Gender selection discrimination: Evidence from a Trust game

Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization

Volumn 76, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 385-405

  Slonim, Robert ^a   Guillen, Pablo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Discrimination; Experimental Economics; Selection; Trust

Indexed keywords

EID: 77957331873     PISSN: 01672681     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jebo.2010.06.016     Document Type: Article

References (56)

1. Altonji J., Blank R. Race and Gender in the Labor Market. Handbook of Labor Economics, Vol. 3C. 1999, Elsevier Science, North Holland, Amsterdam. O. Ashenfelter, D. Card (Eds.).
2. Arrow K. The theory of discrimination. Discrimination in Labor Markets 1973, 3-33. Princeton University Press, Princeton. O. Ashenfelter, A. Rees (Eds.).
3. Arrow K. What has economics to say about racial discrimination?. Journal of Economics Perspectives 1998, 12:91-100.
4. Becker G. The Economics of Discrimination 1957, University of Chicago Press, Chicago.
5. Bellemare C., Kroger S. On representative social capital. European Economic Review 2007, 51(1):183-202.
6. Bendick M., Jackson C., Reinoso V. Measuring employment discrimination through controlled experiments. Review of Black Political Economy 1994, 23:25-48.
7. Berg J., Dickhaut J., McCabe K. Trust, reciprocity and social history. Games and Economic Behavior 1995, 10:122-142.
8. Bertrand M., Mullainathon S. Are Emily and Greg more employable than Lakisha and Jamal? A field experiment on labor market discrimination. American Economic Review 2004, 94:991-1013.
9. Bohnet I., Zechhauser R. Trust, risk and betrayal. Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization 2006, 55:467-484.
10. Bolton G., Ockenfels A. Erc: a theory of equity, reciprocity, and competition. The American Economic Review 2000, 90:166-193.
11. Buchan N., Croson R., Solnick S. Trust and gender: an examination of behavior, biases and beliefs in the investment game. Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization 2008, 68(3-4):466-476.
12. Charness G., Gneezy U. What's in a name? Anonymity and social distance in dictator and ultimatum games. Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization 2008, 68(1):29-35.
13. Chaudhuri A., Gangadharn L. Gender Differences in Trust and Reciprocity. Working Paper 2003, The University of Melbourne.
14. Coleman G. Job skill and black wage discrimination. Social Science Quarterly 2003, 84(4):892-905.
15. Croson R., Buchan N. Gender and culture: international experimental evidence from trust games. The American Economic Review 1999, 89:386-391.
16. Croson R., Gneezy U. Gender differences in preferences. Journal of Economic Literature 2009, 47(2):1-27.
17. Deaux K., Emswiller T. Explanations of successful performance on sex-linked tasks: what is skill for the male is luck for the female. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology 1974, 29:80-85.
18. Deaux K., Farris E. Attributing causes for one's own performance: the effects of sex, norms and outcomes. Journal of Research in Personality 1977, 11:59-72.
19. Dovidio J. Sex, costs and helping behavior. The Journal of Psychology 1982, 62:231-236.
20. Dufwenberg M., Muren A. Generosity, anonymity, gender. Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization 2006, 61:42-49.
21. Eagly A., Crowley M. Gender and helping behavior: a meta-analysis review of the social psychological literature. Psychological Bulletin 1986, 100:283-308.
22. Eckel C., Wilson R. Is trust a risky decision?. Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization 2004, 55(4):447-465.
23. Eckel, C., Wilson, R., 2004b. Conditional trust; sex race and facial expressions in a trust game. Working paper, Virginia Tech.
24. Eckel, C., Wilson, R., 2004c. Whom to trust? Choice of partners in a trust game. Working paper, Virginia Tech.
25. Fehr E., Schmidt K. A theory of fairness, competition, and cooperation. Quarterly Journal of Economics 1999, 114:817-868.
26. Fershtman C., Gneezy U. Discrimination in a society: an experimental approach. Quarterly Journal of Economics 2001, 114:351-377.
27. Fisher R. Social desirability bias and the validity of indirect questioning. Journal of Consumer Research 1993, 20:303-315.
28. Fix M., Struyk R. Clear and Convincing Evidence: Measurement of Discrimination in America 1993, Urban Institute Press, Lanham.
29. Fryer R., Levitt S. The causes and consequences of distinctively Black names. Quarterly Journal of Economics 2004, 119(3):767-805.
30. Fukuyama F. Trust: Social Virtues and the Creation of Prosperity 1995, Free Press, New York.
31. Garbarino E., Slonim R. Increases in trust and altruism from partner selection. Experimental Economics 2008, 11(2):134-155.
32. Garbarino E., Slonim R. The robustness of trust and reciprocity across a heterogeneous US Population. Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization 2009, 69(3):226-240.
33. Glaeser E., Laibson D., Scheinkman J., Soutter C. Measuring trust. The Quarterly Journal of Economics 2000, 115:811-846.
34. Gneezy U., Niederle M., Rustichini A. Performance in competitive environments: gender differences. The Quarterly Journal of Economics 2003, 118(3):1049-1074.
35. Gneezy U., Rustichini A. Gender and competition at a young age. American Economic Review Papers and Proceedings 2004, 94(2):377-381.
36. Greif A. Contract enforceability and economic institutions in early trade: the Maghribi traders' coalition. The American Economic Review 1993, 135:525-548.
37. Gueguen N., Fischer-Lokou J. Hitchhikers smile and receipt of help. Psychological Report 2004, 94(3):756-760.
38. Harbaugh W., Krause K., Liday S., Vesterlund L. Trust in Children. Trust, Reciprocity and Gains from Association: Interdisciplinary Lessons from Experimental Research. 2003, Russell Sage Foundation, New York City. E. Ostrom, J. Walker (Eds.).
39. Harris M. When courtesy fails-gender-roles and polite behaviors. Journal of Applied Psychology 1992, 22(18):1399-1416.
40. Heckman J. Detecting discrimination. Journal of Economic Perspectives 1998, 12:101-116.
41. Hoffman E., McCabe K., Smith V. Social distance and other-regarding behavior in dictator games. American Economic Review 1996, 86(3):653-660.
42. Holm H. Gender based focal points. Games and Economic Behavior 2000, 32:292-314.
43. Holt C., Laury S. Risk aversion and incentive effects. American Economic Review 2002, 92(5):1644-1655.
44. Knack S., Keefer K. Does social capital have an economic payoff? A cross-country investigation. Quarterly Journal of Economics 1997, 112:1251-1288.
45. List J. The nature and extent of discrimination in the marketplace: evidence from the field. Quarterly Journal of Economics 2004, 119:49-89.
46. Neumark D. Sex discrimination in restaurant hiring: an audit study. Quarterly Journal of Economics 1996, 111(3):915-942.
47. Niederle M., Vesterlund L. Do women shy away from competition?. The Quarterly Journal of Economics 2007, 122(3):1067-1101.
48. Ortmann A., Fitzgerald J., Boeing C. Trust, reciprocity, and social history: a re-examination. Experimental Economics 2000, 3(3):81-100.
49. Pearce P., Amato P. A taxonomy of helping: a multidimensional scaling snalysis. Social Psychology Quarterly 1980, 43:363-371.
50. Rabinowitz F., Sutten L., Schutter T., Brown A., Krizo C., Larsen J., Styn J., Welander A., Wilson D., Wright S. Helpfulness to lost tourists. Journal of Social Psychology 1997, 137(4):502-509.
51. Riach P., Rich J. Field experiments of discrimination in the market place. Economic Journal 2002, 112:480-518.
52. Scharlemann J., Eckel C., Kacelnik A., Wilson R. The value of a smile: game theory with a human face. Journal of Economic Psychology 2001, 22:617-640.
53. Shaub M. Trust and suspicion; the effects of situational and dispositional factors on auditors' trust of clients. Behavioral Research in Accounting 1996, 8:154-174.
54. Thorndike E. A constant error on psychological rating. Journal of Applied Psychology 1920, 4:25-29.
55. Valian V. Why so Slow? The Advancement of Women 1998, MIT Press, Cambridge.
56. Weber R. Learning with no feedback in a competitive guessing game. Games and Economic Behavior 2003, 44:134-144.