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Charitable Giving Among Females and Males:
An Empirical Test of the Competitive Altruism Hypothesis
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- Erschienen
- 9. Juli 2012
- Nummer des Discussion-Papers
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2012-038
- Schlagwort(e)
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charitable giving
competitive altruism
experiments
other-regarding behavior
social-image concerns
social preferences
social status
- Zusammenfsg.
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We conduct a real-effort task experiment where subjects’ performance translates into a donation to a charity. In a within-subjects design we vary the visibility of the donation (no/private/public feedback). Confirming previous studies, we find that subjects’ performance increases, that is, they donate more to charity, when their relative performance is made public. In line with the competitive altruism hypothesis, a biology-based explanation for status-seeking behavior, especially male subjects increase performance in the public setting.
- article pub. typess JER
- Research article
- article languages JER
- Englisch
- JEL-Classification for JER
- C91 - Laboratory, Individual Behavior ; D0 - General; J16 - Economics of Gender; Non-labor Discrimination