主 题： High Social Status Induces Prosocial Behavior
主讲人： 郑金笛
摘 要： Does a high social status make people more generous? Using a laboratory experiment, I generate social status (either randomly or earned) and compare prosocial behavior between people with high and low status. In a novel one-shot, two-player, two-stage game, a high-status subject is paired with a low-status subject to determine joint production. Player 1 gives a nonbinding advice a to player 2, suggesting an effort level for player 2. Player 2 learns about a and determines the actual effort for both players. Total effort is constant and it is costly to exert effort. Deviation from the advice causes a loss in the team payoff. Results show that prosocial behavior is status-specific: 1) High-status subjects are less selfish than their low-status counterparts. 2) When status is earned, there are even fewer selfish players 2 with high status; moreover, they deviate less from the advice such that less efficiency is lost. (JEL Codes: I21; I24; J13; J24; O15)
关于主讲人：郑金笛，南京审计学院社会与经济研究所助理教授，研究兴趣是行为与实验经济学，例如社会身份对日常经济行为的影响。她的项目主要探讨了社会地位如何影响社会偏好，社会距离如何影响贿赂行为，以及工作场所同伴工资的比较。
时 间：2018年5月3日星期四12:30-13:45
地 点：学术会堂南楼608室
主办单位：人力资本与劳动经济研究中心