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Why do women co-operate more in women's groups?
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Körperschaftlicher Herausgeber
United Nations University, World Institute for Development Economics Research
Abstract We examine a public goods game in 83 communities in northern Liberia. Women contributed substantially more to a small-scale development project when playing with other women than in mixed-gender groups, where they contributed at about the same levels as men. We try to explain this composition effect... mehr
We examine a public goods game in 83 communities in northern Liberia. Women contributed substantially more to a small-scale development project when playing with other women than in mixed-gender groups, where they contributed at about the same levels as men. We try to explain this composition effect using a structural model, survey responses, and a second manipulation. Results suggest women in the all-women condition put more weight on co-operation regardless of value of public good, fear of discovery, or desire to match others' behaviour. Game players may have stronger motivation to signal public-spiritedness when primed to consider themselves representatives of the women of the community.... weniger
Klassifikation
Frauen- und Geschlechterforschung
Freie Schlagwörter
Bayesian estimation; gender; public goods
Sprache Dokument
Englisch
Publikationsjahr
2017
Erscheinungsort
Helsinki
Seitenangabe
17 S.
Schriftenreihe
WIDER Working Paper, 163
Handle
https://hdl.handle.net/10419/190008
ISSN
1798-7237
ISBN
978-92-9256-389-9
Status
Veröffentlichungsversion; begutachtet
Lizenz
Deposit Licence - Keine Weiterverbreitung, keine Bearbeitung