TY - JOUR
T1 - Trust behind bars: Measuring change in inmates' prosocial preferences
AU - Maggioni, Mario Agostino
AU - Rossignoli, Domenico
AU - Beretta, Simona
AU - Balestri, Sara
PY - 2018
Y1 - 2018
N2 - The paper presents the results of a Longitudinal Lab-in-the-Field Experiment implemented between September 2015 and July 2016 performed in two State Prisons in California (USA) to measure change in prosocial preferences. A subset of eligible inmates willing to undertake GRIP (Guiding Rage Into Power) program, were randomly assigned to it. The paper tests whether the participation to this program (used as a treatment in the experiments) affects prosocial preferences of participants, with specific reference to trust. The results of a Difference-in-Differences (DID) estimation procedure show that trust significantly increased in GRIP participants compared to the control group. This result is robust to alternative estimation techniques and to the inclusion of an endogenous behavioral measure of altruism.
AB - The paper presents the results of a Longitudinal Lab-in-the-Field Experiment implemented between September 2015 and July 2016 performed in two State Prisons in California (USA) to measure change in prosocial preferences. A subset of eligible inmates willing to undertake GRIP (Guiding Rage Into Power) program, were randomly assigned to it. The paper tests whether the participation to this program (used as a treatment in the experiments) affects prosocial preferences of participants, with specific reference to trust. The results of a Difference-in-Differences (DID) estimation procedure show that trust significantly increased in GRIP participants compared to the control group. This result is robust to alternative estimation techniques and to the inclusion of an endogenous behavioral measure of altruism.
KW - Applied Psychology
KW - Dictator Game
KW - Economics and Econometrics
KW - Lab-in-the-Field Experiment
KW - Longitudinal study
KW - Prisons
KW - Sociology and Political Science
KW - Trust
KW - Trust Game
KW - Applied Psychology
KW - Dictator Game
KW - Economics and Econometrics
KW - Lab-in-the-Field Experiment
KW - Longitudinal study
KW - Prisons
KW - Sociology and Political Science
KW - Trust
KW - Trust Game
UR - https://publicatt.unicatt.it/handle/10807/111654
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U2 - 10.1016/j.joep.2017.12.003
DO - 10.1016/j.joep.2017.12.003
M3 - Article
SN - 0167-4870
VL - 64
SP - 89
EP - 104
JO - Journal of Economic Psychology
JF - Journal of Economic Psychology
IS - february
ER -