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The Devil is in the Details - Sex Differences in Simple Bargaining Games

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  • Ana Leon-Mejia

    (IESA-CSIC)

  • Luis M. Miller

    (IESA-CSIC and Max Planck Institute of Economics)

Abstract

The study of gender differences in social preferences has shown mixed results, preventing economists and other social scientists from drawing definitive conclusions on this topic. Several original investigations and experimental reviews have hypothesized that the main reason of this heterogeneity of results is the myriad of experimental designs used to study gender differences. In this paper we test this hypothesis by making male and female participants to face two different but related experimental games and two different information treatments. Through this 2x2 factorial design, we obtain results in line with some recent papers: women are sensitive to the design and context of the experiment in ways that men are not. In addition, we go further providing a well-grounded account on the importance of the context for female decision-making.

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  • Ana Leon-Mejia & Luis M. Miller, 2007. "The Devil is in the Details - Sex Differences in Simple Bargaining Games," Jena Economics Research Papers 2007-069, Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena.
    • Handle: RePEc:jrp:jrpwrp:2007-069
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    Cited by:

    1. David Zetland & Marina Della Giusta, 2011. "Focal Points, Gender Norms and Reciprocation in Public Good Games," Economics Discussion Papers em-dp2011-01, Department of Economics, University of Reading.
    2. Pablo Brañas-Garza & Juan C. Cárdenas & Máximo Rossi, 2009. "Gender, education and reciprocal generosity: Evidence from 1,500 experiment subjects," Documentos de Trabajo (working papers) 1609, Department of Economics - dECON.
    3. Florian Artinger & Filippos Exadaktylos & Hannes Koppel & Lauri Sääksvuori, 2010. "Applying Quadratic Scoring Rule transparently in multiple choice settings: A note," Jena Economics Research Papers 2010-021, Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena.
    4. Khachaturyan, Marianna & Czap, Natalia V., 2016. "Different Strokes for Different Folks: Gender and Emotions in an Environmental Game," Sustainable Agriculture Research, Canadian Center of Science and Education, vol. 5(4).
    5. repec:rdg:wpaper:em-dp2011-01 is not listed on IDEAS

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    Keywords

    Beliefs; economic experiments; empathy; gender differences; social preferences.;
    All these keywords.

    JEL classification:

    • C78 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Game Theory and Bargaining Theory - - - Bargaining Theory; Matching Theory
    • C91 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Design of Experiments - - - Laboratory, Individual Behavior

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