The Development of Egalitarianism, Altruism, Spite and Parochialism in Childhood and Adolescence
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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 8–17 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.
- University of Innsbruck Austria
- University of Cologne Germany
- University of Zurich Switzerland
- Max Planck Institute for Research on Collective Goods Germany
- Max Planck Society Germany
other-regarding preferences, egalitarianism, altruism, spite, parochialism, experiments with children and adolescents, experiments with children and adolescents, Test, spite, 2002 Economics and Econometrics, Soziale Beziehungen, Gerechtigkeit, 10007 Department of Economics, C91, egalitarianism, ddc:330, other-regarding preferences, Kinder, Altruismus, parochialism, 330 Economics, Präferenztheorie, altruism, 2003 Finance, D03, Lebensverlauf, jel: jel:D03, jel: jel:C91
other-regarding preferences, egalitarianism, altruism, spite, parochialism, experiments with children and adolescents, experiments with children and adolescents, Test, spite, 2002 Economics and Econometrics, Soziale Beziehungen, Gerechtigkeit, 10007 Department of Economics, C91, egalitarianism, ddc:330, other-regarding preferences, Kinder, Altruismus, parochialism, 330 Economics, Präferenztheorie, altruism, 2003 Finance, D03, Lebensverlauf, jel: jel:D03, jel: jel:C91
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