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We use data from a gender-neutral dictator and public goods game setting to analyze differences in other-regarding preferences between boys and girls aged 10 to 17. The results indicate a higher mean of dictator giving, degree of egalitarian decisions and lower frequency of selfish decisions,...
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Extending the die rolling experiment of Fischbacher and Föllmi-Heusi (2013), we compare gender effects with respect to …
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environments. To explore this further, we conducted a laboratory experiment comprising 444 subjects, and measured gender …
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; experiment …
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We discuss the contribution of the experimental literature to the understanding of both traditional and previously unexplored dimensions of gender differences and discuss their bearings on labor market outcomes. Experiments have offered new findings on gender discrimination, and while they have...
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economically important ways. To test this, we designed a controlled experiment using first year college students who made choices …
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students' risk-taking preferences in economically important ways. To test this, our controlled experiment gave subjects an … studies might reflect social learning rather than inherent gender traits. -- Gender identity ; controlled experiment ; risk …
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Using a controlled experiment, we examine the role of nurture in explaining the stylized fact that women shy away from … might reflect social learning rather than inherent gender traits. -- Tournament ; piece-rate ; gender ; experiment …
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In the laboratory experiment reported in this paper we explore how evolving institutions and social norms, which we … consequence social norms gradually changed again. In our experiment we investigate gender differences in competitive choices …
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-in-the-field experiment, male producers allocate too few inputs to their wife's plot, failing to maximize household aggregate profits. They do …
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