Effects of cognitive ability and age on giving in dictator game experiments

Kazuhito Ogawa, Tetsuya Kawamura and Keiichiro Matsushita

Research in Economics, 2020, vol. 74, issue 4, 323-335

Abstract: We investigate how cognitive ability and age affect giving behavior in single-blind dictator game experiments with a sample comprising 514 non-student participants in Japan. First, we found a negative correlation between cognitive ability and giving behavior. Focusing on dictators with medium or low cognitive ability, the higher the cognitive ability, the lower are both giving probability and amount. Such a negative correlation was also found for dictators with high cognitive ability, but there was a jump increase in giving probability between the medium and high cognitive ability groups. Regarding the age effect, giving probability and amount of older dictators (≥40 years) were higher than those of younger dictators (20–29 years).

Keywords: Altruism; Cognitive ability; Dictator game experiment; Age; Adult participants (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C91 D64 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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DOI: 10.1016/j.rie.2020.10.002

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