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Social Norms of Sharing in High School: Teen Giving in the Dictator GameCatherine C. EckelTexas A&M University Philip J. GrossmanMonash University Cathleen A. JohnsonUniversity of Arizona - Department of Economics; Center for Interuniversity Research and Analysis on Organization (CIRANO) Angela De OliveiraUniversity of Massachusetts at Amherst Christian RojasUniversity of Massachusetts at Amherst Rick K. WilsonRice University - Department of Political Science May 17, 2011 Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, Vol. 80, No. 3, 2011 Abstract: We conduct a study of altruistic behavior among high school students using the dictator game. We find a much stronger norm of equal splitting than previously observed in the typical university student population, with almost 45% of high school subjects choosing an equal split of the endowment. Tests indicate that this difference is not due to factors traditionally considered in the analysis of these games, such as demographics. Rather, we find that dictators who score higher on a social generosity measure are much more likely to conform to the 50/50 norm. Additionally, high school students who score in the high range of an independence measure send significantly less to recipients.
Number of Pages in PDF File: 35 Keywords: Dictator Game, High School, Altruism, Social Norms JEL Classification: C93, D64 Accepted Paper SeriesDate posted: July 13, 2011 ; Last revised: March 7, 2013Suggested CitationContact Information
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