Students cheat more: Comparing dishonesty of a student and a representative sample in the laboratory
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In numerous experiments unethical behavior has been found, yet mainly among university students. Using student participants is potentially problematic for generalizability and resulting policy recommendations. In this paper, I report on an experiment with potential dishonesty. The experiment was completed by a representative non‐student sample and a student sample. The results show that cheating does exist, but also that students cheat systematically more, suggesting that focusing on students as participants tends to overestimate the magnitude of cheating. I further find that age is an important explanation for this difference in dishonesty. The older the participants are, the less they cheat.
Original language | English |
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Journal | Scandinavian Journal of Economics |
Volume | 122 |
Issue number | 1 |
Pages (from-to) | 257-279 |
Number of pages | 23 |
ISSN | 0347-0520 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 2020 |
ID: 201565368