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Data Set Description

briq - Delayed Negative Effects of Prosocial Spending on Happiness Logo

实验数据被收集在一个行为的选择eriment with a total of N = 591 student participants at the BonnEconLab of the University of Bonn, Germany, in September 2016.

In the main sample, Lottery Choice (N = 325), subjects chose between two lotteries, Lottery A (with probability 60%: save a human life in expectation by triggering a donation of 350 euros; with probability 40%: receive 100 euros) and Lottery B (with probability 40%: save a human life in expectation by triggering a donation of 350 euros; with probability 60%: receive 100 euros).

在控制条件下,确定的选择(N =221), participants directly decided between saving the human life in expectation and receiving the money. In a third treatment condition, the Calibration Sample (N = 45), the authors elicited the minimal monetary amount that would make a participant indifferent to saving a life in expectation.

The study was approved by the Ethics Committee of the Economics Department at the University of Bonn (reference no. 2016-02), and all subjects provided informed consent before participating.

Date Created:2020-01-31

Scope of Data Set

Subject Terms: HAPPINESS, SOCIAL BEHAVIOUR, WELL-BEING

Time Periods: September 2016

Citation(s)

Falk, Armin; Graeber Thomas, 2016. Delayed Negative Effects of Prosocial Spending on Happiness. Research Data Center of IZA (IDSC). Version 1.0. doi:10.15185/briq.201914324

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Publication(s)

Availability:

Restricted Access


Investigator(s):
  1. Falk, Armin
  2. Graeber, Thomas
Type:

Quantitative Data

Source:

Laboratory experiment

Right:

Access to the data is provided to non-for-profit research, replication and teaching purposes. The data is available from the Research Data Center of IZA (IDSC).
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Coverage:

Country


Geographic Coverage:
GERMANY