An experimental study of gender differences in distributive justice

Ismael Rodriguez-Lara

Cuadernos de Economía - Spanish Journal of Economics and Finance, 2015, vol. 38, issue 106, 27-36

Abstract: This paper shows that women are more likely than men to employ the fair allocation that most benefits their financial payoff. The experimental evidence is gleaned from a dictator game with production, in which subjects first solve a quiz to accumulate earnings and then divide the surplus by choosing one over five different allocations, some of which represent a fairness ideal. The data also suggest that women are more sensitive to the context as their allocation choices depend on whether they have accumulated more or less money than their counterparts. This is not the case for the men's allocation choices.

Keywords: Gender; differences.; Distributive; justice.; Fairness; ideals.; Self-serving; choices.; Experimental; economics.; Dictator; game; with; production. (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C91 D30 D64 J16 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015
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Working Paper: An Experimental Study of Gender Differences in Distributive Justice (2013)
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