External validity of a laboratory measure of cheating: Evidence from Czech juvenile detention centers

Evidence of external validity of laboratory measures of the propensity to cheat is scarce. We conduct a lab-in-the-field experiment with 303 youths incarcerated in juvenile detention centers in the Czech Republic to study whether a laboratory measure of cheating correlates with their field behavior. We combine two complementary field-behavior measures: current (mis-)behavior reported by detention center staff as a short-term individual...