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Gender Differences in the Giving and Taking Variants of the Dictator Game

Chowdhury, S.M.; Jeon, J.Y.; Saha, B.

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S.M. Chowdhury

J.Y. Jeon



Abstract

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.

Citation

Chowdhury, S., Jeon, J., & Saha, B. (2017). Gender Differences in the Giving and Taking Variants of the Dictator Game. Southern Economic Journal, 84(2), 474-483. https://doi.org/10.1002/soej.12223

Journal Article Type Article
Acceptance Date Apr 25, 2017
Online Publication Date Jun 2, 2017
Publication Date Oct 1, 2017
Deposit Date May 8, 2017
Publicly Available Date Mar 28, 2024
Journal Southern Economic Journal
Print ISSN 0038-4038
Electronic ISSN 2325-8012
Publisher Southern Economic Association
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Volume 84
Issue 2
Pages 474-483
DOI https://doi.org/10.1002/soej.12223
Public URL https://durham-repository.worktribe.com/output/1358840

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This is the accepted version of the following article: Chowdhury, S.M., Jeon, J.Y. & Saha, B. (2017). Gender Differences in the Giving and Taking Variants of the Dictator Game. Southern Economic Journal 84(2): 474-483, which has been published in final form at https://doi.org/10.1002/soej.12223. This article may be used for non-commercial purposes in accordance With Wiley Terms and Conditions for self-archiving.





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