Charitable Giving Among Females and Males: An Empirical Test of the Competitive Altruism Hypothesis

Robert Böhm and Tobias Regner

No 2012-038, Jena Economics Research Papers from Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena

Abstract: We conduct a real-effort task experiment where subjects' performance translates into a donation to a charity. In a within-subjects design we vary the visibility of the donation (no/private/public feedback). Confirming previous studies, we find that subjects' performance increases, that is, they donate more to charity, when their relative performance is made public. In line with the competitive altruism hypothesis, a biology-based explanation for status-seeking behavior, especially male subjects increase performance in the public setting.

Keywords: social preferences; other-regarding behavior; charitable giving; social-image concerns; competitive altruism; experiments; social status (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C91 D03 J16 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2012-07-09
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