The Development of Egalitarianism, Altruism, Spite and Parochialism in Childhood and Adolescence
By Ernst Fehr, Daniela Glätzle-Rützler, Matthias Sutter. Social Science Research Network, 2013
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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.
Subfields: Demography, General Decision Sciences, Safety Research
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Citations in the corpus
- Cooperation and Discrimination within and Across Language Borders: Evidence from Children in a Bilingual City (2016, unknown): “Our study differs from Fehr et al. (2008, 2013) in at least two important dimensions.”
- Parental background and other-regarding preferences in children (2014, methodology): “The children were paid according to their choices in each of the four games to ensure their motivation and concentration (as in e.g. Fehr et al. 2008, 2011).2 During the experiments children received tokens according to their choices and these were placed in a paper bag with their name.”
- Behavioral Economics of Education (2015, background): “3 Children become fairer, and less spiteful as they become older (Fehr et al., 2008, 2013; Almås et al., 2010).”