eprintid: 16594
rev_number: 22
eprint_status: archive
userid: 2744
dir: disk0/00/01/65/94
datestamp: 2014-03-21 14:36:55
lastmod: 2016-01-10 07:56:47
status_changed: 2014-03-21 14:36:55
type: workingPaper
metadata_visibility: show
creators_name: Kettner  , Sara Elisa 
creators_name: Ceccato , Smarandita 
title: Framing Matters in Gender-Paired Dictator Games 
subjects: ddc-330
divisions: i-181000
keywords: Framing, Gender Differences, Gender-Pairing, Dictator Game, Experiment
abstract: We show that social context matters in gender-paired dictator decisions. Our experiment investigates the influence of gender-pairing and framing on monetary transfers in a 2x2x2 design where sender gender, recipient gender, and frame, i.e. give or take, are varied. We are the first to combine all three variables and uncover that giving information about the gender of the recipient accommodates framing effects. If each of the three manipulated variables were to be analyzed independently, our data would confirm previous findings where females
transfer more than males and framing has no effect (Eckel and Grossman, 1998; Dreber et al., 2013). However, we investigate the manipulated variables in interaction and find that framing matters when information about recipient gender is salient. For both genders, transfers in opposite-sex pairs are always higher than in same-sex pairs, but signicantly higher in the take frame. We thus suggest that the gender composition of the sample, gender-pairing, or beliefs about the counterpart's gender should be controlled for in experiments testing gender differences in social interaction.
date: 2014-03
id_scheme: DOI
id_number: 10.11588/heidok.00016594
schriftenreihe_cluster_id: sr-3
schriftenreihe_order: 0557
ppn_swb: 1654467669
own_urn: urn:nbn:de:bsz:16-heidok-165946
language: eng
bibsort: KETTNERSARFRAMINGMAT201403
full_text_status: public
series: Discussion Paper Series / University of Heidelberg, Department of Economics
volume: 0557
pages: 19
citation:   Kettner , Sara Elisa  ; Ceccato , Smarandita   (2014) Framing Matters in Gender-Paired Dictator Games.  [Working paper]     
document_url: https://archiv.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/volltextserver/16594/1/Kettner_Ceccato_2014_dp557-2.pdf