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Lying (non-)parents: being a parent does not reduce dishonesty

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  • Agne Kajackaite
  • PaweÅ‚ Niszczota
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Several studies in economics and finance show that parenthood can affect economic behaviour. Here, we provide a large-sample (N = 2,008) experimental analysis of whether parents are less likely to cheat for monetary benefits than non-parents. We expect that parenting children could increase the psychological costs of lying (both in self- and social-image domains), and thus lead to less cheating by parents than non-parents. Our experimental findings from a private die rolling task show, however, that parents and non-parents lie to a similar extent. In a further treatment, we remind parents of their parent-identity before the lying task and find that when parents are reminded of their children, they lie slightly but not significantly less than without a reminder.

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  • Agne Kajackaite & PaweÅ‚ Niszczota, 2024. "Lying (non-)parents: being a parent does not reduce dishonesty," Applied Economics Letters, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 31(20), pages 2188-2198, November.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:apeclt:v:31:y:2024:i:20:p:2188-2198
    DOI: 10.1080/13504851.2023.2212954
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