Monkeys reject unequal pay

Nature

Volumn 425, Issue 6955, 2003, Pages 297-299

  Brosnan, Sarah F ^a   De Waal, Frans B M ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; BIODIVERSITY; ECOLOGY;

NONHUMAN SPECIES;

ECOSYSTEMS;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; AVERSION; CEBIDAE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COOPERATION; CULTURAL FACTOR; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; HYPOTHESIS; MALE; MONKEY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; REWARD; TASK PERFORMANCE;

AGING; ANIMALS; CEBUS; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; MALE; REWARD; SOCIAL JUSTICE;

ANIMALIA; CEBIDAE; CEBUS APELLA; PRIMATES;

EID: 0141605016     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature01963     Document Type: Article

References (30)

1. Fehr, E. & Schmidt, K. M. A theory of fairness, competition, and cooperation. Quart. J. Econ. 114, 817-868 (1999).
2. Andreoni, J. Cooperation in public-goods experiments: kindness or confusion? Am. Econ. Rev. 85, 891-904 (1995).
3. Fehr, E. & Gachter, S. The puzzle of human cooperation: reply. Nature 421, 912 (2003).
4. Fehr, E. & Gachter, S. Altruistic punishment in humans. Nature 415, 137-140 (2002).
5. Johnson, D. D. P., Stopka, P. & Knights, S. The puzzle of human cooperation. Nature 421, 911-912 (2003).
6. Milinski, M., Semmann, D. & Krambeck, H.-J. Reputation helps solve the 'tragedy of the commons'. Nature 415, 424-426 (2002).
7. Roberts, G. & Sherratt, T. N. Development of cooperative relationships through increasing investment. Nature 394, 175-179 (1998).
8. Wenekind, C. & Milinski, M. Cooperation through image scoring in humans. Science 200, 850-852 (2000).
9. Henrich, J. et al. In search of Homo economicus: behavioral experiments in 15 small-scale societies. Am. Econ. Rev. 91, 73-78 (2001).
10. Henrich, J. Does culture matter in economic behavior? Ultimatum game bargaining among the Machiguenga of the Peruvian Amazon. Am. Econ. Rev. 90, 973-979 (2000).
11. Fehr, E. & Rockenbach, B. Detrimental effects of sanctions on human altruism. Nature 422, 137-140 (2003).
12. Kahneman, D., Knetsch, J. L. & Thaler, R. Fairness as a constraint on profit seeking: entitlements in the market. Am. Econ. Rev. 76, 728-741 (1986).
13. Zizzo, D. J. & Oswald, A. Are people willing to pay to reduce other's incomes? Annales d'Econ. Stat. 63-64, 39-62 (2001).
14. Dugatkin, L. A. Cooperation Among Animals: An Evolutionary Perspective (Oxford Univ. Press, New York, 1997).
15. de Waal, F. B. M. Good Natured: The Origins of Right and Wrong in Humans and Other Animals (Harvard Univ. Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1996).
16. de Waal, F. B. M. & Davis, J. M. Capuchin cognitive ecology: cooperation based on projected returns. Neuropsychologia 1492, 1-8 (2002).
17. di Bitetti, M. S. Evidence for an important social role of allogrooming in a platyrrhine primate. Anim. Behav. 54, 199-211 (1997).
18. de Waal, F. B. M. Food transfers through mesh in brown capuchins. J. Comp. Psychol. 111, 370-378 (1997).
19. Tinklepaugh, O. L. An experimental study of representative factors in monkeys. J. Comp. Psychol. 8, 197-236 (1928).
20. Andreoni, J., Brown, P. M. & Vesterlund, L. What makes an allocation fair? Some experimental evidence. Games Econ. Behav. 40, 1-24 (2002).
21. Falk, A., Fehr, E. & Fischbacher, U. On the nature of fair behavior. Econ. Inq. 41, 20-26 (2003).
22. Frank, R. H. in Evolution and the Capacity for Commitment (ed. Nesse, R. M.) 57-76 (Russell Sage Foundation, New York, 2001).
23. Sanfey, A. G., Rilling, J. K., Aronson, J. A., Nystrom, L. E. & Cohen, J. D. The neural basis of economic decision-making in the Ultimatum game. Science 300, 1755-1758 (2003).
24. Frank, R. H. Passions Within Reason: The Strategic Role of the Emotions (W. W. Norton, New York, 1988).
25. Hirschleifer, J. in The Latest on the Best: Essays in Evolution and Optimality (ed. Dupre, J.) 307-326 (MIT Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1987).
26. Nesse, R. M. in Evolution and the Capacity for Commitment (ed. Nesse, R. M.) 1-44 (Russell Sage Foundation, New York, 2001).
27. Dugatkin, L. A. in Evolution and the Capacity for Commitment (ed. Nesse, R. M.) 120-137 (Russell Sage Foundation, New York, 2001).
28. de Waal, F. B. M. & Berger, M. L. Payment for labour in monkeys. Nature 404, 563 (2000).
29. Mendres, K. A. & de Waal, F. B. M. Capuchins do cooperate: the advantage of an intuitive task. Anim. Behav. 60, 523-529 (2000).
30. Brosnan, S. F. & de Waal, F. B. M. A proximate perspective on reciprocal altruism. Hum. Nat. 13, 129-152 (2002).