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Efficiency, equality and reciprocity in social preferences : a comparison of students and representative population

Cappelen, Alexander W.; Tungodden, Bertil; Sørensen, Erik Ø.; Nygaard, Knut
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2010-11
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Abstract
The debate between Engelmann and Strobel (2004, 2006) and Fehr, Naef, and

Schmidt (2006) highlights the important question of the extent to which lab experiments

on student populations can serve to identify the motivational forces present

in society at large. We address this question by comparing the lab behavior of a

student group and a non-student group, where the non-student group on all observable

factors is almost identical to the representative adult population in Norway.

All participants take part in exactly the same lab experiment. Our study shows

that students may not be informative of the role of social preferences in the broader

population. We find that the representative participants differ fundamentally from

students both in their level of selfishness and in the relative importance assigned

to different moral motives. It is also interesting to note that while we do not find

any substantial gender differences among the students, males and females in the

representative group differ fundamentally in their moral motivation.
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Norwegian School of Economics and Business Administration. Department of Economics
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Discussion paper
2010:28

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