Social preferences during childhood and the role of gender and age -- An experiment in Austria and Sweden

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Journal: Economics Letters
Year: 2011
Volume: 110
Issue: 3
Pages: 248-251

Authors (4)

Martinsson, Peter (Università degli Studi di Tori...) Nordblom, Katarina (Göteborgs Universitet) Rützler, Daniela (not in RePEc) Sutter, Matthias (Universität zu Köln)

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Abstract

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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RePEc Handle
repec:eee:ecolet:v:110:y:2011:i:3:p:248-251
Journal Field
General
Author Count
4
Added to Database
2026-01-25