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groups perceive a particular exchange as fair. We investigate racial differences in fairness standards using preferences for … acceptance rates or aversion to inequality. However, we uncover racial differences in ultimatum game behavior on other dimensions … distribution. We also find that blacks are more sensitive to unfair proposals from other blacks. -- racial differences ; inequality …
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This paper investigates the effects of competition outcomes on health by using U.S. Olympic medalist lifespans and …) dissatisfactory competition outcomes may adversely affect health. Competition outcomes that affect socioeconomic status (SES) could …, therefore, play an important causal role in the positive SES-health gradient among the general population …
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This study presents descriptive and causal evidence on the role of the social environment in shaping the accuracy of self-assessment. We introduce a novel incentivized measurement tool to measure the accuracy of self-assessment among children and use this tool to show that children from high...
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This study presents descriptive and causal evidence on the role of the social environment in shaping the accuracy of self-assessment. We introduce a novel incentivized measurement tool to measure the accuracy of self-assessment among children and use this tool to show that children from high...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012214851
This study presents descriptive and causal evidence on the role of the social environment in shaping the accuracy of self-assessment. We introduce a novel incentivized measurement tool to measure the accuracy of self-assessment among children and use this tool to show that children from high...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012219381
inequalities, but many follow an interior allocation rule previously unaccounted for by the fairness views in the literature. These …
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We examine whether belief-based preferences - caring about what transgressors believe - play a crucial role in punishment decisions: Do punishers want to make sure that transgressors understand why they are being punished, and is this desire to affect beliefs often prioritized over distributive...
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We present new evidence on the relationship between health behaviors and experimental measures of risk and time … preferences and introduce evidence that perceived control - a measure incorporated from the health psychology literature - is a … stronger and more consistent predictor of health behaviors than economic preferences. …
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successful in terms of fit to the experimental data: EQRE, IBE, EIBE, QRE and Nash equilibrium. -- Fairness ; Inequity aversion …
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strong ties across generations. However, health status, arguably a more critical component of welfare, has largely been … ignored. We fill this void by providing the first estimates of the Intergenerational Health Association (IHA) that are …-sectional units. Adjusting for only age and gender, we estimate an IHA of 0.3 indicating that about one third of a parent's health …
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