An experimental investigation of social preferences, their determinants and their role in the labour supply function

Smith, R (2019). An experimental investigation of social preferences, their determinants and their role in the labour supply function. [Dataset]. UK Data Service, Essex, United Kingdom. https://doi.org/10.5255/UKDA-SN-850566
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A set of datasets produced as part of a cohort study to investigate the influence of social preferences (concern that people have for others’ well-being) upon nurses’ decisions to work in health care. The cohort was comprised of nursing student based in nursing colleges in Kenya, South Africa and Thailand, who would graduate and enter the labour market in the near future.

Keywords

social preferences, experimental economic games, pro-social attitudes

Item Type Dataset
Description of data capture For the initial baseline study in 2008, students were asked to provide a range of socio-demographic information and participate in a set of experimental economic games that were specifically designed for the project. All students in two experimental economic games: [1] a Dictator Game (DG) where they were asked to allocate an initial endowment between themselves and one of three recipient types (student, patient or impoverished), and [2] a game consisting of a series of pair-wise choices where participants chose between two possible money allocations between themselves and a patient. The game presented various institutions to investigate nurses’ social preferences and the effects of some mechanisms that might affect pro-social attitudes. Economics students in each country were subjected to the same experiments to enable comparison between nurses and “standard” subjects to such games (Thailand= 127, Kenya=55, South Africa=55). As part of the cohort study, nursing students were followed up at one year to record the actual employment status (public vs. private sector, rural vs. urban location). A significant attrition rate reduced the number of nurses who could be interviewed. Only 238 and 177 could be reached for a follow-up interview respectively in Thailand and Kenya. In South Africa, nurses complete a two-year compulsory service, and thus are unable to make a choice until the end of 2010, beyond the period of this study.
Capture method Questionnaire, Experiment, Other
Collection Period
From
To
1 December 2008
30 November 2010
Date 8 May 2019
Geographical area covered (offline during plugin upgrade)
North Latitude
East Longitude
South Latitude
West Longitude
3.4137
40.7703
-1.70366
35.4749
17.5638
104.258
14.5553
99.3027
-29.8085
26.9495
-33.2169
20.5554
Language(s) of written materials English
Creator(s) Smith, R
Associated roles Hanson, K (Co-Investigator) and Lagarde, M (Co-Investigator)
LSHTM Faculty/Department Faculty of Public Health and Policy > Dept of Global Health and Development
Faculty of Public Health and Policy > Dept of Health Services Research and Policy
Participating Institutions London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
Funders
Project
Funder
Grant Number
Funder URI
An experimental investigation of social preferences, their determinants and their role in the labour supply function
Economic & Social Research Council
RES-000-22-3068
UNSPECIFIED
Date Deposited 10 Sep 2015 13:47
Last Modified 27 Apr 2022 18:19
Publisher UK Data Service

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