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gender bias. This paper provides new evidence on this topic using a unique experimental dataset. We used data from a field … analysis of individual features (income, education, age, etc.) for females and males separately. We found differential … motivations for women and men. Third, we see that (individual) education enhances prosocial behavior. Lastly, we see that subjects …
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Girls typically have higher grades than boys in school and recent research suggests that part of this gender difference …
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gender in a prosocial setting. We formalize our hypotheses of these “wallflower” types in a theoretical model. Our …
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gender difference is statistically insignificant. Thus, we do not find evidence that the change in how the endowment is …
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We investigate whether a pure framing has any effect on the decisions made in a dictator game. We run a between subject dictator game with a giving and a taking frame whilst keeping the strategy space the same. Complying with the literature we find no overall difference in the amount allocated...
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This paper analyzes if men and women are expected to behave dif- ferently regarding altruism. Since the dictator game provides the most suitable design for studying altruism and generosity in the lab setting, we use a modi.ed version to study the beliefs involved in the game. Our results are...
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This paper analyzes the way in which men and women are expected to behave differently in an experimental situation. To do so, we concentrate on a single topic: altruism. Since the dictator game provides the most suitable design for studying altruism and generosity in the lab setting, we use a...
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This paper uses dictator experiments to examine gender differences in altruistic behavior in the United States when … only in mixed-sex groups, indicating a gender-based component to the value of the social signal sent. Although men and …
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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. …
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In this questionnaire study, individuals were asked to prioritise publicly provided preventive health care services, one of which would be unavailable to them by virtue of their sex. The aim was to establish whether men and women would exhibit different degrees of self-interest when making a...
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