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@book{ Fearon2017,
 title = {Why do women co-operate more in women's groups?},
 author = {Fearon, James D. and Humphreys, Macartan},
 year = {2017},
 series = {WIDER Working Paper},
 pages = {17},
 volume = {163},
 address = {Helsinki},
 publisher = {United Nations University, World Institute for Development Economics Research},
 issn = {1798-7237},
 isbn = {978-92-9256-389-9},
 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 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.},
}