The financial consequences of too many men: Sex ratio effects on saving, borrowing, and spending.

The ratio of males to females in a population is an important factor in determining behavior in animals. We propose that sex ratio also has pervasive effects in humans, such as by influencing economic decisions. Using both historical data and experiments, we examined how sex ratio influences saving,...

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Main Authors: Griskevicius, Vladas, Tybur, Joshua M., Delton, Andrew W., Robertson, Theresa E., White, Andrew E., Ackerman, Joshua Maxwell
Other Authors: Sloan School of Management
Format: Article
Language:en_US
Published: American Psychological Association (APA) 2017
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/110435