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Distributional Preferences in Adolescent Peer Networks
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Institut für Höhere Studien (IHS), Wien
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 ... view more
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.... view less
Keywords
adolescent; preference; network; pupil; social relations; hierarchy; behavior
Classification
Sociology of the Youth, Sociology of Childhood
Social Psychology
Document language
English
Publication Year
2020
City
Wien
Page/Pages
36 p.
Series
IHS Working Paper, 20
Status
Published Version; reviewed