Adam Smith's error? Gender and country differences in altruistic giving revealed using the Andreoni–Miller dictator game

Soo Hong Chew, Richard P. Ebstein, Salomon Israel, Zhen Lei, Wei Tang*

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Abstract

Altruistic giving is investigated using the Andreoni–Miller (2002) dictator game with 3778 participants in three populations — Chinese from Beijing and Singapore and Jews from Israel. We replicate the Andreoni–Vesterlund (2001) finding that women are more equality-focused than men. Additionally, participants from China are more generous than those from Singapore or Israel.

Original languageEnglish
Article number111059
JournalEconomics Letters
Volume225
DOIs
StatePublished - Apr 2023

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Keywords

  • Cultural differences
  • Dictator games
  • Gender differences
  • Lab experiment
  • Social preference

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