The development of egalitarianism, altruism, spite and parochialism in childhood and adolescence?

dc.contributor.author	FEHR, Ernst
dc.contributor.author	GLÄTZLE-RÜTZLER, Daniela
dc.contributor.author	SUTTER, Matthias
dc.date.accessioned	2013-11-07T13:39:39Z
dc.date.available	2013-11-07T13:39:39Z
dc.date.issued	2013
dc.identifier.citation	European Economic Review, 2013, Vol. 64, pp. 369-383	en
dc.identifier.issn	1873-572X
dc.identifier.issn	0014-2921
dc.identifier.uri	https://hdl.handle.net/1814/28617
dc.description	Available online 15 October 2013.	en
dc.description.abstract	We study how the distribution of other-regarding preferences develops with age. Based on a set of allocation choices, we classify each of 717 subjects, aged 8 to 17 years, as either egalitarian, altruistic, or spiteful. We find a strong decrease in spitefulness with increasing age. Egalitarianism becomes less frequent, and altruism much more prominent, with age. Females are more frequently classified as egalitarian than males, and less often as altruistic. By varying the allocation recipient as either an in-group or an out-group member, we also study how parochialism develops with age. Parochialism emerges significantly in the teenage years.	en
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dc.relation.ispartof	European Economic Review	en
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dc.title	The development of egalitarianism, altruism, spite and parochialism in childhood and adolescence?	en
dc.type	Article	en
dc.identifier.doi	10.1016/j.euroecorev.2013.09.006
dc.identifier.volume	2013	en
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