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%T Distributional Preferences in Adolescent Peer Networks %A Schürz, Simon %A Alem, Yonas %A Kocher, Martin G. %A Carlsson, Fredrik %A Lindahl, Mikael %P 36 %V 20 %D 2020 %~ IHS (Wien) %> https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:0168-ssoar-69872-0 %X 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. %C AUT %C Wien %G en %9 Arbeitspapier %W GESIS - http://www.gesis.org %~ SSOAR - http://www.ssoar.info