Gender differences in advice giving

Elif B. Osun ()
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Elif B. Osun: Bates White Economic Consulting

Experimental Economics, 2024, vol. 27, issue 5, No 4, 1068-1105

Abstract: Abstract I experimentally investigate whether there is a gender difference in advice giving in a gender-neutral task with varying difficulty in which the incentives of the sender and the receiver are perfectly aligned. I find that women are more reluctant to give advice compared to men for difficult questions. The gender difference in advice giving cannot be explained by gender differences in performance. Self-confidence explains some of the gender gap, but not all. The gender gap disappears if advice becomes enforceable. Introducing a model of guilt and responsibility, I discuss possible underlying mechanisms that are consistent with the findings.

Keywords: Gender differences; Advice giving; Group decision making; Experiments; C72; J16; C90 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2024
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DOI: 10.1007/s10683-024-09846-w

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