Social preferences in childhood and adolescence. A large-scale experiment to estimate primary and secondary motivations

Matthias Sutter, Francesco Feri, Daniela Glätzle-Rützler, Martin Kocher, Peter Martinsson and Katarina Nordblom ()

Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 2018, vol. 146, issue C, 16-30

Abstract: We elicit social preferences of 883 children and teenagers, aged eight to 17 years, in an experiment. Using an econometric mixture model we estimate a subject’s primary and secondary social preference motivations. The secondary motivation indicates the motivation that becomes relevant when the primary motivation implies indifference between various choices. For girls, particularly older ones, maximin-preferences are the most frequent primary motivation, while for boys efficiency concerns are most relevant. Examining secondary motivations reveals that girls are mostly social-welfare-oriented, with strong equity concerns. Boys are also oriented towards social welfare, but are more concerned with efficiency than with equity.

Keywords: Social preferences; Children; Adolescents; Age; Gender; Experiment (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018
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DOI: 10.1016/j.jebo.2017.12.007

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