讲座题目：Status and Hierarchy: Field Evidence from Vervet Monkeys and Human Children

摘要：Experimental evidence with humans and with other primates suggests a preference for interacting with higher-status individuals. For two years we studied wild vervet monkeys and human children. In our treatment phase, some individuals are granted an advantaged role in cooperation to obtain certain resources. Relative to an earlier, control phase, advantaged individuals receive more socially positive behaviors, while “alpha” (highest rank) individuals receive fewer. The increase is focused on lower-ranking advantaged individuals. Alpha individuals become more aggressive, but less influential. Overall, our results support a “signaling” rather than a “preference” hypothesis for how status affects behavior.

主讲人：左雪静 副教授（复旦大学）

讲座时间：2025年10月31日13:00—14:30

讲座地点：求是楼347会议室

讲座语言：中英文

主持人：陈泽阳 讲师

参与人员：热烈欢迎广大师生参加。

主讲人简介：

左雪静，美国休斯顿大学经济学博士，副教授，博士生导师，国家级青年人才项目入选者。主要研究领域为劳动经济学、实验经济学以及中国经济。近年来在Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences、Review of Economics and Statistics、Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization、Economic Inquiry、Canadian Journal of Economics等期刊上发表多篇论文。担任China Economic Review 副编辑(Associate Editor)、Economic Modelling Special Issue on Population Aging and Declining Fertility 特约副主编(Guest Co-Editor)。主持国家级科研项目。