Gender differences in discrimination emerge early in life: Evidence from primary school children in a bilingual city

C-Tier
Journal: Economics Letters
Year: 2017
Volume: 152
Issue: C
Pages: 15-18

Score contribution per author:

0.201 = (α=2.01 / 5 authors) × 0.5x C-tier

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

Abstract

We report the decisions of 824 young children who allocated a fixed endowment between two other children where only one spoke the same language as the decision maker. We show that boys are more likely to discriminate against the out-group.

Technical Details

RePEc Handle
repec:eee:ecolet:v:152:y:2017:i:c:p:15-18
Journal Field
General
Author Count
5
Added to Database
2026-01-25