This paper reviews the literature on gender differences in economic experiments. In the
three main sections, we identify robust differences in risk preferences, social (other …

Although it is commonly believed that women are kinder and more cooperative than men,
there is conflicting evidence for this assertion. Current theories of sex differences in social …

Psychological and socio-psychological factors are now more commonly discussed as
possible explanations for gender differences in labor market outcomes. We first describe the …

Overexploitation of renewable resources today has a high cost on the welfare of future
generations,,,,. Unlike in other public goods games,,,, however, future generations cannot …

We present a laboratory experiment that measures the effects of induced group identity on
social preferences. We find that when participants are matched with an ingroup member …

Despite decades of experimental social dilemma research,“theoretical integration has
proven elusive”(Smithson & Foddy, 1999, p. 14). To advance a theory of decision making in …

We report the results of ultimatum game experiments designed to test for differences in the
behavior of women and men. Women's proposals are on average more generous than …

This chapter reviews the results from public goods, ultimatum, and dictator experiments for
evidence of systematic differences in the behavior of men and women. While the results do …

This paper experimentally investigates if and how people's competitiveness depends on
their own gender and on the gender of people with whom they interact. Participants are …

A substantial body of recent research looks at differences in the behavior of men and women
in diverse economic transactions. We contribute to this literature by investigating gender …