Gender differences (and prestige effects) in charitable giving : experimental evidence from Singapore.
In Economics, the term Homo economicus has always been assumed to be gender-neutral. Increasingly, however, gender differences have been observed in a variety of domains. This has attracted the attention of many economists, who have realized that these differences could have serious implications for...
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| author | Nguyen, Phuong Linh. Nguyen, My Hanh. Lim, James Kian Wei. |
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| description | In Economics, the term Homo economicus has always been assumed to be gender-neutral. Increasingly, however, gender differences have been observed in a variety of domains. This has attracted the attention of many economists, who have realized that these differences could have serious implications for economic theory. Our paper seeks to investigate gender differences in charitable giving behaviour through laboratory experiments conducted at Nanyang Technological University. We find that gender differences are persistent, with females exhibiting more altruistic behaviour than men in general. This reaffirms what psychologists and evolutionary biologists have alleged all along. |
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| spelling | ntu-10356/354832019-12-10T11:33:58Z Gender differences (and prestige effects) in charitable giving : experimental evidence from Singapore. Nguyen, Phuong Linh. Nguyen, My Hanh. Lim, James Kian Wei. School of Humanities and Social Sciences Yohanes Eko Riyanto DRNTU::Social sciences::Psychology::Ethics In Economics, the term Homo economicus has always been assumed to be gender-neutral. Increasingly, however, gender differences have been observed in a variety of domains. This has attracted the attention of many economists, who have realized that these differences could have serious implications for economic theory. Our paper seeks to investigate gender differences in charitable giving behaviour through laboratory experiments conducted at Nanyang Technological University. We find that gender differences are persistent, with females exhibiting more altruistic behaviour than men in general. This reaffirms what psychologists and evolutionary biologists have alleged all along. Bachelor of Arts 2010-04-19T07:07:59Z 2010-04-19T07:07:59Z 2010 2010 Final Year Project (FYP) http://hdl.handle.net/10356/35483 en Nanyang Technological University 45 p. application/pdf |
| spellingShingle | DRNTU::Social sciences::Psychology::Ethics Nguyen, Phuong Linh. Nguyen, My Hanh. Lim, James Kian Wei. Gender differences (and prestige effects) in charitable giving : experimental evidence from Singapore. |
| title | Gender differences (and prestige effects) in charitable giving : experimental evidence from Singapore. |
| title_full | Gender differences (and prestige effects) in charitable giving : experimental evidence from Singapore. |
| title_fullStr | Gender differences (and prestige effects) in charitable giving : experimental evidence from Singapore. |
| title_full_unstemmed | Gender differences (and prestige effects) in charitable giving : experimental evidence from Singapore. |
| title_short | Gender differences (and prestige effects) in charitable giving : experimental evidence from Singapore. |
| title_sort | gender differences and prestige effects in charitable giving experimental evidence from singapore |
| topic | DRNTU::Social sciences::Psychology::Ethics |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/10356/35483 |
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