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dc.contributor.authorMageli, Ingvild Elisabeth Ruud
dc.contributor.authorMannberg, Andrea
dc.contributor.authorEirik Eriksen, Heen
dc.date.accessioned2022-04-12T11:08:35Z
dc.date.available2022-04-12T11:08:35Z
dc.date.issued2022-03-24
dc.description.abstractWe used an experimental approach to test if there is a link between positional preferences and the social <i>closeness</i> and <i>relevance</i> of the reference group. More specifically, we tested if people are more positional when they compare with friends and colleagues than when they compare to an anonymous person in society. We further tested if the gender of the members in the reference group is important, and if positional preferences can be linked to an individual's social identity. Our results lend support to the hypothesis that social identification with a domain is correlated with positional concerns in that domain. However, in contrast to our hypotheses, we find that comparisons with an anonymous person in society trigger positional concerns among a significantly larger share of participants than do comparisons with friends or colleagues. Finally, although we find that both the gender of the participant and of the reference group has an effect on positional concerns in some domains, our analysis also indicates that not all domains are gendered. We discuss potential explanations behind these findings.en_US
dc.identifier.citationMageli I, Mannberg A, Eirik Eriksen. With whom, and about what, do we compete for social status? Effects of social closeness and relevance of reference groups for positional concerns. Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics. 2022en_US
dc.identifier.cristinIDFRIDAID 2009089
dc.identifier.doi10.1016/j.socec.2022.101867
dc.identifier.issn2214-8043
dc.identifier.issn2214-8051
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10037/24768
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.publisherElsevieren_US
dc.relation.ispartofMageli, I. (2022). POSITIONAL CONCERNS - How and why, and with what effect, are we positional when comparing with those around us? (Doctoral thesis). <a href=https://hdl.handle.net/10037/24814>https://hdl.handle.net/10037/24814</a>.
dc.relation.journalJournal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics
dc.relation.projectIDNorges forskningsråd: 262626en_US
dc.rights.accessRightsopenAccessen_US
dc.rights.holderCopyright 2022 The Author(s)en_US
dc.titleWith whom, and about what, do we compete for social status? Effects of social closeness and relevance of reference groups for positional concernsen_US
dc.type.versionpublishedVersionen_US
dc.typeJournal articleen_US
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