In-group, out-group effects in distributional preferences: the case of gender

Jaber-Lopez Tarek (), Baier Alexandra () and Davis Brent J. ()
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Jaber-Lopez Tarek: EconomiX, UPL, Univ Paris Nanterre, CNRS, F92000Nanterre, France
Baier Alexandra: Department of Public Finance, 27255University of Innsbruck, Universitätsstrasse 15, 6020Innsbruck, Austria
Davis Brent J.: Department of Public Finance, 27255University of Innsbruck, Universitätsstrasse 15, 6020Innsbruck, Austria

German Economic Review, 2021, vol. 22, issue 2, 199-214

Abstract: We examine gender differences when eliciting distributional preferences as conducted by the Equality Equivalence Test, which has the ability to classify subjects into preferences types. Preferences are elicited when individuals interact with an individual of the same gender and with an individual of the opposite gender. We find elicited preferences are robust across both in-group (same gender) and out-group (opposite gender) interactions. When analyzing the intensity of benevolence (or malevolence) we find that overall women exhibit more malevolence than men, but there is no gender difference for benevolence. Furthermore, women exhibit a higher level of in-group favoritism than men.

Keywords: Distributional preferences; gender; experiment; in-group-out-group (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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