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Gender differences in risk behaviour : does nurture matter?
Booth, Alison L.; Nolen, Patrick - 2009
Women and men may differ in their propensity to choose a risky outcome because of innate preferences or because their innate preferences are modified by pressure to conform to gender-stereotypes. Single-sex environments are likely to modify students' risk-taking preferences in economically...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003814298
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Gender differences in the development of other-regarding preferences
John, Katrin; Thomseny, Stephan L. - 2017
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,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011722118
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Gender differences in the development of other-regarding preferences
John, Katrin; Thomsen, Stephan L. - 2017
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,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011732376
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Male and female competitive behavior : experimental evidence
Gupta, Nabanita Datta (contributor);  … - 2005
Male and female choices differ in many economic situations, e.g., on the labor market. This paper considers whether such differences are driven by different attitudes towards competition. In our experiment subjects choose between a tournament and a piece-rate pay scheme before performing a real...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003280790
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Gender Differences in Responses to Competitive Organization? A Field Experiment on Differences Between STEM and Non-STEM Fields from an Internet-of-Things Platform
Boudreau, Kevin; Kaushik, Nilam - 2023
Prior research, primarily based on laboratory experiments of children and students, suggests that women might be more averse to competition than are men; women might, instead, be more inclined toward collaboration. Were these findings to generalize to working-age men and women across the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014343808
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That's just - not fair : gender differences in notions of justice
Becker, Nicole; Häger, Kirsten; Heufer, Jan - 2015
In Becker et al. (2013a,b), we proposed a theory to explain giving behaviour in dictator experiments by a combination of selfishness and a notion of justice. The theory was tested using dictator, social planner, and veil of ignorance experiments. Here we analyse gender differences in preferences...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011339883
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That's just : not fair ; gender differences in notions of justice
Becker, Nicole; Häger, Kirsten; Heufer, Jan - 2015
In Becker et al. (2013a,b), we proposed a theory to explain giving behaviour in dictator experiments by a combination of selfishness and a notion of justice. The theory was tested using dictator, social planner, and veil of ignorance experiments. Here we analyse gender differences in preferences...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011327335
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The Relative Price of Fairness : Gender Differences in a Punishment Game
Eckel, Catherine C. - 2011
Ideas of fairness influence economic transactions. Men and women may differ systematically in the nature and extent of … this influence. We investigate gender differences in the impact of fairness on the outcome of economic transactions. In our … that a higher relative price for fairness reduces its effect on the outcome of the transaction for women, but not for men …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013122610
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That's Just - Not Fair : Gender Differences in Notions of Justice
Becker, Nicole - 2015
In Becker et al. (2013a,b), we proposed a theory to explain giving behaviour in dictator experiments by a combination of selfishness and a notion of justice. The theory was tested using dictator, social planner, and veil of ignorance experiments. Here we analyse gender differences in preferences...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013009826
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That's Just - Not Fair : Gender Differences in Notions of Justice
Becker, Nicole - 2015
In Becker et al. (2013a, b), we proposed a theory to explain giving behaviour in dictator experiments by a combination of selfishness and a notion of justice. The theory was tested using dictator, social planner, and veil of ignorance experiments. Here we analyse gender differences in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013016837