Gender and Generosity: Does Degree of Anonymity or Group Gender Composition Matter?

18 Pages Posted: 22 Oct 2009 Last revised: 31 Oct 2009

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Charles Bram Cadsby

University of Guelph - Department of Economics and Finance

Maroš Servátka

Macquarie Graduate School of Management - MGSM Experimental Economics Laboratory

Fei Song

Ted Rogers School of Management, Ryerson University; Ryerson University - Ted Rogers School of Management

Date Written: October 21, 2009

Abstract

Employing a two-by-two factorial design that manipulates whether dictator groups are single or mixed-sex and whether procedures are single or double-blind, we examine gender effects in a standard dictator game. No gender effect was found in any of the experimental treatments. Moreover, neither single - versus mixed - sex groups nor level of anonymity had any impact on either male or female behavior.

Keywords: dictator game, gender, anonymity

JEL Classification: C91, D03

Suggested Citation

Cadsby, Charles Bram and Servátka, Maroš and Song, Fei and Song, Fei, Gender and Generosity: Does Degree of Anonymity or Group Gender Composition Matter? (October 21, 2009). Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=1492721 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.1492721

Charles Bram Cadsby

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Maroš Servátka

Macquarie Graduate School of Management - MGSM Experimental Economics Laboratory ( email )

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Fei Song (Contact Author)

Ryerson University - Ted Rogers School of Management ( email )

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