TY  - RPRT
        AU  - Bauman, Yoram
AU  - Rose, Elaina
        TI  - Why Are Economics Students More Selfish than the Rest?
        PY  - 2009/Dec/
        PB  - Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
        CY  - Bonn
        T2  - IZA Discussion Paper
        IS  - 4625
        UR  - https://www.iza.org/publications/dp4625
        AB  - A substantial body of research suggests that economists are less generous than other professionals and that economics students are less generous than other students. We address this question using administrative data on donations to social programs by students at the University of Washington. Our data set allows us to track student donations and economics training over time in order to distinguish selection effects from indoctrination effects. We find that economics majors are less likely to donate than other students and that there is an indoctrination effect for non-majors but not for majors. Women majors and non-majors are less likely to contribute than comparable men.
        KW  - altruism
KW  - public goods
        ER  -