How does a group’s gender composition influence its decisions? Economists have found women to be more generous and … learned regarding the influence of gender composition on committee decision-making more generally. …

This study shows that transient anonymity affects buyer discrimination based on seller’s gender and foreignness in … online auctions. Sellers’ names are categorized by gender and foreignness. Half of the sellers’ disclose their names in the … usernames and the other half employ anonymous usernames, concealing gender and foreignness. After the price is set and the …

gender gaps in generosity can be explained by experimental setting, where some settings are more conducive than others to … activating gender identity and social norms. In a dictator game we study priming along two dimensions: 1) some subjects enter … their gender on the first page of the questionnaire (Pre) while others enter their gender on the last page (Post) and 2 …

We explore gender differences in preferences related to altruism, fairness, cooperation, trust, coordination, risk and … treatments where participants are primed with their gender or know the counterpart’s gender. We find no behavioral differences … between treatments, but some gender differences within specific treatments: men are in some instances less generous, more …

Recent studies find that women are less competitive than men. This gender difference in competitiveness has been … when competing in a race. We here test if there is a gender gap in running among 7-10 year old Swedish children. We also … introduce two female sports, skipping rope and dancing, to see if competitiveness is task dependent. We find no gender …

publicly on stage than <p> when payments are private. The results shed light on gender-related <p> selfishness and …

This paper investigates whether exposure to "edutainment" (education - entertainment) radio leads to improved women …'s status and primary school participation. Specifically, I examine a popular radio station focusing on gender issues in … towards changing socially constructed gender norms. …

employed is estimated, by gender <p> and region of birth, for immigrants with varying duration of <p> residence in Sweden. The …