Gender differences in altruism: Evidence from a natural field experiment on matched donations

被引：5

作者：

Knutsson, Mikael ^{[1
]}

Martinsson, Peter ^{[2
,3
]}

Persson, Emil ^{[3
]}

Wollbrant, Conny ^{[4
]}

机构：

[1] NTNU Trondheim Business Sch, N-7491 Trondheim, Norway

[2] Univ Gothenburg, Dept Econ, SE-40530 Gothenburg, Sweden

[3] Linkoping Univ, Div Econ, Dept Management & Engn, SE-58183 Linkoping, Sweden

[4] Univ Stirling, Stirling Management Sch, Econ Div, Stirling FK9 4LA, Scotland

来源：

ECONOMICS LETTERS | 2019年 / 176卷

关键词：

Social preferences; Field experiment; Gender;

D O I：

10.1016/j.econlet.2018.12.029

中图分类号：

F [经济];

学科分类号：

02 ;

摘要：

This paper reports new findings on gender differences in altruism. Conducting a natural field experiment (N = 2,164) we study donation behavior in a naturally occurring environment using a matched donation design. Contrary to previous research, we find that reducing the "price of altruism" by increasing matching efficiency has a significantly stronger effect on females than on males. (C) 2018 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

引用

页码：47 / 50

页数：4

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