The Formation of Prosociality: Causal Evidence on the Role of Social Environment
Fabian Kosse,
Thomas Deckers,
Pia Pinger,
Hannah Schildberg-Hoerisch and
Armin Falk
Munich Reprints in Economics from University of Munich, Department of Economics
Abstract:
This study presents evidence on the role of social environment for the formation of prosociality. We show that socioeconomic status (SES) as well as intensity of mother-child interaction and mothers' prosocial attitudes are related to elementary school children's prosociality. We also present evidence on a randomly assigned variation of the social environment, providing children with a mentor for 1 year. Our data reveal a significant and persistent increase in prosociality in the treatment relative to the control group. Moreover, enriching the social environment closes the prosociality gap between low- and high-SES children. A mediation analysis suggests that prosociality develops in response to prosocial role models and intense social interactions.
Date: 2020
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Published in Journal of Political Economy 2 128(2020): pp. 434-467
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