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A gift is not always a gift : heterogeneity and long-term effects in a gift exchange experiment
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Becker, Sascha O., Messer, Dolores and Wolter, Stefan C. (2012) A gift is not always a gift : heterogeneity and long-term effects in a gift exchange experiment. Economica, Volume 80 (Number 318). pp. 345-371. doi:10.1111/ecca.12004
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/ecca.12004
Abstract
We study gift exchange in a field experiment where a random subsample of participants in the Swiss Labour Force Survey received vouchers to be used in adult training. Actual voucher redemption can be traced, giving us the unique opportunity to study whether gift exchange in the form of participation in future rounds of the survey depends on the perceived usefulness of the gift. The group of voucher recipients as a whole has significantly higher response rates. There is considerable heterogeneity, however. Our results point to a long-lasting gift exchange relationship only for the subgroup that redeemed their vouchers.
| Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||
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| Divisions: | Faculty of Social Sciences > Economics | ||||
| Journal or Publication Title: | Economica | ||||
| Publisher: | Blackwell Publishing | ||||
| ISSN: | 0013-0427 | ||||
| Official Date: | December 2012 | ||||
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| Volume: | Volume 80 | ||||
| Number: | Number 318 | ||||
| Page Range: | pp. 345-371 | ||||
| DOI: | 10.1111/ecca.12004 | ||||
| Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||
| Publication Status: | Published | ||||
| Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access |
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