| Fairness and the development of inequality acceptance. | |
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PMID: 20508132 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE |
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
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Fairness considerations fundamentally affect human behavior, but our understanding of the nature and development of people's fairness preferences is limited. The dictator game has been the standard experimental design for studying fairness preferences, but it only captures a situation where there is broad agreement that fairness requires equality. In real life, people often disagree on what is fair because they disagree on whether individual achievements, luck, and efficiency considerations of what maximizes total benefits can justify inequalities. We modified the dictator game to capture these features and studied how inequality acceptance develops in adolescence. We found that as children enter adolescence, they increasingly view inequalities reflecting differences in individual achievements, but not luck, as fair, whereas efficiency considerations mainly play a role in late adolescence. |
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Authors:
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Ingvild Alm?s; Alexander W Cappelen; Erik ? S?rensen; Bertil Tungodden |
Publication Detail:
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Type: Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't |
Journal Detail:
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Title: Science (New York, N.Y.) Volume: 328 ISSN: 1095-9203 ISO Abbreviation: Science Publication Date: 2010 May |
Date Detail:
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Created Date: 2010-05-28 Completed Date: 2010-06-08 Revised Date: - |
Medline Journal Info:
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Nlm Unique ID: 0404511 Medline TA: Science Country: United States |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 1176-8 Citation Subset: IM |
Affiliation:
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Norwegian School of Economics and Business Administration, Department of Economics, N-5045 Bergen, Norway. ingvild.almas@nhh.no |
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Adolescent Adolescent Behavior* Adolescent Development Child Child Behavior* Choice Behavior* Female Games, Experimental Humans Male Social Behavior* Social Perception* Social Values |
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