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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 … 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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Gender Differences for Public Good Contributions by Competitive versus Group Work Environments
Wozniak, David - 2016
, competition, or group pay, females who chose group pay gave the most in the public good task. Females' choices were more …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012985052
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Contributing to public goods as individuals versus group representatives : evidence of gender differences
Hauge, Karen Evelyn; Røgeberg, Ole - 2014 - This version July 2014
We report evidence from a laboratory experiment comparing contributions in public good games played as individuals to contributions made as group representatives. We find that women alter their behaviour more than men. The change is in an out-group friendly direction: while men's contributions...
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Volunteering to take on power : experimental evidence from matrilineal and patriarchal societies in India
Banerjee, Debosree; Ibanez, Marcela; Riener, Gerhard; … - 2015
Gender equity in the creation and enforcement of social norms is important not only as a normative principle but it can … whether this form of segregation is due to inherent gender differences in the willingness to volunteer for take on positions … that segregation in coercive roles is due to conformity with pre-assigned gender roles in both cultures. We find that women …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011390561
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Volunteering to take on power : experimental evidence from matrilineal and patriarchal societies in India
Banerjee, Debosree; Ibañez, Marcela; Riener, Gerhard; … - 2015
Gender equity in the creation and enforcement of social norms is important not only as a normative principle but it can … whether this form of segregation is due to gender differences in the willingness to volunteer for take on positions of power … segregation in coercive roles is due to conformity with pre-assigned gender roles in both cultures. We find that women in the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011386817
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Do overconfident workers cooperate less? : the relationship between overconfidence and cooperation in team production
Mertins, Vanessa; Hoffeld, Wolfgang - 2013
voluntary cooperation in team production. Our experimental data suggest an indirect and gender-specific link: Overconfident men …
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Beware of broken windows! : first impressions in public-good experiments
Beckenkamp, Martin; Engel, Christoph; Glöckner, Andreas; … - 2009
Broken Windows: the metaphor has changed New York and Los Angeles. Yet it is far from undisputed whether the broken windows policy was causal for reducing crime. In a series of lab experiments we show that first impressions are indeed causal for cooperativeness in three different institutional...
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On probation : an experimental analysis
Engel, Christoph; Hennig-Schmidt, Heike; Irlenbusch, Bernd - 2009
Does probation pay a double dividend? Society saves the cost of incarceration, and convicts preserve their liberty. But does probation also reduce the risk of recidivism? In a meta-study we show that the field evidence is inconclusive. Moreover it struggles with an identification problem: those...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003905816
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Self-Organization for collective action: an experimental study of voting on formal, informal, and no sanction regimes
Markussen, Thomas; Putterman, Louis G.; Tyran, Jean-Robert - 2011
Entrusting the power to punish to a central authority is a hallmark of civilization. We study a collective action dilemma in which self-interest should produce a sub-optimal outcome absent sanctions for non-cooperation. We then test experimentally whether subjects make the theoretically optimal...
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State or nature? : formal vs. informal sanctioning in the voluntary provision of public goods
Kamei, Kenju; Putterman, Louis G.; Tyran, Jean-Robert - 2011
The sanctioning of norm-violating behavior by an effective formal authority is an efficient solution for social dilemmas. It is in the self-interest of voters and is often favorably contrasted with letting citizens take punishment into their own hands. Allowing informal sanctions, by contrast,...
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