Volunteers and Pseudo-Volunteers : The Effect of Recruitment Method on Subjects’ Behavior in Experiments

We report the results of experiments that test for behavioral differences between volunteer subjects recruited in the usual way and pseudo-volunteer subjects in experiments conducted during class time. In a series of dictator games, we find that pseudo-volunteers are more generous on average than their volunteer counterparts, and that non-monetary factors such as religious or altruistic preferences have a greater effect on the giving behavior of pseudo-volunteers

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Year of publication:	2011
Authors:	Eckel, Catherine C.
Other Persons:	Grossman, Philip Johnson (contributor)
Publisher:	[2011]: [S.l.] : SSRN
Subject:	Ehrenamtliche Arbeit \| Voluntary work \| Experiment \| Verhaltensökonomik \| Behavioral economics \| Spieltheorie \| Game theory \| Diktatur \| Dictatorship \| Personalbeschaffung \| Recruitment

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Extent:	1 Online-Ressource (14 p)
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Language:	English
Notes:	In: Experimental Economics, Vol. 3, No. 2, pp. 107-120, 2000 Nach Informationen von SSRN wurde die ursprüngliche Fassung des Dokuments December 1, 2000 erstellt
Source:	ECONIS - Online Catalogue of the ZBW

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