Choosing Who You Are: The Structure and Behavioral Effects of Revealed Identification Preferences
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Mainz: Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz, 2019. (GSME Discussion Paper Series; Vol. 1903).
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TY - UNPB
T1 - Choosing Who You Are
T2 - The Structure and Behavioral Effects of Revealed Identification Preferences
AU - Hett, Florian
AU - Kröll, Markus
AU - Mechtel, Mario
N1 - Social Identity, Identification Preferences, Social Preferences, Outgroup Discrimination, Experimental Economics
PY - 2019/1/25
Y1 - 2019/1/25
N2 - Social identity is an important driver of behavior. But where do differences in social identity come from? We use a novel laboratory experiment to measure individual identification preferences as a potential source of behavioral heterogeneity. Facing a trade-off between monetary payments and belonging to different groups, individuals are willing to forego significant earnings to avoid certain groups and thereby reveal their identification preferences. We then show that these identification preferences are systematically related to behavioral heterogeneity in group-specific social preferences. These results illustrate the importance of identification as a choice and its relevance for explaining individual behavior.
AB - Social identity is an important driver of behavior. But where do differences in social identity come from? We use a novel laboratory experiment to measure individual identification preferences as a potential source of behavioral heterogeneity. Facing a trade-off between monetary payments and belonging to different groups, individuals are willing to forego significant earnings to avoid certain groups and thereby reveal their identification preferences. We then show that these identification preferences are systematically related to behavioral heterogeneity in group-specific social preferences. These results illustrate the importance of identification as a choice and its relevance for explaining individual behavior.
KW - Economics
UR - https://www.mendeley.com/catalogue/cafb7a28-45a3-3289-8b79-02ef0a177d57/
U2 - 10.2139/ssrn.2837519
DO - 10.2139/ssrn.2837519
M3 - Working papers
T3 - GSME Discussion Paper Series
BT - Choosing Who You Are
PB - Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz
CY - Mainz
ER -