The relative price of fairness: Gender differences in a punishment game Academic Article

abstract

• Ideas of fairness influence economic transactions. Men and women may differ systematically in the nature and extent of this influence. We investigate gender differences in the impact of fairness on the outcome of economic transactions. In our "punishment game," subjects may choose to split a larger pie with a "bad" partner, or a smaller pie with a "good" partner. We find that a higher relative price for fairness reduces its effect on the outcome of the transaction for women, but not for men. Our interpretation of this result is that men are more likely than women to make decisions on principle.

authors

• Eckel, Catherine

published proceedings

• JOURNAL OF ECONOMIC BEHAVIOR & ORGANIZATION

altmetric score

• 3

author list (cited authors)

• Eckel, C. C., & Grossman, P. J.

citation count

• 167

complete list of authors

• Eckel, CC||Grossman, PJ

publication date

• August 1996

publisher

• Elsevier  Publisher

published in

• Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization  Journal

keywords

• Dictator Game
• Fairness
• Gender

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.1016/S0167-2681(96)00854-2

start page

• 143

end page

• 158

volume

• 30

issue

• 2

URL

• http%3A%2F%2Fdx.doi.org%2F10.1016%2Fs0167-2681%2896%2900854-2