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@book{ Schürz2020, title = {Distributional Preferences in Adolescent Peer Networks}, author = {Schürz, Simon and Alem, Yonas and Kocher, Martin G. and Carlsson, Fredrik and Lindahl, Mikael}, year = {2020}, series = {IHS Working Paper}, pages = {36}, volume = {20}, address = {Wien}, publisher = {Institut für Höhere Studien (IHS), Wien}, urn = {https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:0168-ssoar-69872-0}, abstract = {We study distributional ("social") 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 that attend the same school. The relation between types is almost completely driven by inequality-loving and spiteful types. Further analyses suggest that preference peer networks are mainly formed by selection into the network and, to a smaller degree, by preference transmission. 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.}, keywords = {Jugendlicher; adolescent; Präferenz; preference; Netzwerk; network; Schüler; pupil; soziale Beziehungen; social relations; Hierarchie; hierarchy; Verhalten; behavior}}