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| Title: | | Envy and Altruism in Children  |
| Authors: | | Häger, Kirsten |
| Issue Date: | | 2010 |
| Series/Report no.: | | Jena economic research papers 2010,063 |
| Abstract: | | Envy and altruism have been studied extensively in adults. Here, we report data from an experiment studying envious and altruistic behavior in children. We study a sample of German school children aged seven to ten in a natural setting. We run two treatments. One treatment investigates envy, the other one studies altruism. Additionally, we collect data on the children's cognitive and social skills, and on their socio-demographic background. Controlling for these factors, we find that older children are significantly more altruistic. Boys care more about their relative position than girls. Socio-demographic information have limited predictive power in both treatments. |
| Subjects: | | artefactual field experiment children envy altruism |
| JEL: | | C91 C99 |
| Document Type: | | Working Paper |
| Appears in Collections: | | Jena Economic Research Papers, MPI für Ökonomik
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