Gender Differences in Giving and the Anticipation-about-giving in Dictator Games

Subhasish Chowdhury, Philip Grossman and Joo Young Jeon ()
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Joo Young Jeon: Department of Economics, University of Reading

No em-dp2019-13, Economics Discussion Papers from Department of Economics, University of Reading

Abstract: Research on altruistic payoffs and the related payoff anticipation and related gender differences is limited. Using data from Chowdhury & Jeon (2014) who vary a common show-up fee and incentivize recipients to anticipate the amount given in a dictator game, we find that the show-up fee has a positive effect on dictator giving for both genders. While female dictators are more generous than males, male recipients anticipate higher amounts than the amount male dictators give. The show-up fee affects the social-type of female dictators, and the anticipation about dictator social-type by the male recipients.

Keywords: dictator-game; altruism; anticipatory-belief; gender (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C91 D64 D84 J16 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 14 pages
Date: 2019-08-26
New Economics Papers: this item is included in nep-exp, nep-gen, nep-gth, nep-ltv and nep-pol
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