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Sutter, Matthias and Untertrifaller, Anna (2020). Children's heterogeneity in cooperation and parental background: An experimental study. J. Econ. Behav. Organ., 171. S. 286 - 297. AMSTERDAM: ELSEVIER. ISSN 1879-1751

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Abstract

We study the determinants of cooperation by letting children, aged 4-5, and their parents play an experimental prisoner's dilemma game. We examine whether children's cooperation depends on symmetric payoffs of mutual cooperation and how it is related to parental socioeconomic background and parents' own cooperation behavior. We find that asymmetric payoffs do not hinder cooperation. Children cooperate more often when parents have higher education. Parents' and children's cooperation rates are positively aligned. Children of parents with lower education have miscalibrated beliefs about others' cooperation. Overall, our findings support the notion of a socioeconomic gradient of prosociality. (C) 2020 Published by Elsevier B.V.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Creators:	Creators Email ORCID ORCID Put Code Sutter, Matthias UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Untertrifaller, Anna UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED
URN:	urn:nbn:de:hbz:38-342703
DOI:	10.1016/j.jebo.2020.01.010
Journal or Publication Title:	J. Econ. Behav. Organ.
Volume:	171
Page Range:	S. 286 - 297
Date:	2020
Publisher:	ELSEVIER
Place of Publication:	AMSTERDAM
ISSN:	1879-1751
Language:	English
Faculty:	Unspecified
Divisions:	Unspecified
Subjects:	no entry
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Keywords Language CONDITIONAL COOPERATION; 3RD-PARTY PUNISHMENT; TRANSMISSION; ASYMMETRY; BEHAVIOR Multiple languages Economics Multiple languages
URI:	http://kups.ub.uni-koeln.de/id/eprint/34270