Social interactions and stigmatized behavior: “Donating” blood plasma in rural China
Despite the resultant disutility, some people, in particular, the poor, are engaged in behaviors that carry social stigma. Empirical studies on stigmatized behavior are rare, largely due to the formidable challenges of collecting data on stigmatized goods and services. In this paper, we add to this...
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| author | Chen, Xi Sahn, David E. Zhang, Xiaobo |
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| description | Despite the resultant disutility, some people, in particular, the poor, are engaged in behaviors that carry social stigma. Empirical studies on stigmatized behavior are rare, largely due to the formidable challenges of collecting data on stigmatized goods and services. In this paper, we add to this limited empirical evidence by examining the behavior of “donating” blood plasma in exchange for cash rewards in China. We find that peer effects influence decisions to “donate” plasma. For example, a one‐standard‐deviation increase in income from “donating” plasma in the peer group increases the value of own plasma “donation” by 0.15 standard deviations. Families with sons have more incentives to “donate” plasma to offset the escalated costs of getting their sons married in a tight marriage market that favors girls. |
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| spelling | CGSpace1457522024-10-25T08:00:14Z Social interactions and stigmatized behavior: “Donating” blood plasma in rural China Chen, Xi Sahn, David E. Zhang, Xiaobo low income groups social networks social behaviour plasma cells social equality incentives blood plasma rural areas Despite the resultant disutility, some people, in particular, the poor, are engaged in behaviors that carry social stigma. Empirical studies on stigmatized behavior are rare, largely due to the formidable challenges of collecting data on stigmatized goods and services. In this paper, we add to this limited empirical evidence by examining the behavior of “donating” blood plasma in exchange for cash rewards in China. We find that peer effects influence decisions to “donate” plasma. For example, a one‐standard‐deviation increase in income from “donating” plasma in the peer group increases the value of own plasma “donation” by 0.15 standard deviations. Families with sons have more incentives to “donate” plasma to offset the escalated costs of getting their sons married in a tight marriage market that favors girls. 2018-03-28 2024-06-21T09:04:59Z 2024-06-21T09:04:59Z Working Paper https://hdl.handle.net/10568/145752 en Open Access Institute for the Study of Labor Chen, Xi; Sahn, David E.; and Zhang, Xiaobo. 2018. Social interactions and stigmatized behavior: “Donating” blood plasma in rural China. IZA Discussion Paper No. 11413. Bonn, Germany: Institute for the Study of Labor. http://ftp.iza.org/dp11413.pdf |
| spellingShingle | low income groups social networks social behaviour plasma cells social equality incentives blood plasma rural areas Chen, Xi Sahn, David E. Zhang, Xiaobo Social interactions and stigmatized behavior: “Donating” blood plasma in rural China |
| title | Social interactions and stigmatized behavior: “Donating” blood plasma in rural China |
| title_full | Social interactions and stigmatized behavior: “Donating” blood plasma in rural China |
| title_fullStr | Social interactions and stigmatized behavior: “Donating” blood plasma in rural China |
| title_full_unstemmed | Social interactions and stigmatized behavior: “Donating” blood plasma in rural China |
| title_short | Social interactions and stigmatized behavior: “Donating” blood plasma in rural China |
| title_sort | social interactions and stigmatized behavior donating blood plasma in rural china |
| topic | low income groups social networks social behaviour plasma cells social equality incentives blood plasma rural areas |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/145752 |
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