BSocial preferences during childhood and the role of gender and age ? An experiment in Austria and Sweden

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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Year of publication:	2010-11
Authors:	Martinsson, Peter ; Nordblom, Katarina ; Daniela R?tzler ; Sutter, Matthias
Institutions:	Institut für Finanzwissenschaft, Fakultät für Volkswirtschaft und Statistik
Subject:	social preferences \| children \| adolescents \| distributional experiment \| Austria \| Sweden

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Extent:	application/pdf
Series:	Working Papers.
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Notes:	1 pages long
Classification:	C91 - Laboratory, Individual Behavior ; D63 - Equity, Justice, Inequality, and Other Normative Criteria and Measurement ; D64 - Altruism
Source:	RePEc - Research Papers in Economics

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