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elements in shaping gender differences in preferences. In fact, in matrilineal societies (Gong et al.; 2014; Gneezy et al …
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Several studies have shown that dictator-game giving declines substantially if the dictator can exploit situational "excuses" for not being generous. In this experimental study we investigate if this result extends to more natural social interactions involving reciprocal behavior. We provide the...
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This paper uses a field experiment to study the effect of perceived gender norms on the motherhood penalty in the … exogenous variation in gender norms by prominently signaling patrilineal or matrilineal community origins of applicants …
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Using a cluster randomized control trial, we study the role of women's social networks in improving female labor force participation. In the first treatment arm, a hyper-local digital job search platform service was offered to a randomly selected group of married couples (non-network treatment)...
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altruism which motivates donors. This study examines gender heterogeneity of volunteer response by blood donors following the … to the altruism of donors, these natural experiments help identify heterogeneity in the distributions of the latent … predictions of a model where the distribution of latent altruism has smaller variance among women than men. First, the highest …
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We use data from a gender-neutral dictator and public goods game setting to analyze differences in other … decisions and lower frequency of selfish decisions, free-riding and efficiency concerns for girls. Gender differences are … already established at approximately age 10. They cannot be explained by gender-specific increases in other …
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Economic and social interaction takes place between individuals with heterogeneous characteristics. We investigate experimentally the emergence and informal enforcement of different contribution norms to a public good in homogeneous and different heterogeneous groups. When punishment is not...
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We show with a laboratory experiment that individuals adjust their moral principles to the situation and to their …
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consequences. A principal-agent experiment is studied in which prior to contract choice principals are informed about past actions …
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tendency to be influenced by and conform with peers domain-general? In an online experiment (N = 815), we studied peer effects …
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