Normative conflict and the gender gap in cooperation

Nikos Nikiforakis, Ernesto Reuben and Robert Stüber

Economics Letters, 2024, vol. 238, issue C

Abstract: A normative conflict arises when individuals derive different benefits from cooperation. We analyze experimental data from three published studies to investigate the impact of normative conflict on the cooperative behavior of men and women. We find that women exhibit significantly lower levels of cooperation in the presence of normative conflict. We observe no significant gender differences in cooperation in the absence of normative conflict.

Keywords: Cooperation; Gender; Inequality; Normative conflict; Heterogeneous groups (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C92 D70 H41 J16 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2024
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DOI: 10.1016/j.econlet.2024.111680

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