Do women behave less or more prosocially than men?: Evidence from two field experiments

Public Finance Review

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 215-232

  Meier, Stephan ^a  

^a FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF BOSTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Charitable giving; Field experiment; Gender; Matching mechanism; Social comparison

Indexed keywords

EID: 33847044777     PISSN: 10911421     EISSN: 15527530     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1091142106291488     Document Type: Article

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