Are Women Less Selfish Than Men? Evidence from Dictator Experiments

Catherine Eckel and Philip Grossman

Economic Journal, 1998, vol. 108, issue 448, 726-35

Abstract: Research in social sciences other than economics indicates substantial differences in behavior between men and women. The general conclusion drawn from this work is that women will be more socially-orientated (selfless) and men more individually-orientated (selfish). This paper reports the results of a double-anonymous dictator experiment designed to permit the emergence of basic gender differences in economic behavior. The authors' results are intended to provide a baseline for further research. They find that women, on average, donate twice as much as men to their anonymous partners when any factors that might confound cooperation are eliminated.

Date: 1998
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