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Free keywords:
Crime, selfishness, inequity aversion, dictator game, charity, prison experiment
JEL:
A12 - Relation of Economics to Other Disciplines
JEL:
C91 - Laboratory, Individual Behavior
JEL:
D63 - Equity, Justice, Inequality, and Other Normative Criteria and Measurement
JEL:
K14 - Criminal Law
Abstract:
We test male juvenile prisoners on a dictator game with another anonymous co-prisoner as recipient. Prisoners give more than students, but less than nonstudents of their age. They give more to a charity than to another prisoner. In one of two experiments, those convicted for violent crime give more than those convicted for property crime.
