In this paper, we use new survey data on twins born in urban China among whom many experienced the consequences of the forced rustication movement of the Chinese “cultural revolution” to identify the distinct roles of altruism and guilt in affecting behavior within families. That is we combine a policy “experiment” with a natural natural experiment (Rosenzweig and Wolpin, 2000) to approximate the randomized experiment that has not and may never be possible to carry out – randomizing choices that are perceived to be harmful to third parties.

(本文为2009年3月18日中国就业研究所与中国人民大学劳动人事学院联合主办的“劳动经济学双周学术论坛”首期讲座上的主题讨论论文)