Abstract
We study distributional preferences in adolescent peer networks. Using incentivized choices between allocations for themselves and a passive agent, children are classified into efficiency-loving, inequality-loving, inequality-averse, and spiteful types. We find that pairs of students who report a friendship link are more likely to exhibit the same preference type than other students who attend the same school. The relation between types is almost completely driven by inequality-loving and spiteful types. The role of peer networks in explaining distributional preferences goes beyond network composition effects. A low rank in academic performance and a central position within the network relate positively to a higher likelihood of being classified as spiteful. Hence, social hierarchies seem to be correlated with distributional preference types.
| Originalsprache | Englisch |
|---|---|
| Seiten (von - bis) | 223-248 |
| Seitenumfang | 26 |
| Fachzeitschrift | Experimental Economics |
| Jahrgang | 26 |
| Ausgabenummer | 1 |
| DOIs | |
| Publikationsstatus | Veröffentlicht - 2023 |
Fördermittel
We sincerely thank the editor (Ragan Petrie), three anonymous reviewers, Kjetil Bjorvatn, Martin Dufwenberg, Olof Johansson-Stenman, Bereket Kebede, and Joseph Vecci, and seminar audiences at different universities for helpful comments on earlier versions of the paper. Our special thanks go to survey team colleagues John Massito, Gabriel Hinju, Fatma Numan, Janeth Kessy, Samuel Lwiza, Gerald Kibira, Goreth Mbuya, Josea Lawrence Msekem, Jerum Kilumile, Edward Francis, Remidius Ruhinduka, Martin Chegere, and Salvatory Macha at the University of Dar es Salaam for excellent support with the fieldwork logistics. Financial support from the Centre for Collective Action Research (CeCAR) at the University of Gothenburg and the Torsten Söderberg Foundation is gratefully acknowledged. The research design, including its ethical considerations, was reviewed and approved by the Tanzania Commission for Science and Technology (COSTECH). The study was registered in the American Economic Association Registry for randomized control trials under trial number AEARCTR-0002682. Data and codes to replicate the analysis and results reported in the paper have been deposited at the OPENICPSR Wbsite: https://doi.org/10.3886/E179301V2 .
ÖFOS 2012
- 502057 Experimentelle Ökonomie
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