Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/56829 
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Year of Publication: 
2010
Series/Report no.: 
Jena Economic Research Papers No. 2010,063
Publisher: 
Friedrich Schiller University Jena and Max Planck Institute of Economics, Jena
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

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