Gender differences in the giving and taking variants of the dictator game

Chowdhury, S. M., Jeon, J. Y. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6855-1659 and Saha, B. (2017) Gender differences in the giving and taking variants of the dictator game. Southern Economic Journal, 84 (2). pp. 474-483. ISSN 2325-8012 doi: 10.1002/soej.12223

Abstract/Summary

We run between-subject dictator games with exogenously specified “give” or “take” frames involving a balanced pool of male and female dictators and constant payoff possibilities. We find the following: Females allocate more under the taking frame than under the giving frame. Males allocate more under the giving frame than under the taking frame. In the taking frame females are more generous than males. But in the giving frame both are equally generous. Finally, when the combined population of males and females is considered, giving is found to be equivalent to “not taking,” because the opposing gender effects offset each other.

Item Type	Article
URI	https://reading-clone.eprints-hosting.org/id/eprint/73401
Identification Number/DOI	10.1002/soej.12223
Refereed	Yes
Divisions	Arts, Humanities and Social Science > School of Politics, Economics and International Relations > Economics
Publisher	Wiley
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