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Lab measures of other-regarding preferences can predict some related on-the-job behavior : evidence from a large scale field experiment
Burks, Stephen V.; Nosenzo, Daniele; Anderson, Jon; … - 2015
). In this paper we address this question by using a measure of costly cooperation elicited in a laboratory experiment to … laboratory experiments with 645 subjects at a trucker training program in the Midwestern US. The experiment use a version of the …
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Lab measures of other-regarding preferences can predict some related on-the-job behavior : evidence from a large scale field experiment
Burks, Stephen V.; Nosenzo, Daniele; Anderson, Jon; … - 2016
We measure a specific form of other-regarding behavior, costly cooperation with an anonymous other, among 645 subjects at a trucker training program in the Midwestern US. Using subjects' second-mover strategy in a sequential form of the Prisoners' Dilemma, we categorize subjects as: Free Rider,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011453418
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Why and how identity should influence utility
Wichardt, Philipp C. - 2007 - This Version: January 11, 2007
This paper provides an argument for the advantage of a preference for identity-consistent behaviour from an evolutionary point of view. Within a stylised model of social interaction, we show that the development of cooperative social norms is greatly facilitated if the agents of the society...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010366516
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Does revealing personality data affect prosocial behavior?
Drouvelis, Michalis; Georgantzís, Nikolaos - 2019
Many modern organisations collect data on individuals' personality traits as part of their human resource selection processes. We test experimentally whether revealing information on personality data impacts on pro-social behaviour as measured in a one-shot modified dictator game and a public...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011982406
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Gift-exchange in society and the social integration of refugees : evidence from a field, a laboratory, and a survey experiment
Jeworrek, Sabrina; Leisen, Bernd Josef; Mertins, Vanessa - 2019
response to refugees' contributions to society through volunteering. Our nationwide survey experiment shows that the intentions … to contribute time and money rise significantly when citizens learn about refugees' pro-social activities. Importantly …, this result holds for individuals who have not been in contact to refugees so far. We complement this investigation by …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012051246
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Gift-exchange in society and the social integration of refugees : evidence from a field, a laboratory, and a survey experiment
Jeworrek, Sabrina; Leisen, Bernd Josef; Mertins, Vanessa - 2019
experiment shows that citizens' intentions to contribute time and money rise significantly when they learn about refugees' pro … will increase as a reciprocal response to refugees' contributions to society through volunteering. Our nationwide survey …-social activities. Importantly, this result holds for individuals who have not been in contact with refugees. We complement this …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012229083
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Social preferences are stable over long periods of time
Carlsson, Frederik; Johansson-Stenman, Olof; Pham Khanh Nam - 2012
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Social preferences and lying aversion in children
Maggian, Valeria; Villeval, Marie-Claire - 2013
While previous research has shown that social preferences develop in childhood, we study whether this development is accompanied by reduced use of deception when lies would harm others, and increased use of deception to benefit others. In a sample of children aged between 7 and 14, we find...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010229316
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Crime and self-control revisited : disentangling the effect of self-control on risk and social preferences
Friehe, Tim; Schildberg-Hörisch, Hannah - 2014
In economic models, risk and social preferences are major determinants of criminal behavior. In criminology, low self-control is considered a fundamental cause of crime. Relating the arguments from both disciplines, this paper studies the relationship between self-control and both risk and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010345126
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Crime and self-control revisited : disentangling the effect of self-control on risk and social preferences
Friehe, Tim; Schildberg-Hörisch, Hannah - 2014
In economic models, risk and social preferences are major determinants of criminal behavior. In criminology, low self-control is considered a fundamental cause of crime. Relating the arguments from both disciplines, this paper studies the relationship between self-control and both risk and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010342486