Adam Smith’s error? Gender and country differences in altruistic giving revealed using the Andreoni–Miller dictator game

Soo Hong Chew, Richard P. Ebstein, Salomon Israel, Zhen Lei and Wei Tang

Economics Letters, 2023, vol. 225, issue C

Abstract: Altruistic giving is investigated using the Andreoni–Miller (2002) dictator game with 3778 participants in three populations — Chinese from Beijing and Singapore and Jews from Israel. We replicate the Andreoni–Vesterlund (2001) finding that women are more equality-focused than men. Additionally, participants from China are more generous than those from Singapore or Israel.

Keywords: Lab experiment; Dictator games; Social preference; Gender differences; Cultural differences (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C91 J16 Z10 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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DOI: 10.1016/j.econlet.2023.111059

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