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011086478
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Effects of parental background on other-regarding preferences in children
Bauer, Michal; Chytilová, Julie; Pertold-Gebicka, Barbara - 2011
Other-regarding preferences are central for the ability to solve collective action problems and thus for society's welfare. We study how the formation of other-regarding preferences during childhood is related to parental background. Using binary-choice dictator games to classify subjects into...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010282557
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Effects of Parental Background on Other-Regarding Preferences in Children
Bauer, Michal; Chytilová, Julie; Pertold-Gebicka, Barbara - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2011
Other-regarding preferences are central for the ability to solve collective action problems and thus for society's welfare. We study how the formation of other-regarding preferences during childhood is related to parental background. Using binary-choice dictator games to classify subjects into...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009325436
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A Behaviorally-Validated Warm Glow Questionnaire
Carpenter, Jeffrey P.; Lyford, Alex; Zhang, Mingfang - 2023
incentive compatible, is costly and time consuming, making it infeasible in many settings. We combine standard altruism and warm … altruism and provide an alternative method for collecting warm glow preferences. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014377108
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Directed Giving: Evidence from an Inter-Household Transfer Experiment
Batista, Catia; Silverman, Dan; Yang, Dean - 2013
We investigate the determinants of giving in a lab-in-the-field experiment with large stakes. Study participants in … that must be in cash. Qualitative post-experiment responses suggest that this effect is driven by a desire to control how …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010329041
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The Shape of Warm Glow: Field Experimental Evidence from a Fundraiser
Carpenter, Jeffrey P. - 2018
Theory commonly posits agents who care both for the level of provision of a public good and the extent to which they personally contribute to the cause. Simply put, agents feel some "warm glow" from the donations they make. I discuss a fundraiser devised to exogenously vary the incentive to give...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011931725
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Altruism in society: Evidence from a natural experiment involving commuters
Mujcic, Redzo; Frijters, Paul - 2011
We study social preferences in the form of altruism using data on 959 interactions between random commuters at selected …; and (iv) an age effect, with mature-aged people eliciting a higher degree of altruism. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010278513
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It Hurts to Ask
Benabou, Roland; Jaroszewicz, Ania; Loewenstein, George - 2022
We analyze the offering, asking, and granting of help or other benefits as a three-stage game with bilateral private information between a person in need of help and a potential help-giver. Asking entails the risk of rejection, which can be painful: since unawareness of the need can no longer be...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013426425
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Directed Giving: Evidence from an Inter-Household Transfer Experiment
Batista, Catia; Silverman, Dan; Yang, Dean - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013
We investigate the determinants of giving in a lab-in-the-field experiment with large stakes. Study participants in … that must be in cash. Qualitative post-experiment responses suggest that this effect is driven by a desire to control how …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011212755