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Repercussions of negatively selective migration for the behavior of nonmigrants when preferences are social
Stark, Oded; Budziński, Wiktor - 2019
population migrates. Given that individuals dislike low relative income, and that migration modifies the social space of the non …-migrants, we show why and how the non-migrants adjust their work effort and output in response to the migration-generated change in … their social space. When migration is negatively selective such that the least productive individual departs, the output of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011998904
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Repercussions of Negatively Selective Migration for the Behavior of Nonmigrants When Preferences Are Social
Stark, Oded; Budzinski, Wiktor - 2019
population migrates. Given that individuals dislike low relative income, and that migration modifies the social space of the non …-migrants, we show why and how the non-migrants adjust their work effort and output in response to the migration-generated change in … their social space. When migration is negatively selective such that the least productive individual departs, the output of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012005984
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A new perspective on classical choice problems using selection functions
Hedges, Jules; Oliva, Paulo; Winschel, Evguenia; … - 2014
We use quantifiers and selection functions to generalize the classical economic approach to choice. Our framework encompasses preference and utility based approaches as special cases, but also extends to non-maximizing behavior and context-dependent motives such as social concerns. We adapt the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011490505
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The preference survey module: new evidence on social preferences from Tehran
Kosfeld, Michael; Sharaf, Zahra - 2022
We provide new evidence on the extent that survey items in the Preference Survey Module and the resulting Global Preference Survey measuring social preferences - trust, altruism, positive and negative reciprocity - predict behavior in corresponding experimental games outside the original student...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012805359
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Hate Trumps love : the impact of political polarization on social preferences
Dimant, Eugen - 2021
Political polarization has ruptured the fabric of U.S. society. I quantify this phenomenon through the use of 5 pre-registered studies, comprising 15 behavioral experiments and a diverse set of over 8,600 participants. The focus of this paper is to examine various behavioral-, belief-, and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012513376
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Health externalities and policy: the role of social preferences
Alfaro, Laura; Faia, Ester; Lamersdorf, Nora; Saidi, Farzad - 2021
Social preferences facilitate the internalization of health externalities, for example by reducing mobility during a pandemic. We test this hypothesis using mobility data from 258 cities worldwide alongside experimentally validated measures of social preferences. Controlling for time-varying...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012614767
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Turning relative deprivation into a performance incentive device
Stark, Oded; Kosiorowski, Grzegorz - 2021
The inclination of individuals to improve their performance when it lags behind that of others with whom they naturally compare themselves can be harnessed to optimize the individuals' effort in work and study. In a given set of individuals, we characterize each individual by his relative...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012419100
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Do economic preferences of children predict behavior?
Breitkopf, Laura; Chowdhury, Shyamal K.; Priyam, Shambhavi - 2020
Economic theory and empirical evidence establish that economic preferences predict behavior and life outcomes for children, adolescents, and adults. In this paper, we use novel data on 4,282 siblings aged 6 to 16 that combine incentivized measures of time, risk, and social preferences with...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012232056
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Economic behavior of children and adolescents : a first survey of experimental economics results
Sutter, Matthias; Zoller, Claudia; Glätzle-Rützler, … - 2018
About 15 years ago, economic experiments with children and adolescents were considered as an extravagant niche of economic research. Since then, this type of research has exploded in scope and depth. It has become clear that studying the development of economic behavior and its determinants is...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011949208
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I deserve more! : an experimental analysis of illusory ownership in dictator games
Kandul, Serhiy; Nikolaychuk, Olexandr - 2017
Delineation of someone's ownership typically involves the sense of deservedness: the property right is respected as long as the owner deserve to own the object. Objectively, deservedness is often linked to one's actions or specific attributes that justify the owner's claims. We argue that people...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011916543