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Group Identity and Social Preferences
Yan Chen,Sherry Xin Li +1 more
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This paper found that participants are significantly more likely to choose social welfare-maximizing actions when matched with an ingroup member when compared to when they are matched with a non-group identity.Abstract:
We present a laboratory experiment that measures the effects of induced group identity on social preferences. We find that when participants are matched with an ingroup member, they show a 47 percent increase in charity concerns and a 93 percent decrease in envy. Likewise, participants are 19 percent more likely to reward an ingroup match for good behavior, but 13 percent less likely to punish an ingroup match for misbehavior. Furthermore, participants are significantly more likely to choose social-welfare-maximizing actions when matched with an ingroup member. All results are consistent with the hypothesis that participants are more altruistic toward an ingroup match. (read more
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Confucianism and preferences: Evidence from lab experiments in Taiwan and China☆
TL;DR: This article investigated how Confucianism affects individual decision making in Taiwan and in China and found evidence that Chinese subjects and Taiwanese subjects reacted differently to Confucians' values, such that they became significantly more risk-loving, less loss-averse, and more impatient after being primed with Confuceianism, whereas Taiwanese subjects became significantly less present-based and were inclined to be more trustworthy.
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The anatomy of distributional preferences with group identity
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Identity Politics and Trade Policy
Gene M. Grossman,Elhanan Helpman +1 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors characterize trade policies that result from political competition when assessments of well-being include both material and psychosocial components, and analyse the nature of these policy changes.
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Safe, Affirming, and Productive Spaces: Classroom Engagement among Latina High School Students.
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Married CEOs and Corporate Social Responsibility
Shantaram P. Hegde,Dev R. Mishra +1 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors investigate whether firms led by married chief executive officers (CEOs) are associated with better corporate social responsibility (CSR) and highlight CEO marital status as an important driver of socially responsible corporate decision making.
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