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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.}, }