Are women more sensitive to the decision-making context?

B-Tier
Journal: Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization
Year: 2012
Volume: 83
Issue: 1
Pages: 98-104

Score contribution per author:

1.005 = (α=2.01 / 2 authors) × 1.0x B-tier

α: calibrated so average coauthorship-adjusted count equals average raw count

Abstract

We conduct an experiment to assess gender differences across different economic contexts. Specifically, we test whether women are more sensitive to the decision-making context in situations that demand the use of different fairness principles. We find that women adopt more often than men conditional fairness principles that require information about the context. Furthermore, while most men adopt only one decision principle, most women switch between multiple decision principles. These results complement and reinforce Croson and Gneezy’s organizing explanation of greater context sensitivity of women.

Technical Details

RePEc Handle
repec:eee:jeborg:v:83:y:2012:i:1:p:98-104
Journal Field
Theory
Author Count
2
Added to Database
2026-01-26