Dynamic Repeated Random Dictatorship and Gender Discrimination

Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics, Forthcoming

23 Pages Posted: 8 Mar 2013 Last revised: 2 Feb 2015

See all articles by Dennis Alexis Valin Dittrich

Dennis Alexis Valin Dittrich

affiliation not provided to SSRN

Susanne Buechner

Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena

Micaela Kulesz

Jacobs University Bremen; Leibniz Center for Tropical Marine Ecology

Date Written: February 1, 2015

Abstract

To reduce the cognitive experimenter demand effect we embed a dictator game in a more complex decision environment, a dynamic household savings decision problem, thus rendering the dictator decision to share some endowment less salient. We then use this game in a laboratory experiment to investigate gender specific allocation behavior and discrimination. We observe that dictators treat females nicer than males independent of their own gender. Participants are not aware of their discriminating behavior.

Keywords: dictator game, considerate attitudes, altruistic preferences, gender discrimination

JEL Classification: C73, C91, D91

Suggested Citation

Dittrich, Dennis Alexis Valin and Buechner, Susanne and Kulesz, Micaela, Dynamic Repeated Random Dictatorship and Gender Discrimination (February 1, 2015). Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics, Forthcoming, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2229984 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.2229984

Dennis Alexis Valin Dittrich (Contact Author)

affiliation not provided to SSRN

Susanne Buechner

Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena ( email )

Furstengraben 1
Jena, Thuringa 07743
Germany

Micaela Kulesz

Jacobs University Bremen ( email )

Campus Ring 1
Bremen, 28759
Germany

Leibniz Center for Tropical Marine Ecology ( email )

Fahrenheitstr. 6
Bremen, 28359
Germany

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