Arbeitspapier
Tastes, castes, and culture: The influence of society on preferences
Economists have traditionally treated preferences as exogenously given. Preferences are assumed to be influenced by neither beliefs nor the constraints people face. As a consequence, changes in behaviour are explained exclusively in terms of changes in the set of feasible alternatives. Here we argue that the opposition to explaining behavioural changes in terms of preference changes is ill-founded, that the psychological properties of preferences render them susceptible to direct social influences, and that the impact of society on preferences is likely to have important economic and social consequences.
- Sprache
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Englisch
- Erschienen in
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Series: IZA Discussion Papers ; No. 5919
- Klassifikation
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Wirtschaft
Relation of Economics to Other Disciplines
Relation of Economics to Social Values
Microeconomic Behavior: Underlying Principles
- Thema
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endogenous preferences
culture
caste
frames
anchors
elicitation devices
- Ereignis
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Geistige Schöpfung
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Fehr, Ernst
Hoff, Karla
- Ereignis
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Veröffentlichung
- (wer)
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Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)
- (wo)
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Bonn
- (wann)
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2011
- Handle
- URN
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urn:nbn:de:101:1-20110927233
- Letzte Aktualisierung
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10.03.2025, 11:44 MEZ
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Objekttyp
- Arbeitspapier
Beteiligte
- Fehr, Ernst
- Hoff, Karla
- Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)
Entstanden
- 2011
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