@article{Stephane:12070,
      recid = {12070},
      author = {Stephane, Massoud and McCall, Brian P. and Ben-Ner, Avner  and Wang, Hua},
      title = {Identity and Self-Other Differentiation in Work and Giving  Behaviors: Experimental Evidence},
      address = {2006},
      number = {834-2016-55510},
      series = {KTHC Nota di Lavoro 103.2006},
      pages = {60},
      year = {2006},
      abstract = {We show that the distinction between Self and Other, "us"  and "them," or in-group and out-group, affects  significantly economic and social behavior. In a series of  experiments with approximately 200 Midwestern students as  our subjects, we found that they favor those who are  similar to them on any of a wide range of categories of  identity over those who are not like them. Whereas family  and kinship are the most powerful source of identity in our  sample, all 13 potential sources of identity in our  experiments affect behavior. We explored individuals'  willingness to give money to imaginary people, using a  dictator game setup with hypothetical money. Our  experiments with hypothetical money generate essentially  identical data to our experiments with actual money. We  also investigated individuals' willingness to share an  office with, commute with, and work on a critical project  critical to their advancement with individuals who are  similar to themselves (Self) along a particular identity  dimension than with individuals who are dissimilar (Other).  In addition to family, our data point to other important  sources of identity such as political views, religion,  sports-team loyalty, and music preferences, followed by  television-viewing habits, dress type preferences, birth  order, body type, socio-economic status and gender. The  importance of the source of identity varies with the type  of behavior under consideration.},
      url = {http://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/12070},
      doi = {https://doi.org/10.22004/ag.econ.12070},
}