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| DC Field | | Value | | Language |
| dc.contributor.author | | Anderson, Jon | | en_US |
| dc.contributor.author | | Burks, Stephen V. | | en_US |
| dc.contributor.author | | Carpenter, Jeffrey | | en_US |
| dc.contributor.author | | Götte, Lorenz | | en_US |
| dc.contributor.author | | Maurer, Karsten | | en_US |
| dc.contributor.author | | Nosenzo, Daniele | | en_US |
| dc.contributor.author | | Potter, Ruth | | en_US |
| dc.contributor.author | | Rocha, Kim | | en_US |
| dc.contributor.author | | Rustichini, Aldo | | en_US |
| dc.date.accessioned | | 2011-09-26T13:23:58Z | | - |
| dc.date.available | | 2011-09-26T13:23:58Z | | - |
| dc.date.issued | | 2010 | | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | | http://hdl.handle.net/10419/49665 | | - |
| dc.description.abstract | | We measure the other-regarding behavior in samples from three related populations in the upper Midwest of the United States: college students, non-student adults from the community surrounding the college, and adult trainee truckers in a residential training program. The first two groups were recruited according to procedures commonly used in experimental economics and therefore subjects self-selected into the experiment. Because the structure of their training program reduced the opportunity cost of participating dramatically, 91% of the solicited trainees participated in the third group, so there was little scope for self-selection in this sample. We find no differences in the elicited other-regarding preferences between the self-selected adults and the adult trainees, suggesting that selection into this type of experiment is unlikely to bias inferences with respect to non-student adult subjects. At the same time, we find a large difference between self-selected students and self-selected adults: the students appear considerably less pro-social. | | en_US |
| dc.language.iso | | eng | | en_US |
| dc.publisher | | CEDEX Nottingham | | en_US |
| dc.relation.ispartofseries | | CeDEx discussion paper series 2010-22 | | en_US |
| dc.subject.jel | | C90 | | en_US |
| dc.subject.jel | | D03 | | en_US |
| dc.subject.ddc | | 330 | | en_US |
| dc.subject.keyword | | methodology | | en_US |
| dc.subject.keyword | | selection bias | | en_US |
| dc.subject.keyword | | laboratory experiment | | en_US |
| dc.subject.keyword | | field experiment | | en_US |
| dc.subject.keyword | | otherregarding behavior | | en_US |
| dc.subject.keyword | | social preferences | | en_US |
| dc.subject.keyword | | truckload | | en_US |
| dc.subject.keyword | | trucker | | en_US |
| dc.title | | Self selection does not increase other-regarding preferences among adult laboratory subjects, but student subjects may be more self-regarding than adults | | en_US |
| dc.type | | Working Paper | | en_US |
| dc.identifier.ppn | | 655716858 | | en_US |
| dc.rights | | http://www.econstor.eu/dspace/Nutzungsbedingungen | | en_US |
| Appears in Collections: | | CeDEx Discussion Paper Series, The University of Nottingham
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