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%T Why do women co-operate more in women's groups? %A Fearon, James D. %A Humphreys, Macartan %P 17 %V 163 %D 2017 %K Bayesian estimation; gender; public goods %@ 1798-7237 %@ 978-92-9256-389-9 %~ WZB %X 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. %C MISC %C Helsinki %G en %9 Arbeitspapier %W GESIS - http://www.gesis.org %~ SSOAR - http://www.ssoar.info