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Social information and charitable giving: An artefactual field experiment with young children and adolescents

Year: 2013

Type: report

Abstract: A growing literature in economics examines the development of preferences among children\nand adolescents. We combine a repeated dictator game with treatments that either provides\nparticipants with information about the average behavior of others or not. In a sample of 384\nchildren aged 5-17, we find an increase in donations until the age of 13-14, but not beyond.\nWe find no effect of social information on average donation behavior in any of the studied\nage-groups, but do find effects on the distributions of donations.

Source: Gothenburg University Publications Electronic Archive (Gothenburg University)

Authors: Andrea Tognarelli Guzmán, Clara Villegas‐Palacio, Conny Wollbrant

Language: English

Topic: Experimental Behavioral Economics Studies

Subfield: Economics and Econometrics

Field: Economics, Econometrics and Finance

Domain: Social Sciences

Open Access status: green

Funder: Vetenskapsrådet

OpenAlex ID: W2150194930

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