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TitleI will survive! Gender discrimination in a household saving decisions experiment
Publication TypeManuscript
Year of Publication2002
AuthorsBuechner, Susanne, and Dennis A. V. Dittrich
Collection TitlePapers on Strategic Interaction
Date Published08/2002
Library/ArchiveMax Planck Institute of Economics
Type of WorkWorking Paper
Abstract

We investigate the gender specific intertemporal allocation behavior of spouses with different deterministic life expectations in an experiment where the gen- der of one's partner is known. In each period of their life both partners propose a consumption level one of which is then randomly implemented. To allow for learning one experiences many "lives". Participants achieve a rather high degree of optimality that does not change over time. Indepen- dent of the own gender a participant is nicer to women and acts more selfishly if the partner is a man. Participants are not aware of their discriminating behavior.

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