Is Women's Behavior More Context-Dependent than Men’s? Gender Differences in Reluctant Altruism

In one-shot dictator game variations that manipulate the social context without changing the game with respect to outcome-oriented social preferences, women are highly sensitive to the social context. In line with previous research on gender differences in social behavior, women display more generosity when the nature of the game “demands” more giving. As a contrast, men's behavior is not context-dependent and generally less altruistic

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Year of publication:	2014
Authors:	Lotz, Sebastian
Publisher:	[2014]: [S.l.] : SSRN
Subject:	Geschlecht \| Gender \| Altruismus \| Altruism \| Experiment

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Extent:	1 Online-Ressource (8 p)
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Language:	English
Notes:	Nach Informationen von SSRN wurde die ursprüngliche Fassung des Dokuments December 18, 2014 erstellt
Other identifiers:	10.2139/ssrn.2540050 [DOI]
Classification:	C90 - Design of Experiments. General ; C91 - Laboratory, Individual Behavior ; J16 - Economics of Gender
Source:	ECONIS - Online Catalogue of the ZBW

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