Abstract
<p>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.</p>
Highlights
Numerous experimental and theoretical studies have examined and analyzed other-regarding versus self-interested behavior (e.g., Bolton and Ockenfels, 2000; Camerer, 2003; Fehr and Schmidt, 1999; Rabin, 1993)
Using a binary measure of whether a dictator gave away a positive amount or not as the dependent variable and gender as the independent variable, logit regressions did not yield any significant gender effect in any of these three treatments either
We were unable to explain the reason that EG found females to be more generous than males, while BK did not
Summary
Follow this and additional works at: http://digitalcommons.ryerson.ca/trsitm Part of the Business Administration, Management, and Operations Commons. C Bram; Servátka, Maroš; and Song, Fei, "Gender and Generosity: Does Degree of Anonymity or Group Gender Composition Matter?" (2009). Ted Rogers School of Information Technology Management Publications and Research. October 21, 2009 Gender and Generosity: Does Degree of Anonymity or Group Gender Composition Matter?
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