Previous research on gender differences in behavior has led to seemingly contradictory findings about generosity. From … data generated by 290 subject pairs, we find that women are more sensitive than men to the costs of generous actions when … greater sensitivity of women to the costs of generous behavior can explain most of the apparent inconsistencies in previously …

We show that social context matters in gender-paired dictator decisions. Our experiment investigates the influence of … gender-pairing and framing on monetary transfers in a 2x2x2 design where sender gender, recipient gender, and frame, i … gender of the recipient accommodates framing effects. If each of the three manipulated variables were to be analyzed …

The predominant part of the literature states that women are more likely to donate to charitable causes but men are … paper examines gender differences in giving focusing on the distribution of amounts donated and the probability of giving … using UK micro-data on individual giving to charitable causes. Results indicate that most women are more generous than men …

two experimentswhich study how the timing of messages affects dictators' decisions (experiment 1) and which value … recipients attach to communication opportunities (experiment 2). The first experiment shows that the effect of communication on …, recipients in a second experiment reveal a strong preference for pre-decision messages: Their willingnessto pay for pre …

two experimentswhich study how the timing of messages affects dictators' decisions (experiment 1) and which value … recipients attach to communication opportunities (experiment 2). The first experiment shows that the effect of communication on …, recipients in a second experiment reveal a strong preference for pre-decision messages: Their willingnessto pay for pre …

experiments. Here we analyse gender differences in preferences for giving and notions of justice in experiments using the same … differences in the notion of justice between men and women; women tend to be far more egalitarian. Using our preference … men and women in dictator experiments are explained by differences in their notion of justice and not by different levels …

experiments. Here we analyse gender differences in preferences for giving and notions of justice in experiments using the same … differences in the notion of justice between men and women; women tend to be far more egalitarian. Using our preference … men and women in dictator experiments are explained by differences in their notion of justice and not by different levels …

This paper tests motivational crowding out in the domain of charitable giving. A novelty is that our experiment …

depending on the dictator’s gender. We find that only men react positively to a text that stresses their responsibility for the … receiver, while only women seem to react positively to a text that emphasizes their decision power and freedom of choice. …