This paper tests social identity theory with respect to individuals' self-identification behavior. We report results … with the respective group. Inducing a trade-off between monetary payoffs and different group identification choices we … from a laboratory experiment in which subjects choose their group membership, which is interpreted as decision to identify …

We model individual identification choice as a strategic group formation problem. When choosing a social group to … identify with, individuals appreciate high social status and a group stereotype to which they have a small social distance. A … group's social status and stereotype are shaped by the (exogenous) individual attributes of its members and hence endogenous …

the private benefits and spillover costs of employer favoritism (or discrimination). Group identity is induced on subjects … effort choices that impact employer payoffs. Though it is common knowledge that group identity in this environment provides … such that each laboratory "society"consists of eight individuals each belonging to one of two different identity groups. In …