Students, temporary workers and co-op workers : an experimental investigation on social preferences

Davide Dragone, Fabio Galeotti and Raimondello Orsini

We conduct an artefactual field experiment to compare the individual preferences and propensity to cooperate of three pools of subjects: Undergraduate students, temporary workers and permanent workers. We find that students are more selfish and contribute less than workers. Temporary and permanent contract workers have similar other-regarding preferences and display analogous contribution patterns in an anonymous Public Good Game.

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Year of publication:	2015
Authors:	Dragone, Davide ; Galeotti, Fabio ; Orsini, Raimondello
Published in:	Games. - Basel : MDPI, ISSN 2073-4336, ZDB-ID 2527220-2. - Vol. 6.2015, 2, p. 79-123
Subject:	temporary worker \| decomposed game technique \| dictator game \| public good game \| experiment \| Experiment \| Spieltheorie \| Game theory \| Öffentliche Güter \| Public goods \| Befristete Beschäftigung \| Temporary employment \| Soziale Wohlfahrtsfunktion \| Social welfare function \| Studierende \| Students \| Leiharbeit \| Temporary agency work

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Extent:	graph. Darst.
Type of publication:	Article
Type of publication (narrower categories):	Aufsatz in Zeitschrift ; Article in journal
Language:	English
Other identifiers:	10.3390/g6020079 [DOI] hdl:10419/167936 [Handle]
Classification:	C72 - Noncooperative Games ; C93 - Field Experiments ; D23 - Organizational Behavior; Transaction Costs; Property Rights ; H41 - Public Goods ; J54 - Producer Cooperatives; Labor Managed Firms
Source:	ECONIS - Online Catalogue of the ZBW

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