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Teaching Norms: Direct Evidence of Parental Transmission

Year: 2022

Type: article

Abstract: We examine the educative role played by parents in social norm transmission. Using a field experiment, we study whether parents enforce and comply more with norms when their children are present compared to when they are not. We compare similar parents when or after they drop off or pick up their children at school. We find that parents accompanying children, in contrast to parents alone, are more likely to punish norm violators and to provide help to strangers when there is no violation. They also tend to substitute more direct punishment with withholding help as a means of indirect punishment.

Source: The Economic Journal

DOI: 10.1093/ej/ueac074

Authors: Thijs Brouwer, Fabio Galeotti, Marie Claire Villeval

Institutions: Tilburg University, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Ca' Foscari University of Venice, Groupe d'Analyse et de Théorie Economique Lyon St Etienne

Language: English

Topic: Experimental Behavioral Economics Studies

Subfield: Safety Research

Field: Social Sciences

Domain: Social Sciences

SDG: Peace, justice, and strong institutions

Open Access status: hybrid

Estimated APC paid: $3,834