There is substantial evidence that women tend to support different policies and political candidates than men. Many … studies also document gender differences in a variety of important preference dimensions, such as risk-taking, competition and … pro-sociality. However, the degree to which differential voting by men and women is related to these gaps in more basic …

game offers; strategic considerations seem to crowd out impulses toward generosity or charity …

contraceptives to determine the importance of sex hormones in explaining gender differences in competitiveness. Participants in a … laboratory experiment solve a simple arithmetics task first under a piece rate and then under a competitive tournament scheme … whether women select into the competitive environment. The observed patterns are consistent with a negative impact especially …

laboratory experiment involving three different treatments of a sequential dictator game. Without disclosing the actual amounts …

We conduct an experiment in which subjects make a series of decisions of allocating an endowment of £10 between … themselves and a passive recipient that is either a charity or the experimenter. When making these decisions subjects are … by altruism toward the recipient. We argue that opting out indicates that giving is also motivated by self-image concerns …

laboratory experiment where a participant ('donor') determined how much to give to another participant and then played a repeated …

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 …